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" <rcm182@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E13DB46E-C403-4450-B174-0634BBDEB169@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>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.
>[/color]

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:
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> 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" <rcm182@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E13DB46E-C403-4450-B174-0634BBDEB169@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >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.
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]

Did you delete the old shortcut ?


On Wed, 27 May 2009 05:57:01 -0700, rcm182
<rcm182@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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>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:
>[color=green]
>> 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" <rcm182@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E13DB46E-C403-4450-B174-0634BBDEB169@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> >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.
>> >[/color]
>>
>>[/color][/color]

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:
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>
> Did you delete the old shortcut ?
>
>
> On Wed, 27 May 2009 05:57:01 -0700, rcm182
> <rcm182@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >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:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> 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" <rcm182@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:E13DB46E-C403-4450-B174-0634BBDEB169@microsoft.com...
> >> >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.
> >> >
> >>
> >>[/color][/color]
>[/color]