Favourites problem

[mainman]

Life used to be so simple..I click Start/Favourties then whichever
shortcut I need to view., ie Google, then I was there.
Not any more. I click the link and now I get the following message:
"The target "" of this Internet Shortcut is not valid. Go to the
Internet Shortcut property sheet and make sure the target is correct."
I'm running Vista and IE7. I never had this problem before, in fact as
recent as two days ago all was fine. I also note that I can't access
websites from the 'star' button and drop down list in IE desktop
icon.......
What has happened??? I've made no changes to my pc (as far as I can
see).
I want life to be simple again!!
Thanks in advance for any help

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

(cross-post added to Vista General)

Life used to be so simple..I click Start/Favourties then whichever
shortcut I need to view., ie Google, then I was there.
Not any more. I click the link and now I get the following message:
"The target "" of this Internet Shortcut is not valid. Go to the
Internet Shortcut property sheet and make sure the target is correct."
I'm running Vista and IE7. I never had this problem before, in fact as
recent as two days ago all was fine. I also note that I can't access
websites from the 'star' button and drop down list in IE desktop
icon.......
What has happened??? I've made no changes to my pc (as far as I can
see).
I want life to be simple again!!

Drag one to an open Notepad window to see what you are trying to open.

Also, open a cmd window (aka Command Prompt) and enter to see how
that is supposed to open (assuming the Properties of that shortcut shows
that it is an Internet Shortcut).

assoc .URL

and

ftype InternetShortcut


BTW this may have more to do with your OS than IE.
Cross-posting to a Vista NG.

Thanks in advance for any help

HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to and seek
support in this newsgroup: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general