Desktop Icons not working

kkbybee · 01-29-2007, 08:17 AM

Suddenly, the desktop icons that access the internet do not connect. I can get where I want to go through the Internet Explorer Browser but that is very inconvenient. I have a fairly new Sonly Vaio laptop. Thank you.

**Cellus** · 01-29-2007, 12:10 PM

Hello and welcome to TSF.

Just so I'm clear about this, the desktop icon - the shortcut to Internet Explorer with the blue "e" - does not launch Internet Explorer? Do you get an error message? Or is it not even on the desktop? Do you use another web browser like Firefox or Opera?

When you say you go through the "Internet Explorer Browser", do you click it in your Start Menu, the Quick Launch bar (mini-icons you may or may not have beside the Start button), double-click in a window, or run it via the Run feature?

kkbybee · 01-29-2007, 01:25 PM

I can use the big e on the desktop. It gets me into the internet. The icons that don't work are the shortcut icons I have put on the desktop. The ones that connect to the internet do nothing. They do not open, even if I right click. For example, if I want to get into Google, I have to first go through Internet Explorer. My Google shortcut icon on the desktop doesn't work. I hope this is not too confusing. Thank you for your help.

cbs604 · 01-30-2007, 09:09 PM

Just delete the offending icons and then re-instate them.

Cheers,
Brodie

kkbybee · 01-30-2007, 09:16 PM

I tried that and it didn't work. The only icons that don't work are the ones that connect to the internet. The only way I could open this link was to copy and paste onto the browser. What a pain.

dennis2007 · 01-31-2007, 12:43 AM

try to delete the one on the desktop and restart and paste it again on the desktop

kkbybee · 01-31-2007, 07:36 AM

OK, I tried it, didn't work. Thanks for the suggestion.

dennis2007 · 02-01-2007, 03:44 AM

use the one not in the desktop

dennis2007 · 02-01-2007, 04:50 AM

ok i just thought that you are referring me when you said sure

kkbybee · 02-01-2007, 07:25 AM

well, the point is we put icons on the desktop for our convenience. It takes several more clicks (often a copy and paste to a browser) to bring up the link I want to get into in the internet.

01-29-2007, 08:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
kkbybee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5 OS: XP	Desktop Icons not working Suddenly, the desktop icons that access the internet do not connect. I can get where I want to go through the Internet Explorer Browser but that is very inconvenient. I have a fairly new Sonly Vaio laptop. Thank you.

01-29-2007, 12:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cellus Moderator Networking Team Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,633 OS: Windows Vista Business SP1, Windows XP Professional SP3 My System	Hello and welcome to TSF. Just so I'm clear about this, the desktop icon - the shortcut to Internet Explorer with the blue "e" - does not launch Internet Explorer? Do you get an error message? Or is it not even on the desktop? Do you use another web browser like Firefox or Opera? When you say you go through the "Internet Explorer Browser", do you click it in your Start Menu, the Quick Launch bar (mini-icons you may or may not have beside the Start button), double-click in a window, or run it via the Run feature? __________________ TSF Networking Team HijackThis 5 Step Process Donate! Last edited by Cellus : 01-29-2007 at 12:11 PM.

01-30-2007, 09:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
cbs604 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 14 OS: xp pro	Just delete the offending icons and then re-instate them. Cheers, Brodie __________________ Cheers, Brodie

01-29-2007, 01:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
kkbybee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5 OS: XP	I can use the big e on the desktop. It gets me into the internet. The icons that don't work are the shortcut icons I have put on the desktop. The ones that connect to the internet do nothing. They do not open, even if I right click. For example, if I want to get into Google, I have to first go through Internet Explorer. My Google shortcut icon on the desktop doesn't work. I hope this is not too confusing. Thank you for your help.

01-30-2007, 09:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
kkbybee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5 OS: XP	I tried that and it didn't work. The only icons that don't work are the ones that connect to the internet. The only way I could open this link was to copy and paste onto the browser. What a pain.

01-31-2007, 12:43 AM	#6 (permalink)
dennis2007 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 14 OS: winXP	try to delete the one on the desktop and restart and paste it again on the desktop

01-31-2007, 07:36 AM	#7 (permalink)
kkbybee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5 OS: XP	OK, I tried it, didn't work. Thanks for the suggestion.

02-01-2007, 03:44 AM	#8 (permalink)
dennis2007 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 14 OS: winXP	use the one not in the desktop

02-01-2007, 04:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
dennis2007 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 14 OS: winXP	ok i just thought that you are referring me when you said sure

02-01-2007, 07:25 AM	#10 (permalink)
kkbybee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5 OS: XP	well, the point is we put icons on the desktop for our convenience. It takes several more clicks (often a copy and paste to a browser) to bring up the link I want to get into in the internet.