The system is a Compaq Pressario with Windows XP. I Downloaded a Program from CNet the other day and with it I got a CNet Shortcut on my Desktop.I can not figure out how to get rid of this 'Thing'.
I want to create a shortcut to a workgroup from my vista rt (http://lee-soft.com/vistart/) start menu. This requires me to know its path in the same way that My Computer's path is ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8- 08002B30309D}. Perhaps that is not completely true but nevertheless I need to find a path that will link me to the workgroup.I have tried right-clicking and selecting create shortcut. This puts a shortcut on my desktop but the path of it is greyed-out and simply saying the workgroup's name.
when I click on a Shortcut on the desktop, instead of starting the program, it goes to the 'SEARCH' area...I then have to go back to the Desktop and right click on the Shortcut and click on 'OPEN' in order for the program to start.
I've been trying to figure out how some software winds up on this list and other packages don't. i can't find any rhyme or reason to it. i know that you can add items, by going to the file types tab on the folder options, but how packages that you don't add wind up there is a mystery that i'm hoping some one can shed some light on.
When I create a desktop shortcut to a website that has a favicon, the favicon is displayed in the desktop shortcut. This works for all sites, except for CNet. Would appreciate it if someone else running IE7 would confirm this behavior, or let me know why I may be having this problem. For CNet, I don't get a favicon, I don't even get a generic explorer icon.....I get a "blank" icon, no icon at all.
I tried to create a shortcut of an email internet link onto my desktop and all I got was a small rectangular white box. Try as I might, I could not remove it. The box is adjustable and can be made to cover the entire desktop area behind the icons but over the current desktop theme. In my attempts to delete it I have ended up with a white box about an inch wide from the top to the bottom on the left side of the screen. I cannot reduce the size any further but as I said, I can drag the right margin all the way across the entire screen.
I can of course make a shortcut to IE on the desktop. But how do you put the IE icon, not the shortcut on there. I see you can right click eg My Computer and place that on desktop - but how to do so for IE?
Ever want to remove the shortcut arrow over your icons? Read below to find out how:1. Open regedit, if you are unfamilar with regedit visit our FAQ2. Navigate to Rename IsShortcut to AriochIsShortcut4.
Want to create a desktop shortcut for Windows live messenger but I don't have it in all programs so I can't create shortcut from there.I don't want it to load on startup & I don't want to have to open a browser to open messenger,hence the desire for a shortcut.
Still using XP Pro but with with new motherboard,hard drives,RAM,I'm happy with it all except for some reason, I'm having a problem with shortcuts opening up a web site when activated by clicking on the Desktop icon. Here is an explanation of what is happening:If I have a "link" on an e-mail and click on it, the web site opens just fine. I have highlighted and moved that link onto the desktop so it will be a shortcut there. However, when I click on that, I get two things:A flag comes up saying "Windows cannot find (and then it says the link address)".The web site is opened underneath the flag and no problem with it.
When try to open any program via the normal shortcuts, I see an error message reading Application Not Found. In order to use anything, I must go find the program on my hard drive and then choose the program responsible for running that program. I've tried creating new shortcuts, but to no avail. How can I get back to normal? I'm running Windows XP.
XP Pro, SP2, Pen4, Cable connection. Windows firewall, Norton antivirus.Over the past few weeks I've noticed that it's become almost impossible to get connected to this CNET forum. The same is true of the the sub text articles that offer more in depth information. For example, I received the article on the new Adobe Reader but couldn't open up the "read more" link. At first, I thought it was my ISP but then I realized that I had no problem connecting to any other links on the Net, just the CNET links. Then I started asking around and other people said they were experiencing the same thing with CNET links. Is this a problem CNET is already aware of. Most of the time my computer Times Out trying to open the CNET links. For some of us at least, this has developed into a real problem.
Can any one tell me why the answers won't print when I try to print them when I'me on the cnet forum, or can anyone tell me if there is a way to print them?
