On 9/18/11 9:03 PM, Lee wrote: > On 9/18/11, David E. Ross <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 9/18/11 11:39 AM, Jens Hatlak wrote: >>> David E. Ross wrote: >>>> On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. >>>> We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. (...) >>>> >>>> Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC >>>> for Web shortcuts? >>> >>> Try setting IE as default, then SM. >> >> I've tried that. It did not help. >> >> >>> If that doesn't help, the only other way I know is getting your hands >>> dirty and correct the Windows registry. I cannot give you exact steps >>> there, though, since it's quite elaborate a task. >> >> I've tweaked my own registry quite successfully. Could you at least >> indicate what keys are involved? > > [insert standard disclaimer about messing with the registry can lead > to a totally borked PC] > > Depends - is the shortcut a .lnk or .url? On my PC, HKCR\.url points > to HKCR\InternetShortcut which has a DefaultIcon key. Save the > following as something like urlicon.reg and import with regedit: > > ---------- begin : cut here ---------------- > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > > [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon] > @="C:\\Program Files\\SeaMonkey\\seamonkey.exe" > > ---------- end : cut here ---------------- > > But I still think that if, as you stated in your original msg, the > icon changes back to the IE icon in 1-2 seconds there's a process > active on your wife's PC that's doing the changing. > > Lee
I manually changed the key via Regedit. While the setting sticks, the icons remain IE icons. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
