Solved!

Reason: Incorrect TEMP environment variable (my own fault, I added another
directory to the TEMP variable instead of the PATH a week ago).

Regards
Steve

"Steve" <anon@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:BF467DE2-B745-4628-A4B1-874D3E44AE0B@microsoft.com...
> Hi again,
>
> I haven't compared the differences yet, but procmon presents a lot of
> "Name not found" and "Fast io disallowed" results. I can see that my
> shortcut IS created under some weird "users
> \...\appdata\local\Microsoft\.... " path, but not on my desktop.
>
> Thanks for the tip Robert.. I'm sure this will lead somewhere, but I'm too
> tired right now, I'll try some more tomorrow. Thanks again!
>
> "Steve" <anon@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:162E8D31-6BB0-4B43-B9BF-00233EC8F150@microsoft.com...
>> Thanks for replying Robert.
>> I'm checking out Process Monitor right now, and wow.. that's a pretty
>> heavy trace I got.. well I try to compare them, and see if I can find
>> something. Thanks for the suggestion!
>>
>> Regards
>> Steve
>>
>> "Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23WkZ$rQXHHA.3980@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> (cross-post added to Vista General)
>>> "Steve" <anon@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>>> news:FEC37B2E-01BE-411E-94F1-207C20CD4BFB@microsoft.com...
>>>>I have some more information:
>>>>
>>>> - I'm logged in as an administrator user.
>>>> - I've enabled the "Drag and drop or copy and paste files" under Tools
>>>> /
>>>> Internet Options / Security / Custom Level / Miscellaneous
>>>> - It works if I click File / Send / Shortcut to Desktop
>>>> - It works if I run Internet Explorer as administrator
>>>
>>>
>>> More security/obscurity in Vista?
>>>
>>> I think what I would try is running ProcMon under both cases,
>>> comparing the traces (especially on the FileMon side of the tool)
>>> and see what the differences are. BTW I don't use Vista myself
>>> so you may get a more informed reply in a Vista newsgroup.
>>>
>>>
>>> Good luck
>>>
>>> Robert Aldwinckle
>>> ---
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> But it no longer works when I start Internet Explorer normally (it did
>>>> a few
>>>> days ago).
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> "Steve" <anon@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:A9B95104-CFAB-47FB-B588-0E4042F9FC66@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using Internet Explorer 7 (under Vista Home Premium) and can no
>>>>> longer
>>>>> drag and drop favorites from the address bar to the desktop. A
>>>>> favorite
>>>>> shortcut is created on the desktop but it's 0 bytes large ... Anyone
>>>>> know
>>>>> what to do?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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