Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[Ralph]

David E. Ross wrote:

On 1/23/2010 6:25 PM, Ralph wrote:

David E. Ross wrote:

On 1/23/2010 8:18 AM, Ralph wrote:

David E. Ross wrote:

On 1/21/2010 8:52 PM, Ralph wrote:

Jim Dell wrote:

Ralph wrote:

David E. Ross wrote:

On 1/18/2010 4:12 PM, Ralph wrote:

"C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" %1


You need a separate set of quotes around the %1.


Thanks David.. but
Adding quotes around the %1 does not make it work.. ("C:\Program
Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" "%1")
I changed my default browser to Firefox and the "internet shortcuts"
work just fine. Strangely the data in the Tools>Folder options>\\Edit
has not changed, it still shows SeaMonkey and the path. When I change to
IE as my default browser it changes (and shortcuts work). Changing back
to SeaMonkey as the default writes the correct path back but sadly does
not work.

Any more ideas??

Create a new icon by finding SeaMonkey in your start programs menu and
right clicking on it and then using the Sendto item select create
desktop shortcut.

Jim

Thanks Jim but,
I am confused on how this (shortcut) would open the URL of the site I
want to go to. The shortcut opens SeaMonkey alright but with my default
home page. I do not need a desktop shortcut to do that.


Now that I'm sure of what you want, here is how to get it.

1.  Go to the Web page via SeaMonkey or any other browser.

2.  "Normalize" your browser window.  That is, make it less than
maximized on your desktop.  In the upper-right corner of the window,
there are three buttons.  If the middle button shows a single box, the
window is already normalized.  If the middle button shows two boxes --
one overlapping the other -- left-click on that button.

3.  Drag the edges of the window until it is about half the size of your
desktop.  Drag the title bar (the bar at the very top) to move the
window enough to expose a blank area on your desktop.

4.  Position your cursor on the address area of the Navigation bar,
within the area but to the left of the URI of the Web page.  If
positioned correctly, the cursor should become a hand instead of an arrow.

5.  Hold down the left button of your mouse, drag the hand onto your
desktop, and let go of the left button (dropping the hand).  This should
create an Internet Shortcut to the Web page.

You can then move the Internet Shortcut into a folder.  Alternatively,
you can drag and drop the hand directly into a folder.


Thanks for trying to help David... but let's give up

I make many "favicon" shortcuts... dragging the URL to my desktop where
it makes a shortcut to that specific page. If I am researching something
that I may want to get back to it is an easy way to make a desktop
"visible" bookmark.. and then when the project is finished can be easily
deleted or placed in a reference folder.

My issue is with a bug in SeaMonkey 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 Where when I click
on one of these shortcuts I get a "Windows can not find..." error
message, the page will in fact open and when I close the page the error
message is still there and until accepted (OK) the desktop is
effectively locked.

This "bug" did not exist in version 2.0.0 There can not be any instance
of SeaMonkey running, if there is this bug will not occur and the
shortcuts open normally

If I make my default browser anything other than SeaMonkey the shortcuts
work just fine. (FireFox IE)

If a short cut "you" make in this manner works... while there is no
other instance of SeaMonkey running... then this must be a local
configuration on my system... but in my opinion, still a bug!

But I do appreciate you trying to help me.



My problem is that I can't reproduce your problem.  I just now tried
with an old Internet Shortcut while SeaMonkey was already running, with
an old Internet Shortcut while SeaMonkey was terminated, and with a new
Internet Shortcut while SeaMonkey was terminated.  All three cases worked.

I have one more suggestion.  Try opening (double-click) an HTML file
that is on your desktop.  If you get the same problem with that, then
it's a problem with Windows and not SeaMonkey.


   Clever test..  I copied to my desk top an html file.. and it opens
just fine.


Windows "knows" the correct path to SeaMonkey for opening an HTML file.
  From earlier in this thread, your "File Type" setup for Internet
Shortcuts has the correct path to SeaMonkey.

I surrender!!

So do I... Am thinking A) changing to Firefox and Thunderbird or B) do a 
clean install of SeaMonkey. It may end up being a coin toss, I like the 
"suite" and have used it since day 1 but installing Version 2 gave me 
much grief. Perhaps some of that grief is still around to trouble me now.
In hindsight.. my problem came from the fact I did not have the "normal" 
location for my profile, instead it was on my "D" drive, this confused 
SeaMonkey 2 as it could not find my profile to update.. I had to jump 
through a lot of hoops to finally make it work.. and it seems not at100% 
yet.


