[ajsfi]

As soon as I put an internet shortcut on my desktop, sometimes I can open the website from the icon & sometimes it starts to open & then just hangs. Sometimes when I put a shortcut on the desktop I can open it a few times with no problem & then it will never work again. I can open all other shortcuts on my desktop, its just internet shortcuts that I have a problem with. I am running windows XP & useing IE on a Dell laptop. I have no other problems at all with anything & this has been going on for years. It almost seems like it is just a setting, but I just can not find a solution. Any help would be great. Thanks in advance for any response.

[Tufenuf]

Try the "URL File Association Fix" at the link below.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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[ajsfi]

I ran the fix & then created a few new shortcuts. I opened one of them twice with no problem & then could not open it again after that. The other one that I created I could not open at all. Same problem that I have always had. very strange.

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ajsfi, Right click your Desktop, choose Properties, under the Desktop tab click the Customize Desktop button, under the Web tab make sure that every item is unchecked, click OK/Apply/OK.

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[ajsfi]

Everything is unchecked already. The only thing that is there is
" My Current Home Page " & it is already unchecked.

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ajsfi, Check out the many links/threads at the search link below. It appears that many using IE 7 are having the same problem.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...earch&aq=f&oq=

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[ajsfi]

Tufenuf,

My problem has been solved. Incase you run across this question again, the solution is to do a Google Desktop Upgrade. Even if you are not useing the google desktop. Thanks for helping & directing me to the other posts about this problem.

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ajsfi, Glad to see that the problem is fixed & Thanks for posting back the solution that you used to correct the problem. It will help others who may run into the same problem.

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