SHORTCUTS

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I am having a problem with.. when I'm on a page (website) that I want to
place a shortcut on the desktop, I click on Add a shortcut, etc., and it
acknowledges that it has, but there is no shortcut icon on the desktop.
There is plenty of space on the desktop, so it's not maxed out.
There are other times, when I cold-crank the pc, some shortcuts that were
there previously have disappeared.
Any idea what is going on and how to correct this?
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Thanks for any assistance or suggestions.
Amber

 

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I'm not able to follow or decipher your last post ....

Is/Has anyone else ever had this problem??

"Amber" wrote:

> I am having a problem with.. when I'm on a page (website) that I want to
> place a shortcut on the desktop, I click on Add a shortcut, etc., and it
> acknowledges that it has, but there is no shortcut icon on the desktop.
> There is plenty of space on the desktop, so it's not maxed out.
> There are other times, when I cold-crank the pc, some shortcuts that were
> there previously have disappeared.
> Any idea what is going on and how to correct this?
> -------------------------------
> Thanks for any assistance or suggestions.
> Amber

 

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Hi Amber,

How are you sending the Website shortcut to the Desktop?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Amber" <Amber@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BABFD471-BECF-498F-97D1-2DACA198362E@microsoft.com...
I am having a problem with.. when I'm on a page (website) that I want to
place a shortcut on the desktop, I click on Add a shortcut, etc., and it
acknowledges that it has, but there is no shortcut icon on the desktop.
There is plenty of space on the desktop, so it's not maxed out.
There are other times, when I cold-crank the pc, some shortcuts that were
there previously have disappeared.
Any idea what is going on and how to correct this?
-------------------------------
Thanks for any assistance or suggestions.
Amber

 

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Hi Ramesh ... thanks for replying
I Right click on the site, and choose "Place a shortcut on your desktop"

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Hi Amber,
>
> How are you sending the Website shortcut to the Desktop?
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Amber" <Amber@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BABFD471-BECF-498F-97D1-2DACA198362E@microsoft.com...
> I am having a problem with.. when I'm on a page (website) that I want to
> place a shortcut on the desktop, I click on Add a shortcut, etc., and it
> acknowledges that it has, but there is no shortcut icon on the desktop.
> There is plenty of space on the desktop, so it's not maxed out.
> There are other times, when I cold-crank the pc, some shortcuts that were
> there previously have disappeared.
> Any idea what is going on and how to correct this?
> -------------------------------
> Thanks for any assistance or suggestions.
> Amber
>

 

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Amber,

I assume you're referring to "Create shortcut" item in Internet Explorer context menu. ( I don't see the context-menu item named "Place a shortcut on your desktop" )

1. It's possible that the shortcut is created in the Desktop, but the view is not refreshed automatically. Press F5 to see if the shortcut has been created.

2. Right-click Desktop > Arrange Icons by > Align to Grid.

Another way to determine if the shortcut is created or not, is to use FileMon from www.sysinternals.com. In the Filtering options, include IExplore* and at the bottom, uncheck every options except "Log Writes"

When a shortcut is created by IE, FileMon reports something like this:

=========================================
7:49:20 PM IEXPLORE.EXE:2332 IRP_MJ_WRITE G:\Documents and Settings\Ramesh\Desktop\Counter Statistics.url SUCCESS Offset: 0 Length: 107
=========================================

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Amber" <Amber@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:77000DA9-656D-4DFC-BB37-DEA7E5174DBC@microsoft.com...
Hi Ramesh ... thanks for replying
I Right click on the site, and choose "Place a shortcut on your desktop"

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Hi Amber,
>
> How are you sending the Website shortcut to the Desktop?
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>