Thanks for hanging in and trying to fix my

Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[David E. Ross]

On 1/23/2010 6:25 PM, Ralph wrote:
> David E. Ross wrote:
>> On 1/23/2010 8:18 AM, Ralph wrote:
>>> David E. Ross wrote:
 On 1/21/2010 8:52 PM, Ralph wrote:
> Jim Dell wrote:
>> Ralph wrote:
>>> David E. Ross wrote:
 On 1/18/2010 4:12 PM, Ralph wrote:
> "C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" %1

 You need a separate set of quotes around the %1.

>>> Thanks David.. but
>>> Adding quotes around the %1 does not make it work.. ("C:\Program
>>> Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" "%1")
>>> I changed my default browser to Firefox and the "internet shortcuts"
>>> work just fine. Strangely the data in the Tools>   Folder options>   
>>> \\Edit
>>> has not changed, it still shows SeaMonkey and the path. When I change to
>>> IE as my default browser it changes (and shortcuts work). Changing back
>>> to SeaMonkey as the default writes the correct path back but sadly does
>>> not work.
>>>
>>> Any more ideas??
>> Create a new icon by finding SeaMonkey in your start programs menu and
>> right clicking on it and then using the Sendto item select create
>> desktop shortcut.
>>
>> Jim
> Thanks Jim but,
> I am confused on how this (shortcut) would open the URL of the site I
> want to go to. The shortcut opens SeaMonkey alright but with my default
> home page. I do not need a desktop shortcut to do that.

 Now that I'm sure of what you want, here is how to get it.

 1.  Go to the Web page via SeaMonkey or any other browser.

 2.  "Normalize" your browser window.  That is, make it less than
 maximized on your desktop.  In the upper-right corner of the window,
 there are three buttons.  If the middle button shows a single box, the
 window is already normalized.  If the middle button shows two boxes --
 one overlapping the other -- left-click on that button.

 3.  Drag the edges of the window until it is about half the size of your
 desktop.  Drag the title bar (the bar at the very top) to move the
 window enough to expose a blank area on your desktop.

 4.  Position your cursor on the address area of the Navigation bar,
 within the area but to the left of the URI of the Web page.  If
 positioned correctly, the cursor should become a hand instead of an arrow.

 5.  Hold down the left button of your mouse, drag the hand onto your
 desktop, and let go of the left button (dropping the hand).  This should
 create an Internet Shortcut to the Web page.

 You can then move the Internet Shortcut into a folder.  Alternatively,
 you can drag and drop the hand directly into a folder.

>>> Thanks for trying to help David... but let's give up
>>>
>>> I make many "favicon" shortcuts... dragging the URL to my desktop where
>>> it makes a shortcut to that specific page. If I am researching something
>>> that I may want to get back to it is an easy way to make a desktop
>>> "visible" bookmark.. and then when the project is finished can be easily
>>> deleted or placed in a reference folder.
>>>
>>> My issue is with a bug in SeaMonkey 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 Where when I click
>>> on one of these shortcuts I get a "Windows can not find..." error
>>> message, the page will in fact open and when I close the page the error
>>> message is still there and until accepted (OK) the desktop is
>>> effectively locked.
>>>
>>> This "bug" did not exist in version 2.0.0 There can not be any instance
>>> of SeaMonkey running, if there is this bug will not occur and the
>>> shortcuts open normally
>>>
>>> If I make my default browser anything other than SeaMonkey the shortcuts
>>> work just fine. (FireFox IE)
>>>
>>> If a short cut "you" make in this manner works... while there is no
>>> other instance of SeaMonkey running... then this must be a local
>>> configuration on my system... but in my opinion, still a bug!
>>>
>>> But I do appreciate you trying to help me.
>>>
>>
>> My problem is that I can't reproduce your problem.  I just now tried
>> with an old Internet Shortcut while SeaMonkey was already running, with
>> an old Internet Shortcut while SeaMonkey was terminated, and with a new
>> Internet Shortcut while SeaMonkey was terminated.  All three cases worked.
>>
>> I have one more suggestion.  Try opening (double-click) an HTML file
>> that is on your desktop.  If you get the same problem with that, then
>> it's a problem with Windows and not SeaMonkey.
>>
>   Clever test..  I copied to my desk top an html file.. and it opens 
> just fine.

