Cannot add desktop shortcut icons

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• I lost all the shortcut icons on my desktop. How can I install all desktop shortcut icons?

  I lost all the shortcut icons on my desktop. How can I install all desktop shortcut icons?

  Try:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-desktop/lost-desktop-icons/b2c1dcc9-b7f1-4c00-8660-3cfb9bd16cf9

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/the-desktop-overview

• A small white page is dispalyed over my desktop shortcuts icons.

  Original title:

  Shortcut pages

  I have several icons on my desktop. A few days after I restarted my computer it is a small white page on all of my desktop shortcuts. The right image for the shortcut is always behind it, but this page of small white is very annoying. I tried to change the shortcut icon image and production of new shortcuts, all with the same problem. Any ideas?

  http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/4438/desktopii.PNG
  Hello
  1. You did changes to the computer before the show?
  2. The question is limited to desktop shortcut icons?
  3. What happens when you click the shortcut icons?
  You try to run the fixit from the link next and if it works:
  Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks
  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/system_maintenance_for_windows/en-us
  In addition, you can consult the following link:
  Icons change incorrectly in Windows
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2396571
  To do: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ )
  How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
  I hope this helps!

• How to create a desktop shortcut icon for sites that I use a lot

  until I started using firefox, I used to be able to right-click on any site I used and the possibility of creating a desktop for a firefox shortcut icon does not seem to allow this am - I missed something else I can try-i find it very useful shortcut icons

  Hi mary1745watson,

  Take a look at the article create a shortcut on the desktop to a Web site. It's a fairly simple process.

  Hope this helps!

• When I click on my desktop shortcut icons in the new firefox 4 I get a dialog box that indicates that windows does not find that the website

  I have improved the previous version of firefox to the new firefox v.4 and now all the shortcut icons I used with the previous version display a pop-up dialog box that says that windows does not find this website, check the spelling - address - etc. But immediately after this window opens the Web site loads. I tried to load the original site, delete the old shortcut and drag the new shortcut to my desktop, but Firefox always gives me the same message.

  See:

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Windows_error_opening_Internet_shortcut_or_local_HTML_file_-_Firefox

• Desktop shortcut icons have disappeared when I tried to boom, them. How to make a comeback?

  How can I get the shortcuts to pin to the XP desktop screen?

  All of the shortcuts that were on my xp desktop screen disappear when I was trying to make the icons smaller.  I clicked of course something (?) to make this happen, but have not figured out what that is or how to fix.  Shortcuts are currently in the Desktop file folder

  How you tried to resize them?
   
  Right click on the desktop | Rearrange icons by. East: show desktop icons checked?

• All the desktop shortcut icons have changed for Windows Media Center

  so I aidentally tried to open an EXE file. file with windows media center and wmc has taken over my computer. converted almost all my shortcut icons on the desktop in wmc and wmc fefuses icons to close. System Restore does not either. safe mode was not helpful either

  Original title: hostile takeover in Windows media center

  Thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately, the process you gave me failed, because he said that I had no permission to check in the Notepad file. BUT he has given me hope and showed me in the right direction. I had worked at this for 4 days now. I learned a lot through the links you sent me and I could finally get it fixed.

• Empty desktop shortcut icons

  All the shortcut icons, I create on my desk are just empty white squares. They work when I click on them, but they are just white square empty. The icons that came preloaded are not empty, but I have to create are. Help please?

  Thanks again. I think I'll call HP tech Support. Gosh, I hate doing this.
  Thanks for your time.
  David

• KB2286198 patch installation damaged desktop shortcut icons.

  Once installed manually fix KB2286198 (from MS FixIt) and that Windows did an automatic update, the next day, all the shortcut icons Office programs are white outside. Except for the workstation, MyNetwork, Internet Explorer and Recycle Bin, all the tous les autres other program icons are blank as much and any effort to restore their a fail. Based on the article Comoputerworld patch (02/08/2010) the manual should be reversed before asking the window update, which I did not. I was not aware of the issue.

  Recreating IconCache.db, suggested by some people does not work either.

  Anyone against the SP can help?

  Hi Valtg,
       
  Method 1: 
         
  Check out the following link and try to run the Fixit to solve the problem.
         
  When you run an .exe on a Windows Vista-based or Windows 7 computer file, the file may start another program
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950505
   
  Ignore the title of the article where the steps mentioned in the article are applicable for the issue that you are facing.
      
  Method 2:

  Now you must create a new user account and check the question of do you need to follow the steps below.

  a. open user accounts by clicking the Start button.
  b. click Control Panel.
  c. click on user accounts.
  d. family Safety.
  e. click on user accounts.
  f. click on manage another account.
  g. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation.
  h. type the password or provide confirmation.
  i. click on create a new account.
  j. type the name you want to assign to the user account.
  k. click an account type.
  l. click on create account.

  Now search for the question.

  Follow the link provided below to fix the damaged user profile.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

  Thank you, and in what concerns:
  I. Suuresh Kumar - Microsoft technical support.

  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.
  

• How can I add a shortcut icon on my desktop from a Web page

  just upgraded from windows xp.     I want to add icons of some of the Web pages I regularly use... IE MétéoMédia, clock radio.   In windows ex I just right click and press send shortcut on my desktop...  Help

  Right-click anywhere on the web page and select Create shortcut.

• I cannot change my desktop shortcuts icons after installing firefox on my windows machine 7.

  All the shortcuts in office under properties don't show anything to be able to change the icon.
  General security details previous version are the only available tabs

  It was very good work. Play well.
  Please mark your last post as solved so other will know.

• Without any intervention on my part, many desktop shortcut icons have disappeared. There is no folder "unused shortcuts" on the desktop.__What that happened?

  There was an update from Microsoft.  I use auto update, but I do read everything that is done.

  Right click on the desktop - then select "rearrange icons by.
  Make sure that 'See the desktop icons' are selected. TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2010 - Update Services

• Will be upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 Wipe Off everything that resides on the Desktop (shortcuts, icons, folders, executable objects)?

  I want to upgrade my computer vista to windows 7. I have icons, folders and executable objects on the desktop. The upgrade process will scan them or they will remain there after the upgrade process is complete?

  Thank you

  Arthur

  It depends on which edition of Vista you're updated since then and which edition of Windows 7, you migrate to.  See

  http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/HTML/pbPage.Windows_Upgrade_Matrix

• "jape" appeared, instead of "mozilla firefox", under the desktop shortcut icon. Help!

  Last night, mid session, wanted to swap to internet explore to mozilla firefox and noticed the word "Joubert" written under the icon instead of Mr. f.! What would happen if you please?

  I think that you will get a definitive answer, if you could post it in a forum on security, as http://www.wilderssecurity.com or in the forums associated with security and antivirus products.

• Anyone want a bookmark for their desktop shortcut icon?

  Click in Firefox, and it shall file in your downloads folder.

  www.ossiningdesignguild.com/cc.ico

  Move to any folder that you want and right-click on your current bookmark

  Select properties / change icon

  Find and select the .ico file,

  and OK your way out of the dialog box.

  Here's a screen Cap

  

  Don't for a minute the idea that I know what I'm doing

  While hoping to promote the new baby.

  Have you downloaded with Chrome and does a very job that Firefox doesn't work?