From: sherwindu@comcast.net   
      
   Thanks for the advice, it works ok now.  It was a frustrating experience since   
   both   
   the Netscape and Windows2000 had no instructions how to do this.   
      
                                                           Sherwin D.   
      
   gwtc wrote:   
      
   > sherwindu wrote:   
   > > I am running Windows 2000 and Netscape 7.1.  There is a certain web site I   
   would   
   > > like to access frequently.  I currently do it using a bookmark.  I thought   
   I   
   > > might streamline that by somehow putting the access to it via an icon on   
   the   
   > > desktop.  I got nowheres fast.  Is it possible to do it, and how?  I also   
   had a   
   > > devil of a time changing   
   > > the icon from a Netscape icon to another more meaningfull one.  Windows   
   2000   
   > > would not let me change the icon.  If I created another shortcut to the   
   icon on   
   > > the   
   > > desktop, there was an option to change the icon.  Both the original icon   
   and   
   > > it's shortcut did get me to the web site, but the hot keys at that site   
   were   
   > > inoperatable.   
   > > Kind of stuck now, so I may have to get by using the bookmark.   
   > >   
   > >                                              Sherwin D.   
   > >   
   > Go to the website in question, then in the address bar, you will see a   
   > little icon at the beginning.  Move your mouse over until it turns to   
   > a hand, click and drag that hand to the desktop and let go.  Now you   
   > have a desktop shortcut.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Maxims for the Internet Age:  A journey of a thousand sites begins   
   > with a single click.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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