Windows "knows" the correct path to SeaMonkey for opening an HTML file.
 From earlier in this thread, your "File Type" setup for Internet
Shortcuts has the correct path to SeaMonkey.

I surrender!!

-- 
David E. Ross


Go to Mozdev at  for quick access to
extensions for Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and other
Mozilla-related applicatio

Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[Ralph]

David E. Ross wrote:

On 1/23/2010 8:18 AM, Ralph wrote:

David E. Ross wrote:

On 1/21/2010 8:52 PM, Ralph wrote:

Jim Dell wrote:

Ralph wrote:

David E. Ross wrote:

On 1/18/2010 4:12 PM, Ralph wrote:

"C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" %1


You need a separate set of quotes around the %1.


Thanks David.. but
Adding quotes around the %1 does not make it work.. ("C:\Program
Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" "%1")
I changed my default browser to Firefox and the "internet shortcuts"
work just fine. Strangely the data in the Tools>   Folder options>   \\Edit
has not changed, it still shows SeaMonkey and the path. When I change to
IE as my default browser it changes (and shortcuts work). Changing back
to SeaMonkey as the default writes the correct path back but sadly does
not work.

Any more ideas??

Create a new icon by finding SeaMonkey in your start programs menu and
right clicking on it and then using the Sendto item select create
desktop shortcut.

Jim

Thanks Jim but,
I am confused on how this (shortcut) would open the URL of the site I
want to go to. The shortcut opens SeaMonkey alright but with my default
home page. I do not need a desktop shortcut to do that.


Now that I'm sure of what you want, here is how to get it.

1.  Go to the Web page via SeaMonkey or any other browser.

2.  "Normalize" your browser window.  That is, make it less than
maximized on your desktop.  In the upper-right corner of the window,
there are three buttons.  If the middle button shows a single box, the
window is already normalized.  If the middle button shows two boxes --
one overlapping the other -- left-click on that button.

3.  Drag the edges of the window until it is about half the size of your
desktop.  Drag the title bar (the bar at the very top) to move the
window enough to expose a blank area on your desktop.

4.  Position your cursor on the address area of the Navigation bar,
within the area but to the left of the URI of the Web page.  If
positioned correctly, the cursor should become a hand instead of an arrow.

5.  Hold down the left button of your mouse, drag the hand onto your
desktop, and let go of the left button (dropping the hand).  This should
create an Internet Shortcut to the Web page.

You can then move the Internet Shortcut into a folder.  Alternatively,
you can drag and drop the hand directly into a folder.


Thanks for trying to help David... but let's give up

I make many "favicon" shortcuts... dragging the URL to my desktop where
it makes a shortcut to that specific page. If I am researching something
that I may want to get back to it is an easy way to make a desktop
"visible" bookmark.. and then when the project is finished can be easily
deleted or placed in a reference folder.

My issue is with a bug in SeaMonkey 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 Where when I click
on one of these shortcuts I get a "Windows can not find..." error
message, the page will in fact open and when I close the page the error
message is still there and until accepted (OK) the desktop is
effectively locked.

This "bug" did not exist in version 2.0.0 There can not be any instance
of SeaMonkey running, if there is this bug will not occur and the
shortcuts open normally

If I make my default browser anything other than SeaMonkey the shortcuts
work just fine. (FireFox IE)

If a short cut "you" make in this manner works... while there is no
other instance of SeaMonkey running... then this must be a local
configuration on my system... but in my opinion, still a bug!

But I do appreciate you trying to help me.



My problem is that I can't reproduce your problem.  I just now tried
with an old Internet Shortcut while SeaMonkey was already running, with
an old Internet Shortcut while SeaMonkey was terminated, and with a new
Internet Shortcut while SeaMonkey was terminated.  All three cases worked.

I have one more suggestion.  Try opening (double-click) an HTML file
that is on your desktop.  If you get the same problem with that, then
it's a problem with Windows and not SeaMonkey.

 Clever test..  I copied to my desk top an html file.. and it opens 
just fine.

