Internet Shortcuts on Desktop

I have shortcuts to web pages on my desktop. They recently stopped working.
When I click one, the arrow changes to a blue spinning circle and nothing
else happens. If I click the IE icon, it opens and functions normally.
I have Vista Home Basic and IE7.
I ran Windows Update. It installed a bunch of updates, including IE8.
But the problem remains.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Try this.... Make a new shortcut to a webpage on the desktop.

If it works move the others to that folder.

It will either solve the issue or not work at all.

"rcm182" <> wrote in message
news:E13DB46E-C403-4450-B174-...
>I have shortcuts to web pages on my desktop. They recently stopped working.
> When I click one, the arrow changes to a blue spinning circle and nothing
> else happens. If I click the IE icon, it opens and functions normally.
> I have Vista Home Basic and IE7.
> I ran Windows Update. It installed a bunch of updates, including IE8.
> But the problem remains.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>

Thanks for the response.
I made a new shortcut to a web page.
It worked the 1st time I tried it.
The 2nd time, I got a message,
"Internet Explorer encountered a problem"


"Spirit" wrote:

> Try this.... Make a new shortcut to a webpage on the desktop.
>
> If it works move the others to that folder.
>
> It will either solve the issue or not work at all.
>
> "rcm182" <> wrote in message
> news:E13DB46E-C403-4450-B174-...
> >I have shortcuts to web pages on my desktop. They recently stopped working.
> > When I click one, the arrow changes to a blue spinning circle and nothing
> > else happens. If I click the IE icon, it opens and functions normally.
> > I have Vista Home Basic and IE7.
> > I ran Windows Update. It installed a bunch of updates, including IE8.
> > But the problem remains.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
>
>

Yes.
And I made a new shortcut is to a site not previously visited.
The new shortcut worked the 1st time, but no more.


"Jim" wrote:

>
> Did you delete the old shortcut ?
>
>
> On Wed, 27 May 2009 05:57:01 -0700, rcm182
> <> wrote:
>
> >Thanks for the response.
> >I made a new shortcut to a web page.
> >It worked the 1st time I tried it.
> >The 2nd time, I got a message,
> >"Internet Explorer encountered a problem"
> >
> >
> >"Spirit" wrote:
> >
> >> Try this.... Make a new shortcut to a webpage on the desktop.
> >>
> >> If it works move the others to that folder.
> >>
> >> It will either solve the issue or not work at all.
> >>
> >> "rcm182" <> wrote in message
> >> news:E13DB46E-C403-4450-B174-...
> >> >I have shortcuts to web pages on my desktop. They recently stopped working.
> >> > When I click one, the arrow changes to a blue spinning circle and nothing
> >> > else happens. If I click the IE icon, it opens and functions normally.
> >> > I have Vista Home Basic and IE7.
> >> > I ran Windows Update. It installed a bunch of updates, including IE8.
> >> > But the problem remains.
> >> >
> >> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>