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Warren H.

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Warren H.

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December 12th, 2007 16:00

Quick Launch Icons

I'm setting up my Precision T3400 running XP Pro w/IE 7. My frustration is when I add short cut links to the "Quick Launch" area of the task bar. As can be seen in the 1st screen shot below I have made my own icons for 2 MSN sites,the Dell forum, my local paper, and a text file. After visiting these sites the icons revert to the one's seen in the 2nd screen shot. My XPS Gen 3 running XP Pro and IE 6 doesn't have this problem. I have Googled this phenomenon and the only fix I have found for this is to use FireFox.:O Any else run in to this problem ? If so were you able to fix it ?

Warren

  • mombodog

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    Posted December 12th, 2007 18:00

    Set the icons you want, then right click on the icon and do Properties>General Tab, set it to read only, hit OK  See if this keeps the icon from changing.
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    Posted December 13th, 2007 23:00

    I hope you don't mind me asking this Warren...
     
    Mombo, would that method also work for the items in the "favorites" ?
     
    Thank you in advance; gotta go shovel snow....  :smileysurprised:
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    Posted December 14th, 2007 02:00

    "Mombo, would that method also work for the items in the "favorites" ?"
     
    It should, no guarantee's.
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    Posted December 14th, 2007 11:00

    Many thanks my friend...  I'll experiment with it today. Those darn icons always revert back to their default.... One way or another I'll get 'em to stay with the ones I want !!!
     
    Happy Holidays Warren and Mombo..
  • Warren H.

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    Posted December 14th, 2007 12:00

    mombodog,

    Thanks for your reply. I gave your idea a shot but, it's a no go. I got a "! Cannot apply changes to this internet shortcut." dialog box thrown at me. I guess the boys at MS left this feature out of IE 7, maybe I should give Firefox a try. Thanks again.

    Warren

    No problem Tom.The best of holidays to you too.