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Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[David E. Ross]

On 1/23/2010 8:18 AM, Ralph wrote:
> David E. Ross wrote:
>> On 1/21/2010 8:52 PM, Ralph wrote:
>>> Jim Dell wrote:
 Ralph wrote:
> David E. Ross wrote:
>> On 1/18/2010 4:12 PM, Ralph wrote:
>>> "C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" %1
>>
>> You need a separate set of quotes around the %1.
>>
> Thanks David.. but
> Adding quotes around the %1 does not make it work.. ("C:\Program
> Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" "%1")
> I changed my default browser to Firefox and the "internet shortcuts"
> work just fine. Strangely the data in the Tools>  Folder options>  \\Edit
> has not changed, it still shows SeaMonkey and the path. When I change to
> IE as my default browser it changes (and shortcuts work). Changing back
> to SeaMonkey as the default writes the correct path back but sadly does
> not work.
>
> Any more ideas??
 Create a new icon by finding SeaMonkey in your start programs menu and
 right clicking on it and then using the Sendto item select create
 desktop shortcut.

 Jim
>>> Thanks Jim but,
>>> I am confused on how this (shortcut) would open the URL of the site I
>>> want to go to. The shortcut opens SeaMonkey alright but with my default
>>> home page. I do not need a desktop shortcut to do that.
>>
>> Now that I'm sure of what you want, here is how to get it.
>>
>> 1.  Go to the Web page via SeaMonkey or any other browser.
>>
>> 2.  "Normalize" your browser window.  That is, make it less than
>> maximized on your desktop.  In the upper-right corner of the window,
>> there are three buttons.  If the middle button shows a single box, the
>> window is already normalized.  If the middle button shows two boxes --
>> one overlapping the other -- left-click on that button.
>>
>> 3.  Drag the edges of the window until it is about half the size of your
>> desktop.  Drag the title bar (the bar at the very top) to move the
>> window enough to expose a blank area on your desktop.
>>
>> 4.  Position your cursor on the address area of the Navigation bar,
>> within the area but to the left of the URI of the Web page.  If
>> positioned correctly, the cursor should become a hand instead of an arrow.
>>
>> 5.  Hold down the left button of your mouse, drag the hand onto your
>> desktop, and let go of the left button (dropping the hand).  This should
>> create an Internet Shortcut to the Web page.
>>
>> You can then move the Internet Shortcut into a folder.  Alternatively,
>> you can drag and drop the hand directly into a folder.
>>
> Thanks for trying to help David... but let's give up
> 
> I make many "favicon" shortcuts... dragging the URL to my desktop where 
> it makes a shortcut to that specific page. If I am researching something 
> that I may want to get back to it is an easy way to make a desktop 
> "visible" bookmark.. and then when the project is finished can be easily 
> deleted or placed in a reference folder.
> 
> My issue is with a bug in SeaMonkey 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 Where when I click 
> on one of these shortcuts I get a "Windows can not find..." error 
> message, the page will in fact open and when I close the page the error 
> message is still there and until accepted (OK) the desktop is 
> effectively locked.
> 
> This "bug" did not exist in version 2.0.0 There can not be any instance 
> of SeaMonkey running, if there is this bug will not occur and the 
> shortcuts open normally
> 
> If I make my default browser anything other than SeaMonkey the shortcuts 
> work just fine. (FireFox IE)
> 
> If a short cut "you" make in this manner works... while there is no 
> other instance of SeaMonkey running... then this must be a local 
> configuration on my system... but in my opinion, still a bug!
> 
> But I do appreciate you trying to help me.
> 

My problem is that I can't reproduce your problem.  I just now tried
with an old Internet Shortcut while SeaMonkey was already running, with
an old Internet Shortcut while SeaMonkey was terminated, and with a new
Internet Shortcut while SeaMonkey was terminated.  All three cases worked.

I have one more suggestion.  Try opening (double-click) an HTML file
that is on your desktop.  If you get the same problem with that, then
it's a problem with Windows and not SeaMonkey.

-- 
David E. Ross


Go to Mozdev at  for quick access to
extensions for Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and other
Mozilla-related applications.  You can access Mozdev much
more quickly than you can Mozilla Add-Ons.
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Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[Ralph]

David E. Ross wrote:

On 1/21/2010 8:52 PM, Ralph wrote:

Jim Dell wrote:

Ralph wrote:

David E. Ross wrote:

On 1/18/2010 4:12 PM, Ralph wrote:

"C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" %1


You need a separate set of quotes around the %1.


Thanks David.. but
Adding quotes around the %1 does not make it work.. ("C:\Program
Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" "%1")
I changed my default browser to Firefox and the "internet shortcuts"
work just fine. Strangely the data in the Tools>  Folder options>  \\Edit
has not changed, it still shows SeaMonkey and the path. When I change to
IE as my default browser it changes (and shortcuts work). Changing back
to SeaMonkey as the default writes the correct path back but sadly does
not work.

