Re: desktop shortcut icon location

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"Tom" <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have an application which creates a desktop shortcut
> to an internet address. The location of the icon is also
> a web address in the form of \\stuff.alphaCompanies.com/images/alpha.ico
>
> On some desktops the icon is never resolved and the default
> icon for IE is displayed. (note the shortcut to the web address works)
> Is this a firewall issue or a setting on the user's computer which
> prevents the icon from being resolved?
>

Why don't you copy the icon file to your computer then point the shortcut's
icon to the location on your computer?

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William



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