[thelist] Creating a desktop link to a web page

Ken Schaefer ken at adOpenStatic.com
Wed Jun 23 02:33:27 CDT 2004


fingers had a brain-fart :-)

Please the following into a text file:
    -should be-
Paste the following into a text file:

AND

Now browser to an existing shortcut file
    -should be-
Now browse to an existing shortcut file

Cheers
Ken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Schaefer" <ken at adOpenStatic.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [thelist] Creating a desktop link to a web page


: Are you talking about the shortcut files that IE uses in Windows?
:
: Please the following into a text file:
:
: [DEFAULT]
: BASEURL=http://www.adopenstatic.com/
: [InternetShortCut]
: URL=http://www.adopenstatic.com/
:
: and save this file using the name you'd like displayed (eg Ken's
: AdOpenStatic Site). Change the extension from .txt to .url
:
: Viola!
:
: A trick I was shown was:
:
: Start -> Run -> Cmd
: Enter "Edit"
: Now browser to an existing shortcut file (eg one you have in your IE
: Favourites folder), and open it. You will what's inside.
:
: To set the Icon to be used:
:
: IconFile=%systemroot%\system32\url.dll
: IconIndex=0
:
: (these are the defaults - change IconIndex to point to whatever file you
: have with an embedded image resource, and IconIndex to indicate which icon
: should be used, if there are multiple icons in the file)
:
: Cheers
: Ken
:
:
:
: ----- Original Message ----- 
: From: "Casey Crookston" <casey at thecrookstons.com>
: To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
: Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 11:59 AM
: Subject: Re: [thelist] Creating a desktop link to a web page
:
:
: : Okay  - found the link.  Thanks.
: :
: : But, this site, www.gsep.com, hired a third party,
: : www.SeeYouAgainShortcut.com to get the job done for them.  With all the
: : brains on this list, someone must know how to do it, yea?
: :
: : Thanks!!
: :
: :
: : ----- Original Message -----
: : From: "Bob Haroche"
: :
: :
: : > Casey Crookston wrote:
: : > > creates a desktop icon. later, when that
: : > > icon is double clicked, a browser is opened to her page.
: : >
: : > This site does it: http://www.gsep.com
: :
: :
: : My original question:
: :
: : We're all familiar with the "click here to add this page to your
: favorites"
: : link. I have a client who would like to take this one step further.
: :
: : She's developed a web-based tool which has become popular with some of
her
: : clients, and would like a link on the web page, which, when clicked,
: creates
: : a desktop icon. later, when that icon is double clicked, a browser is
: opened
: : to her page.
: :
: : How would one go about doing this? I don't have any problem creating the
: : icon file (.ico), but I don't know how to code the link to create the
icon
: : on the user's desktop. Is this even possible?



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