Any more ideas??

Create a new icon by finding SeaMonkey in your start programs menu and
right clicking on it and then using the Sendto item select create
desktop shortcut.

Jim

Thanks Jim but,
I am confused on how this (shortcut) would open the URL of the site I
want to go to. The shortcut opens SeaMonkey alright but with my default
home page. I do not need a desktop shortcut to do that.


Now that I'm sure of what you want, here is how to get it.

1.  Go to the Web page via SeaMonkey or any other browser.

2.  "Normalize" your browser window.  That is, make it less than
maximized on your desktop.  In the upper-right corner of the window,
there are three buttons.  If the middle button shows a single box, the
window is already normalized.  If the middle button shows two boxes --
one overlapping the other -- left-click on that button.

3.  Drag the edges of the window until it is about half the size of your
desktop.  Drag the title bar (the bar at the very top) to move the
window enough to expose a blank area on your desktop.

4.  Position your cursor on the address area of the Navigation bar,
within the area but to the left of the URI of the Web page.  If
positioned correctly, the cursor should become a hand instead of an arrow.

5.  Hold down the left button of your mouse, drag the hand onto your
desktop, and let go of the left button (dropping the hand).  This should
create an Internet Shortcut to the Web page.

You can then move the Internet Shortcut into a folder.  Alternatively,
you can drag and drop the hand directly into a folder.


Thanks for trying to help David... but let's give up

I make many "favicon" shortcuts... dragging the URL to my desktop where 
it makes a shortcut to that specific page. If I am researching something 
that I may want to get back to it is an easy way to make a desktop 
"visible" bookmark.. and then when the project is finished can be easily 
deleted or placed in a reference folder.


My issue is with a bug in SeaMonkey 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 Where when I click 
on one of these shortcuts I get a "Windows can not find..." error 
message, the page will in fact open and when I close the page the error 
message is still there and until accepted (OK) the desktop is 
effectively locked.


This "bug" did not exist in version 2.0.0 There can not be any instance 
of SeaMonkey running, if there is this bug will not occur and the 
shortcuts open normally


If I make my default browser anything other than SeaMonkey the shortcuts 
work just fine. (FireFox IE)


If a short cut "you" make in this manner works... while there is no 
other instance of SeaMonkey running... then this must be a local 
configuration on my system... but in my opinion, still a bug!


But I do appreciate you trying to help me.

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Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[David E. Ross]

On 1/21/2010 8:52 PM, Ralph wrote:
> Jim Dell wrote:
>> Ralph wrote:
>>> David E. Ross wrote:
 On 1/18/2010 4:12 PM, Ralph wrote:
> "C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" %1

 You need a separate set of quotes around the %1.

>>> Thanks David.. but
>>> Adding quotes around the %1 does not make it work.. ("C:\Program
>>> Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" "%1")
>>> I changed my default browser to Firefox and the "internet shortcuts"
>>> work just fine. Strangely the data in the Tools> Folder options> \\Edit
>>> has not changed, it still shows SeaMonkey and the path. When I change to
>>> IE as my default browser it changes (and shortcuts work). Changing back
>>> to SeaMonkey as the default writes the correct path back but sadly does
>>> not work.
>>>
>>> Any more ideas??
>> Create a new icon by finding SeaMonkey in your start programs menu and
>> right clicking on it and then using the Sendto item select create
>> desktop shortcut.
>>
>> Jim
> Thanks Jim but,
> I am confused on how this (shortcut) would open the URL of the site I 
> want to go to. The shortcut opens SeaMonkey alright but with my default 
> home page. I do not need a desktop shortcut to do that.

Now that I'm sure of what you want, here is how to get it.

1.  Go to the Web page via SeaMonkey or any other browser.

2.  "Normalize" your browser window.  That is, make it less than
maximized on your desktop.  In the upper-right corner of the window,
there are three buttons.  If the middle button shows a single box, the
window is already normalized.  If the middle button shows two boxes --
one overlapping the other -- left-click on that button.

3.  Drag the edges of the window until it is about half the size of your
desktop.  Drag the title bar (the bar at the very top) to move the
window enough to expose a blank area on your desktop.

4.  Position your cursor on the address area of the Navigation bar,
within the area but to the left of the URI of the Web page.  If
positioned correctly, the cursor should become a hand instead of an arrow.