If anyone could direct me to the answer or maybe recognized the problem and tell me what is going on:)When I copy from a website(just some text from a bible online)and try to paste it in another website "message board" I get the text but also, something that I think is hypertext is also showing up which is not showing in the original text(<SUP id=en-NIV-25501>49</SUP>")Looks like the previous in parenthisis) This has not happened to me before when copying and pasting.
I'm really bombed out when I have to scroll left to right on any web page. I love CNet forums, but it is a constant matter of that irritating scrolling that may make me stop using it. Yeah, I've tried adjusting my screen resolution, but then the type is so small it becomes a chore to read it. And, other websites designed to use my screen resolution look ridiculous in the browser. I don't care what "statistics" say about screen resolution,the vast majority of web sites are constructed to fit 800x600 res. Either that, or the web masters are smart enough to code them to fit various resolutions.
Got a problem here with a classroom full of Windows XP Pro PCs, where if I put new shortcuts into All UsersDesktop, when a user logs on they can only see the shortcut as an unknown file type which does not run. Any existing shortcuts in All UsersDesktop work ok, just not any new ones!The PC's are on a Windows 2003 Server network (with AD) and have local user profiles.
It appears CNET performs an excellent service to computer users and their desire is to assist individuals acquire computer knowledge.Unfortunately at 63, such input simply is beyond my understanding. I enroll in a class but upon receipt, the printed directions doesn't do/perform as expected. I note your address is changing--I attempted to add the new address to the address folder but my computer will not accept the @ symbol. My question--Is there real basic material to assist one become better acquainted & understand the system?
I know I am not the only one to have this issue, but have not seen a real fix.When our lab users try to save or open Hotmail attachments (Doc, PDF, XLS) recieve the error "Internet Explorer cannot download 94ea from 64.4.61.250. Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site. The requested site is either unavailiable or cannot be found.
My windows automatic updates notifier wants me to download Service Pack 3. I have heard of problems arising from Service Pack 3 (I have XP). Should I ignore it or should I download it?
How do I get the dialoge box to not close automatically after a download is complete? I have to minimize my browser, and open my desktop folder called Downloads to click on the downloaded item.
It seems most people want to do away with shortcut arrows. I WANT them but can't get them. I have tried Tweak UI. I check the appropriate box but they will not show up. How can I get them to appear?
As you all probably know, you can create a shortcut that will automatically shut down your PC, by creating a desktop shortcut of C:WindowsSystem32Shutdown.exe. There is a catch: if you accidentally press it, there is no convenient way to stop the shutdown sequence. (you can create a CANCEL SHUTDOWN shortcut, and have the shudown shortcut have a delay (-t 10, for example), but that is cumbersome, and will take up even more desktop real estate.)So i had this idea for a solution. I tried creating a keyboard shortcut for the shutdown shortcut (and was going to do the same for the Cancel Shutdown Shortcut). And, it worked fine. The point was that I could get rid of the little shutdown shortcut icon from my desktop. So, I moved it to a file in My Documents, so it would still be available, just not sitting on the desktop. (Note: I even repeated the above process, starting in another folder, instead of starting at the desktop and the following problems still occurred)
Had a tech in today testing my ADSL, I just got back and fired her up to find the Icon on the desktop is missing?Any simple way to restore this, I don't want to do a system restore as I have no way of knowing what the Tech may have changed or added that will be lost.
Windows XP is full of many KEY-Combo Shortcuts to access Feasures quickly. Here are some of the shortcuts you may find most useful.WINKEY + E = Opens explorer windows with the folder sidebar enabledWINKEY + PAUSE/BREAK = Opens "system propertieS"SHIFT + DELETE = Delete a file without sending to Recycler first (NO RECOVERY!)F5 = Refresh (Usefull in Internet Explorer)SHIFT F5 = Reload Webpage from scratch (NO CACHE)CTRL + SHIFT + END = Highlight everything down a Text page from current possition (USE HOME for up)ALT + CTRL + DEL =Ahh, an old favorite. If an App. is being rude, use this to bring the the "Task Manager" (and kill it if you want). There is some other toys here too like, priorities you can set.Search "Shortcut keys" under "HELP & SUPPORT" for a complete list of Shortcuts, including these.