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[JDPower]

Is there any way to create an internet shortcut on desktop that opens in IE when Firefox is default browser?

[JDPower]

JDPower, on Oct 4 2006, 11:58 PM, said:

Is there any way to create an internet shortcut on desktop that opens in IE when Firefox is default browser?

Never mind, found the answer, was going about it the wrong way. In case anyones interested:

Right-click a blank area of the desktop, New, Shortcut.
The shortcut target: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
Then, add a space and append the URL to the end, something like:

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://myserver/myapp

(Isn't it always the same - always find the answer AFTER you've posted )

[TheFiresInTheSky]

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(Isn't it always the same - always find the answer AFTER you've posted )

soo true!
just so you know, im pretty sure you can just enter in "iexplore.exe" as the target and it will open up IE.

[JDPower]

TheFiresInTheSky, on Oct 5 2006, 02:03 AM, said:

soo true!
just so you know, im pretty sure you can just enter in "iexplore.exe" as the target and it will open up IE.

I didn't want to just open IE, I wanted a shortcut to a specific site. But that site (Kasperskys online scanner)
only works in IE and every time I created an internet shortcut for it on my desktop it opened in Firefox because thats my default browser. So I needed to know how to create a shortcut to a specific site that went to that site using IE.