5.  Hold down the left button of your mouse, drag the hand onto your
desktop, and let go of the left button (dropping the hand).  This should
create an Internet Shortcut to the Web page.

You can then move the Internet Shortcut into a folder.  Alternatively,
you can drag and drop the hand directly into a folder.

-- 
David E. Ross


Go to Mozdev at  for quick access to
extensions for Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and other
Mozilla-related applications.  You can access Mozdev much
more quickly than you can Mozilla Add-Ons.
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Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[Ralph]

Jim Dell wrote:

Ralph wrote:

David E. Ross wrote:

On 1/18/2010 4:12 PM, Ralph wrote:

"C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" %1


You need a separate set of quotes around the %1.


Thanks David.. but
Adding quotes around the %1 does not make it work.. ("C:\Program
Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" "%1")
I changed my default browser to Firefox and the "internet shortcuts"
work just fine. Strangely the data in the Tools> Folder options> \\Edit
has not changed, it still shows SeaMonkey and the path. When I change to
IE as my default browser it changes (and shortcuts work). Changing back
to SeaMonkey as the default writes the correct path back but sadly does
not work.

Any more ideas??

Create a new icon by finding SeaMonkey in your start programs menu and
right clicking on it and then using the Sendto item select create
desktop shortcut.

Jim

Thanks Jim but,
I am confused on how this (shortcut) would open the URL of the site I 
want to go to. The shortcut opens SeaMonkey alright but with my default 
home page. I do not need a desktop shortcut to do that.

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Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[Jim Dell]

Ralph wrote:

David E. Ross wrote:

On 1/18/2010 4:12 PM, Ralph wrote:

"C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" %1


You need a separate set of quotes around the %1.


Thanks David.. but
Adding quotes around the %1 does not make it work.. ("C:\Program
Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" "%1")
I changed my default browser to Firefox and the "internet shortcuts"
work just fine. Strangely the data in the Tools> Folder options> \\Edit
has not changed, it still shows SeaMonkey and the path. When I change to
IE as my default browser it changes (and shortcuts work). Changing back
to SeaMonkey as the default writes the correct path back but sadly does
not work.

Any more ideas??
Create a new icon by finding SeaMonkey in your start programs menu and 
right clicking on it and then using the Sendto item select create 
desktop shortcut.


Jim
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Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[Ralph]

David E. Ross wrote:

On 1/18/2010 4:12 PM, Ralph wrote:

"C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" %1


You need a separate set of quotes around the %1.


Thanks David.. but
Adding quotes around the %1 does not make it work.. ("C:\Program 
Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" "%1")
I changed my default browser to Firefox and the "internet shortcuts" 
work just fine. Strangely the data in the Tools> Folder options> \\Edit 
has not changed, it still shows SeaMonkey and the path. When I change to 
IE as my default browser it changes (and shortcuts work). Changing back 
to SeaMonkey as the default writes the correct path back but sadly does 
not work.


Any more ideas??
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Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[David E. Ross]

On 1/18/2010 4:12 PM, Ralph wrote:
> "C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" %1

You need a separate set of quotes around the %1.

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Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[Ralph]

David E. Ross wrote:

On 1/17/2010 8:45 PM, Ralph wrote:

I should be grateful for the upgrade that fixes security issues. But
could someone not fix some of the really aggravating bugs. Specifically
when you use desktop icons (URL Shortcuts) to launch SM you have to
suffer a windows error message.. can not find file... are you sure you
typed it correctly...

This has been there since 2.0 FIX IT  (please)


The proper term in Windows is "Internet Shortcut".  I use these for
sites that I might want to visit again over a short period of time and
then never again.  Thus, I don't want to added them to my bookmarks.

Do the following check:

1.  Open My Computer.

2.  On the menu bar, select [Tools>  Folder Options].

3.  On the Folder Options window, select the File Types tab.

4.  Near the top of the list of "Registered file types", you should see
an icon with "(None)" for the extension and "Internet Shortcut" for the
file type.  Select that entry and then the Advanced button.

5.  On the Edit File Type window, select Open under Action and then
select the Edit button.

6.  On the "Editing action for type: Internet Shortcut" window,
carefully examine the path to SeaMonkey in the "Application used to
perform action" area.  Does the path point correctly to where you
installed SeaMonkey?  If there are any blanks in any of the folder
names, the entire path -- including the seamonkey.exe -- needs to be
enclosed in quotes.  The quotes do not include the "%1" at the end,
which is separate from the path.  If any of this is awry, correct the
path; be sure to include seamonkey.exe at the end.

