Desktop link to website

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Lynn

I want to make a desktop link to my website that I can
email to my customers so that they can drag and drop it
onto their desktop. The problem I am having is that
the link to the website is getting to their desktop, but
the icon is not. Can anyone help me please? - and if this
is not the correct newsgroup to ask this question, could
anyone suggest one that I might try? TIA
 
Lynn said:
I want to make a desktop link to my website that I can
email to my customers so that they can drag and drop it
onto their desktop. The problem I am having is that
the link to the website is getting to their desktop, but
the icon is not. Can anyone help me please? - and if this
is not the correct newsgroup to ask this question, could
anyone suggest one that I might try? TIA
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You can't do what you want. The icon.ico file that generates the picture
has to go in a certain place on the computer. It is either placed there by
the browser at the time the user creates the shortcut, or the user has to
put it there manually.

You cannot do what you want to do.
 
If he cannot do it - it cannot be done.
Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
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|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out ||
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out ||
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition ||
|| Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002 ||
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming ||
|| (All from Microsoft Press) ||
|/----------------------------------------------------\|
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Best regards, Jeff @ (e-mail address removed)

Vocátional© & Technicál© Educátion® - Cooking Crawfish & Alligators in New
Orleans...You should always boot into SAFE MODE to install / remove /
configure Hardware & Software > Click > Start > Settings > Control Panel >
Add/Remove
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
http://www.nola.com/
 
You may want to ask in programming - that is a very good idea. It works
cause everytime I install a new app it installs an icon on my desktop - Why
didn't you think of that...?

Best regards, Jeff @ (e-mail address removed)

Vocátional© & Technicál© Educátion® - Cooking Crawfish & Alligators in New
Orleans...You should always boot into SAFE MODE to install / remove /
configure Hardware & Software > Click > Start > Settings > Control Panel >
Add/Remove
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
http://www.nola.com/
 
In order for the icon to show up, the link must be created by a user
directly from their IE browser, either as favorite or by dragging the URL
from the address bar on to the desktop, and if the user clears their history
or browser cache, the icon will be deleted.

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Lynn said:
I want to make a desktop link to my website that I can
email to my customers so that they can drag and drop it
onto their desktop. The problem I am having is that
the link to the website is getting to their desktop, but
the icon is not. Can anyone help me please? - and if this
is not the correct newsgroup to ask this question, could
anyone suggest one that I might try? TIA
Click to expand...

The shortcut and the icon are two different files. As a result, no
single "drag" out of an e-mail message can install them both.

In install both files, you would have to crete a setup program that
the user would double-click.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*------------------------------------------------------*
|\----------------------------------------------------/|
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out ||
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out ||
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition ||
|| Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002 ||
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming ||
|| (All from Microsoft Press) ||
|/----------------------------------------------------\|
*------------------------------------------------------*
 
Please note: This is a forgery, this post is not from Jim Buyens, it is
from "Vocátional© & Technicál© Educátion®" <[email protected]>
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| If he cannot do it - it cannot be done.
| Jim Buyens
| Microsoft FrontPage MVP
| (e-mail address removed)
| http://www.interlacken.com
| Author of:
| *------------------------------------------------------*
| |\----------------------------------------------------/|
| || Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out ||
| || Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out ||
| || Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition ||
| || Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002 ||
| || Faster Smarter Beginning Programming ||
| || (All from Microsoft Press) ||
| |/----------------------------------------------------\|
| *------------------------------------------------------*
|
| Best regards, Jeff @ (e-mail address removed)
|
| Vocátional© & Technicál© Educátion® - Cooking Crawfish & Alligators in New
| Orleans...You should always boot into SAFE MODE to install / remove /
| configure Hardware & Software > Click > Start > Settings > Control Panel >
| Add/Remove
| http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
| http://www.nola.com/
|
| | > I want to make a desktop link to my website that I can
| > email to my customers so that they can drag and drop it
| > onto their desktop. The problem I am having is that
| > the link to the website is getting to their desktop, but
| > the icon is not. Can anyone help me please? - and if this
| > is not the correct newsgroup to ask this question, could
| > anyone suggest one that I might try? TIA
|
|
 
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