Options grayed out on Quick Launch bar

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Not sure if this is a W98 problem but I'll start here.

Running 98SE, IE6, Office 2000. When I right click the Word or Excel icons
in the Quick Launch bar, and open the Properties, all of the options on the
Shortcut tab are grayed out. Anyone know why?

Tom McFarland

 

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What are they like from a short on the desktop? If it allows changes from
one on the desktop, drag it to the QL and see if it changes anything.

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"Tom McFarland" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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> Not sure if this is a W98 problem but I'll start here.
>
> Running 98SE, IE6, Office 2000. When I right click the Word or Excel
> icons
> in the Quick Launch bar, and open the Properties, all of the options on
> the
> Shortcut tab are grayed out. Anyone know why?
>
> Tom McFarland
>
>

 

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Tom McFarland wrote:
> Not sure if this is a W98 problem but I'll start here.
>
> Running 98SE, IE6, Office 2000. When I right click the Word or Excel
> icons in the Quick Launch bar, and open the Properties, all of the
> options on the Shortcut tab are grayed out. Anyone know why?
>
> Tom McFarland

I have the same situation with Paint Shop Pro 7.02 on the taskbar and in the
Start Menu. According to posters at the PSP site it was deliberately built
into the program due to a specific functional concern. I assume Microsoft
would have had to approve it - maybe they have a similar concern about later
versions (than '97) of the Office Suite as well (?)

 

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"Roger Fink" <fink@*****.net> wrote in message
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> I have the same situation with Paint Shop Pro 7.02 on the taskbar and in
> the
> Start Menu. According to posters at the PSP site it was deliberately built
> into the program due to a specific functional concern. I assume Microsoft
> would have had to approve it - maybe they have a similar concern about
> later
> versions (than '97) of the Office Suite as well (?)

Not at all. I've never had the problem with '97, 2002 and/or 2003.

It has to be something else.


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Don't have a shortcut on the desktop, but I created new ones on the QL from
the Office folder exe files and they look OK. Still curious as to why the
original ones were grayed out, though.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Tom McFarland


"Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote in message
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> What are they like from a short on the desktop? If it allows changes from
> one on the desktop, drag it to the QL and see if it changes anything.
>
> --
>
> Brian A.
>
> Conflicts start where information lacks.
> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "Tom McFarland" <none@none.com> wrote in message
> news:eGRxR6uGFHA.2936@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > Not sure if this is a W98 problem but I'll start here.
> >
> > Running 98SE, IE6, Office 2000. When I right click the Word or Excel
> > icons
> > in the Quick Launch bar, and open the Properties, all of the options on
> > the
> > Shortcut tab are grayed out. Anyone know why?
> >
> > Tom McFarland
> >
> >
>

 

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Most likely they were grayed out because they were created by the MSI
Installer during the installation. MSI creates different shortcuts, or
whatever reason.


Hope this helps,

CEF

On 2/25/2005 9:44 PM, Tom McFarland wrote:
> Don't have a shortcut on the desktop, but I created new ones on the QL from
> the Office folder exe files and they look OK. Still curious as to why the
> original ones were grayed out, though.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> Tom McFarland
>
>
> "Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote in message
> news:#cfpztvGFHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>
>>What are they like from a short on the desktop? If it allows changes from
>>one on the desktop, drag it to the QL and see if it changes anything.
>>
>>--
>>
>>Brian A.
>>
>>Conflicts start where information lacks.
>>http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>>"Tom McFarland" <none@none.com> wrote in message
>>news:eGRxR6uGFHA.2936@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Not sure if this is a W98 problem but I'll start here.
>>>
>>>Running 98SE, IE6, Office 2000. When I right click the Word or Excel
>>>icons
>>>in the Quick Launch bar, and open the Properties, all of the options on
>>>the
>>>Shortcut tab are grayed out. Anyone know why?
>>>
>>>Tom McFarland

 

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Office suites do not place a shortcut in QL or on the desktop when
installed, at least I've never seen one.

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"Charles E Finkenbiner" <CharlesEF_@_MailandNews.Com> wrote in message
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> Most likely they were grayed out because they were created by the MSI
> Installer during the installation. MSI creates different shortcuts, or
> whatever reason.
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> CEF
>
> On 2/25/2005 9:44 PM, Tom McFarland wrote:
>> Don't have a shortcut on the desktop, but I created new ones on the QL
>> from
>> the Office folder exe files and they look OK. Still curious as to why
>> the
>> original ones were grayed out, though.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion.
>>
>> Tom McFarland
>>
>>
>> "Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote in message
>> news:#cfpztvGFHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>What are they like from a short on the desktop? If it allows changes from
>>>one on the desktop, drag it to the QL and see if it changes anything.
>>>
>>>--
>>>
>>>Brian A.
>>>
>>>Conflicts start where information lacks.
>>>http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>"Tom McFarland" <none@none.com> wrote in message
>>>news:eGRxR6uGFHA.2936@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>Not sure if this is a W98 problem but I'll start here.
>>>>
>>>>Running 98SE, IE6, Office 2000. When I right click the Word or Excel
>>>>icons
>>>>in the Quick Launch bar, and open the Properties, all of the options on
>>>>the
>>>>Shortcut tab are grayed out. Anyone know why?
>>>>
>>>>Tom McFarland

 

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As far as I know you are correct. But, if you copy/paste the shortcuts
created in Start/Programs then they might be the MSI shortcuts, hence
this problem.


CEF

On 2/26/2005 4:23 PM, Brian A. wrote:
> Office suites do not place a shortcut in QL or on the desktop when
> installed, at least I've never seen one.

 

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That makes sense. I've never looked at the properties of shortcuts in the
Programs menu, but now that I have I see they are setup differently.

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"Charles E Finkenbiner" <CharlesEF_@_MailandNews.Com> wrote in message
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> As far as I know you are correct. But, if you copy/paste the shortcuts
> created in Start/Programs then they might be the MSI shortcuts, hence this
> problem.
>
>
> CEF
>
> On 2/26/2005 4:23 PM, Brian A. wrote:
>> Office suites do not place a shortcut in QL or on the desktop when
>> installed, at least I've never seen one.