Internet Shortcut on Desktop tries to connect elsewhere.

[stu1892]

Hi,

 

I've been having problems with this for a while, but it hasn't been a major issue.

 

We want a shortcut to a URL on the desktop of all users.

 

I've put this in the profile.

 

It's there, no problem.

 

I log on, double click that and it says it's 'connecting to: '.

 

But if i click home, or open IE first, then double click on the icon, it loads instantly.

 

Had this issue with various sites and IE 6 & 7 and maybe 8.

 

So it's like it can't establish a connection first, but why google? It's not our home page either.

 

I know when i first discovered it, it was trying to connect to a 'go.microsoft' address.

 

Putting the site in favourites works fine as IE has already 'established a connection', and i've used that to get past the problem in the past. But these icons are needed on the desktop for very young kids.

 

Any help appreciated.

 

Cheers

[stu1892]

Nobody?

 

I have now seen that it does it when i open a second IE window too.

 

So i open IE and it hits our home page, no problem.

 

Then i open another IE window and it tries to hit an IP address that looks like the 'go.microsoft...' url.

[Michael]

Navigate to C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer, right click iexplore.exe and create a shortcut to your desktop.

 

Open up the properties of this shortcut. The Target and Start in fields should read:

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer"

 

Update the Target field so it reads:

 

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.logistixonline.com/

 

You can use the same technique with Firefox too.