This sounds like a very silly question - but I think Vista broke something
(maybe by design) or perhaps something is wrong with my installation.

When dragging a url from the address bar in the past (to the desktop for
example) it would create an internet shortcut. I could then later click
these and the web page would open, or drag and drop them back into an open IE
and the itnernet explorer would navigate to them, etc. When doing a file
properties on them, they would show as a web document of extension .url - .

After installing Vista Ultimate and using it I now see that when I do this a
url file is created - but its different and if I double click on it it does
not work - and the icon for th efile is blank -(pure white) - and it no
longer shows as a web document when I look at its properties. It did save
the title of the web page as the title of the document - but thats all. There
is nothing in the url box under details and no description or notes.

If I go to the file afterwards and click on properties and then details and
manually paste in the url into details - then the file will work when double
clicking, etc. but its still different because its not a web document.

Something seems very broken because internet explorer can not save the web
page's proper information as a internet shortcut when dragging the url from
the address bar.

Is this normal bahvior with Vista now, or is something broke? If something
is broke - do you know how to fix it?

Please help -

PBG

Re: Did Vista Break IE 7's ability to drag URL from address bar to des by P

P
Sat Jun 30 03:01:26 CDT 2007

Hello,

I can't reproduce your issue. When I click onto the little icon left to the
URL and drag that to the desktop, it makes a shortcut to the URL perfectly.
I don't know, though, what is causing your problem right now.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

"PBF" <PBF@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:207B698D-53A2-43AE-B552-6100431BB57C@microsoft.com...
> This sounds like a very silly question - but I think Vista broke something
> (maybe by design) or perhaps something is wrong with my installation.
>
> When dragging a url from the address bar in the past (to the desktop for
> example) it would create an internet shortcut. I could then later click
> these and the web page would open, or drag and drop them back into an open
> IE
> and the itnernet explorer would navigate to them, etc. When doing a file
> properties on them, they would show as a web document of extension .url -
> .
>
> After installing Vista Ultimate and using it I now see that when I do this
> a
> url file is created - but its different and if I double click on it it
> does
> not work - and the icon for th efile is blank -(pure white) - and it no
> longer shows as a web document when I look at its properties. It did save
> the title of the web page as the title of the document - but thats all.
> There
> is nothing in the url box under details and no description or notes.
>
> If I go to the file afterwards and click on properties and then details
> and
> manually paste in the url into details - then the file will work when
> double
> clicking, etc. but its still different because its not a web document.
>
> Something seems very broken because internet explorer can not save the web
> page's proper information as a internet shortcut when dragging the url
> from
> the address bar.
>
> Is this normal bahvior with Vista now, or is something broke? If
> something
> is broke - do you know how to fix it?
>
> Please help -
>
> PBG
>
>
>

Re: Did Vista Break IE 7's ability to drag URL from address bar to des by Don

Don
Sat Jun 30 13:36:40 CDT 2007

Hi,
Guesses...
Try running IE7 without add-ons- right-click the desktop icon and start
without add-ons. If the problem disappears, re-enable add-ons one at a time
until the problem returns.

The troublesome program may not show up as an add-on. Disable other
security, privacy, ad-blocking programs to see if one of them is causing the
problem. Any program that interacts with Internet Explorer could be causing
this. The connection with IE may not be obvious, such as Google Desktop.

A firewall will probably not be causing this problem, but be sure to turn on
the Windows Firewall from Control Panel> Windows Firewall before disabling a
third-party firewall or security suite during testing.

Protected Mode shouldn't cause this, but try disabling Protected Mode from
Internet Options> Security.
928675- Separation of Internet Explorer 7 from the Windows shell [protected
mode]:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/928675

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"PBF" <PBF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:207B698D-53A2-43AE-B552-6100431BB57C@microsoft.com...
> This sounds like a very silly question - but I think Vista broke something
> (maybe by design) or perhaps something is wrong with my installation.
>
> When dragging a url from the address bar in the past (to the desktop for
> example) it would create an internet shortcut. I could then later click
> these and the web page would open, or drag and drop them back into an open
IE
> and the itnernet explorer would navigate to them, etc. When doing a file
> properties on them, they would show as a web document of extension .url -
.
>
> After installing Vista Ultimate and using it I now see that when I do this
a
> url file is created - but its different and if I double click on it it
does
> not work - and the icon for th efile is blank -(pure white) - and it no
> longer shows as a web document when I look at its properties. It did save
> the title of the web page as the title of the document - but thats all.
There
> is nothing in the url box under details and no description or notes.
>
> If I go to the file afterwards and click on properties and then details
and
> manually paste in the url into details - then the file will work when
double
> clicking, etc. but its still different because its not a web document.
>
> Something seems very broken because internet explorer can not save the web
> page's proper information as a internet shortcut when dragging the url
from
> the address bar.
>
> Is this normal bahvior with Vista now, or is something broke? If
something
> is broke - do you know how to fix it?
>
> Please help -
>
> PBG


RE: Did Vista Break IE 7's ability to drag URL from address bar to des by Phydeaux

Phydeaux
Sun Jul 01 01:20:02 CDT 2007

PBF,
I have seen similar situations happen randomly when using IE 6 SP1 on
Windows XP. Whenever I find a web document that does not show the Web page
tab, I just delete the file and create a new one.

In regards to IE 7, I've seen it work just like IE 6. You can drag the icon
in the address bar out of IE to create a shortcut and drag it back in if you
have IE open.

Try dragging the icon in the address bar to a new folder other than the ones
you have been using. See if it creates one properly. If your situation is
constant, look for articles/link to have IE 7 reinstalled and follow them
closely.

Phy

"PBF" wrote:

> This sounds like a very silly question - but I think Vista broke something
> (maybe by design) or perhaps something is wrong with my installation.
>
> When dragging a url from the address bar in the past (to the desktop for
> example) it would create an internet shortcut. I could then later click
> these and the web page would open, or drag and drop them back into an open IE
> and the itnernet explorer would navigate to them, etc. When doing a file
> properties on them, they would show as a web document of extension .url - .
>
> After installing Vista Ultimate and using it I now see that when I do this a
> url file is created - but its different and if I double click on it it does
> not work - and the icon for th efile is blank -(pure white) - and it no
> longer shows as a web document when I look at its properties. It did save
> the title of the web page as the title of the document - but thats all. There
> is nothing in the url box under details and no description or notes.
>
> If I go to the file afterwards and click on properties and then details and
> manually paste in the url into details - then the file will work when double
> clicking, etc. but its still different because its not a web document.
>
> Something seems very broken because internet explorer can not save the web
> page's proper information as a internet shortcut when dragging the url from
> the address bar.
>
> Is this normal bahvior with Vista now, or is something broke? If something
> is broke - do you know how to fix it?
>
> Please help -
>
> PBG
>
>
>