7.  Conclude by closing each window by selecting its OK button.

NOTE:  If there is no entry for "Internet Shortcut" in step #4 above,
you have a Windows problem.  Let me know.



Thank you David.
I went as you suggested and found that in the application used to open 
there was thisrundll32.exe ieframe.dll,OpenURL %l

I browsed to my SeaMonkey folder and changed it to
"C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" %1
Did not make any difference
Then changed my DDE Message to reflect what is in a similar spot for 
FireFox to "%1",,0,0
Application I changed to SeaMonkey; nothing in DDE application not 
running; and in topic changed it to WWW_OpenURL


But.. still no joy, I still get the windows error message.

Any other thoughts??
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Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[David E. Ross]

On 1/17/2010 8:45 PM, Ralph wrote:
> I should be grateful for the upgrade that fixes security issues. But 
> could someone not fix some of the really aggravating bugs. Specifically 
> when you use desktop icons (URL Shortcuts) to launch SM you have to 
> suffer a windows error message.. can not find file... are you sure you 
> typed it correctly...
> 
> This has been there since 2.0 FIX IT  (please)

The proper term in Windows is "Internet Shortcut".  I use these for
sites that I might want to visit again over a short period of time and
then never again.  Thus, I don't want to added them to my bookmarks.

Do the following check:

1.  Open My Computer.

2.  On the menu bar, select [Tools > Folder Options].

3.  On the Folder Options window, select the File Types tab.

4.  Near the top of the list of "Registered file types", you should see
an icon with "(None)" for the extension and "Internet Shortcut" for the
file type.  Select that entry and then the Advanced button.

5.  On the Edit File Type window, select Open under Action and then
select the Edit button.

6.  On the "Editing action for type: Internet Shortcut" window,
carefully examine the path to SeaMonkey in the "Application used to
perform action" area.  Does the path point correctly to where you
installed SeaMonkey?  If there are any blanks in any of the folder
names, the entire path -- including the seamonkey.exe -- needs to be
enclosed in quotes.  The quotes do not include the "%1" at the end,
which is separate from the path.  If any of this is awry, correct the
path; be sure to include seamonkey.exe at the end.

7.  Conclude by closing each window by selecting its OK button.

NOTE:  If there is no entry for "Internet Shortcut" in step #4 above,
you have a Windows problem.  Let me know.

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David E. Ross


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Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[David E. Ross]

On 1/18/2010 6:43 AM, Arnie Goetchius wrote:
> Ralph wrote:
>> I should be grateful for the upgrade that fixes security issues. But
>> could someone not fix some of the really aggravating bugs. Specifically
>> when you use desktop icons (URL Shortcuts) to launch SM you have to
>> suffer a windows error message.. can not find file... are you sure you
>> typed it correctly...
>>
>> This has been there since 2.0 FIX IT (please)
> 
> Why don't you just fix it yourself? If Windows, right click the "desktop 
> icon" in question, select "Properties" and change the "Target" to point 
> to the correct location where

I think Ralph is referring to shortcuts to specific Web pages, not to
the SeaMonkey executable.

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Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[Arnie Goetchius]

Ralph wrote:

I should be grateful for the upgrade that fixes security issues. But
could someone not fix some of the really aggravating bugs. Specifically
when you use desktop icons (URL Shortcuts) to launch SM you have to
suffer a windows error message.. can not find file... are you sure you
typed it correctly...

This has been there since 2.0 FIX IT (please)


Why don't you just fix it yourself? If Windows, right click the "desktop 
icon" in question, select "Properties" and change the "Target" to point 
to the correct location where

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Re: Fix some of the aggravating bugs.. please

[Daniel]

Ralph wrote:

I should be grateful for the upgrade that fixes security issues. But
could someone not fix some of the really aggravating bugs. Specifically
when you use desktop icons (URL Shortcuts) to launch SM you have to
suffer a windows error message.. can not find file... are you sure you
typed it correctly...

This has been there since 2.0 FIX IT (please)


Gee, Ralph, my desktop icon launches my SeaMonkey just as I want it.

Maybe there is something wrong with you link?? Does it point to your 
programs correct location?? Is there something else that's 
missing/wrong?? The location of the work directory(or whatever its called)??


Details, Ralph, Details!

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and may this year be a better one!

Daniel
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