You should ask the experts in the Vista newsgroups.
| Using Vista, I have short-cuts on my desktop and have tried to change the
| properties. They continue to appear "blank". The programs run, but it's
not
| very eye appealing. Any suggestions?
|
| "Malke" wrote:
|
| > Joanne wrote:
| > > I have created a shortcut on my desktop to and excel spreadsheet on
the
| > > served.
| > > The icon is the usual yellow folder - I would like to change this but
| > > when I go into it's properties I don't see the option to change icon
| > > Could someone please tell me how to do this?
| > > Thank you
| >
| > It sounds like you made the shortcut incorrectly. Delete it and try
again.
| >
| > Using Network Places (or a shortcut directly to the server if you have
| > one), find the file for your excel spreadsheet - *not* the folder that
| > the spreadsheet is in. Right-click the file and drag it to your Desktop.
| > Release the mouse button and choose "Create Shortcut". This should
| > create a shortcut with the Excel icon on your Desktop. Double-clicking
| > this icon should open the Excel spreadsheet from the server.
| >
| >
| > Malke
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| > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
| >
