Well, under win98 I used to save a link on the desktop simply with the command File | send | shortcut to desktop and the shortcut always worked. I do *exactly* the same under win2000 and I receive an error message saying that there is no program associated which is very odd since IE6 is part of the OS and it's working properly;
On 26 May 2005 at 13:58, James Button wrote: > Is the shortcut in the sendto a shortcut to the actual application, or > a shortcut to a system generated shortcut to the application Sendto > doesn't always accept shortcuts to shortcuts > > JimB. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gianmaria Fontana di Sacculmino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 6:36 AM > Subject: APPS: Sendto doesn't work properly > > > > Recently upgraded from win 98 to 2000 Pro; I used to > > "sendto" desktop the shortcut of some website of frequent > > use and it always worked. Under win 2000 the shortcut > > doesn't call the browser and an error message says that > > thre is no program associated. If I launch the same > > URL/shortcut from the folder Documents and > > Settings\Favorites it works perfectly. How can I solve > > this? -- ---------------------------------------- ALL messages to the list MUST include a descriptive subject. To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
