Links That Launch Both Site *And* Browser
On my desktop I have several short cuts to web sites - who doesn't? But they all go via the default web browser--- and sometimes I would prefer to go via a different browser. How might I force such a shortcut to go through the browser of my choice? Hope you can help, ---Vaughan Mitchell
Simply create a link to the browser executable of
your choice (for example, to firefox.exe or iexplore.exe) by dragging and dropping
with the right mouse button and choosing "Create Shortcuts Here" from the
context menu. Then right-click on the shortcut and choose Properties. In the
Target box, you'll see the path and executable filename for the browser in
quotation marks. Simply type the full URL of the site you'd like to open after
the path. It should look something like this:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" http://langa.com
Click OK. The shortcut will now work, but you'll probably want to change the
name of the shortcut, and possibly the icon as well.
Note that in the new Internet Explorer 7 (which shipped October 18), associating
a single Web site like this overrides any multiple Start pages you may have set
up.
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