On 03/15/09 13:05, Rick Merrill wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: >> On 3/15/2009 10:41 AM, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote: >>> Michael Gordon wrote: >>>> Rick Merrill replied On 3/15/2009 8:55 AM >>>> >>>>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote: >>>>>> Rick Merrill wrote: >>>>>>> Well, maybe not stolen but IE8 has forced its logo >>>>>>> on all the URL links in my computer. Now SM 1.14 is >>>>>>> the "default browser" and SM launches when I click on >>>>>>> any 'internet shortcut'. But all the internet shortcuts >>>>>>> sport the IE logo! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Internet shortcuts do not have a "change icon" in their >>>>>>> properties, so how do I get the icon back? >>>>>> close SM, open IE and click on Tools, Internet Options, Programs tab, >>>>>> and down at the bottom, make IE the default. OK your way out. Then >>>>>> open SM, it will ask if you want to make it the default. Say yes. >>>>>> Close SM and open it once more. Now take a look at the icons. Did it >>>>>> change back? >>>>>> >>>>> closed SM, Whent to IE8, clicked 'make ie default' browser. >>>>> opened SM, and it the make default is grayed out and says >>>>> "sm is already your default browser' - no change to icons >>>>> on the internet-shortcuts. >>>>> >>>>> These seem to be different from other shortcuts. >>>> Hello Peter, >>>> >>>> A short history here might help locate the problem since I have the same >>>> icon display on my Win XP Pro. >>>> My HTML document icons were all the same (SeaMonkey) until I tried the >>>> former IE7 Beta release for testing display compatibility. As soon as I >>>> installed and opened the IE7 Beta all the HTML type document icons >>>> changed to the IE icon. >>>> >>>> Performing the steps you described should have corrected the problem, >>>> but IE still had icon control. >>>> Using Windows Explorer from the root folder (C:\ ), and selecting Folder >>>> Options and File Types allowed me to change the icons for all HTML >>>> document types (HTM, HTML, SHTML, etc.), but the only icon that really >>>> changed in Windows Explorer was the .SHTML file type. >>>> >>>> This is not a big problem for me because I compose HTML documents as >>>> both HTML and SHTML for web servers and this quirk makes it real easy to >>>> sort and identify file types in a Windows Explorer type display. >>>> >>>> It seems the problem originated with IE7 and is embedded into the >>>> Windows Registry somewhere and that can be hazardous to correct. >>>> >>>> Michael >>> folder options was going to be my next advice >>> >> >> Starting at the menu bar on My Computer, I went to [Tools > Folder >> Options] and selected the File Types tab. On the Folder Options window, >> I selected the Internet Shortcut entry and then the Advanced button. On >> the Edit File Type window, I selected the Change Button (which was >> indeed active). That allowed me to navigate to the SeaMonkey executable >> (seamonkey.exe), in which the icon is embedded. >> > > I was able to use that method - on one at a time. Thanks.
What do you mean "on one at a time"? This applies to all internet shortcuts on the system. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
