Alan,
No idea why you put an "=" sign in<
Well, because I was going crazy -- for some reason, everytime I entered a
new string, I kept getting something like
http://search.earthlink.net/search?area=earthlink-ws&q="C:\Program+Files\Internet+Explorer\iexplore.exe"+-new+http://www.google.com
and the shortcut was changing itself.
I'm pretty sure that I had tried "C:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer\iexplore.exe" -new http://www.google.com; and sure enough, upon
trying it again, I got the same as above.
So I deleted the shortcut, created a new one with a different name, entered
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -new
http://www.google.com, and now it works.
Thanks.
Jack
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"Alan Edwards" <***@southcom.com.au> wrote in message news:***@4ax.com...
No idea why you put an "=" sign in
Use this:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -new
http://www.google.com
It must be an ordinary shortcut you create, not an Internet Shortcut.
...Alan
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Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm
On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:40:30 -0400, in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, "Jack B"
Alan,
Trying to set up a shortcut to Google.
I must be getting the syntax wrong. The last one I tried is
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe -new =
http://www.google.com"
but that isn't right either.
What is the correct string to use?
Jack
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Try the -new switch. The information is for IE4 but may still be valid
in IE6. (not tried personally)
Command-Line Switches for Internet Explorer 4.0
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;178058
...Alan