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   Leonidas Jones to Leonidas Jones   
   Re: URL shortcut on desktop, how?   
   06 Dec 05 17:44:49   
   
   From: Cap1MD@att.net   
      
   Leonidas Jones wrote:   
   > itemyar wrote:   
   >> Thanks Ralph,   
   >>   
   >> This worked, but it created a IE shortcut, not a Netscape shortcut!  I   
   >> suppose this is because my primary browser is IE.  I only use Netscape   
   >> for streaming media (in this case, a radio station) and it seems like   
   >> I should be able to create a Netscape shortcut, whether it's my   
   >> primary browser or not.  I'm using the latest version of Netscape (8.0)   
   >>   
   >   
   > A desktop shortcut will open your default browser. Make Netscape your   
   > default browser, and these will open in Netscape.   
   >   
   > If you really want a short cut to Netscape, create a second copy of your   
   > Netscape desktop shortcut.  Right click and select Properties.   
   >   
   > In the Target field, add a command switch to open the specific url. For   
   > example, say mozilla.org:   
   >   
   > "www.mozilla.org|www.mozillazine.org"   
   >   
   > The entire line would look something like this:   
   >   
   > "C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape7\Netscp.exe" "www.mozilla.org"   
   >   
   > Note, it should not wrap, of course.   
   >   
   > The path to Netscp.exe may vary on your system.   
   >   
   > You would have to do this for every shortcut you want.  Its probably not   
   > worth it.   
   >   
   > Lee   
      
   Sorry, directions were for 7.2, should work equally well with NS8.   
      
   Lee   
      
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