Annoying shortcut icons

One thing I'm really annoyed about: after ever Reader update (Win7) the once deleted shortcut icons on desktop and in the start menu reappear. And they can only be removed with administrative permission.
Please: an updater should not generate new shortcut icons. It may update existings shortcuts whenever a path changes, but otherwise please honour a customers decision.
While I started to replace Acrobat Reader with a less intrusive PDF viewer wherever possible, I still search a way to avoid this clutter.

I mean a shortcut to a website.
Thanks.

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I have MS Word 2011 installed on my iMac running Lion. Have overcome the problem of the hidden Library but still unable to see toolbar with the shortcut icons such as Format paster. Have researched and tried deleting normal template. no joy. reinstalled Office. no joy. unchecked standard and formatting toolbars and rechecked and a blank line appears where toolbar icons should be. Sometimes they magically appear after a few minutes! Often not.
this is driving me nuts so please any ideas

That's awesome G4 dude, thank you.
I've had this problem since upgrading to the latest release of word 2011. Thre used to b a losenge in the top right corner, when this dissappeared it lost the toolbar strip. Really frikkin' annoying it was. Thanks for the tip!
So can someone tell Microsoft about this problem? their forums are as useless as their desktop help files.
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HP Games installs annoying desktop icon.

Hi, I'm hoping someone has an answer for this--not a big deal, but it's really annoying.
Everytime I click on "Play HP Games" (pre-installed on my computer) it automatically puts a shortcut icon on my desktop. Is there any way to prevent this? Other than just not playing the games? Thanks.

WS, welcome to the forum.
I guess that you could leave the shortcut and simply click on it when you want to play the game. LOL!
Did you check in the settings to see if there is a box to check/uncheck for adding a shortcut? This could be a possibility; though I have never seen this feature in any game.
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To create a desktop shortcut icon for the application for a jar file

Hi
I have created a jar file for my application. when i double click this jar file, the application opens.
What i want is--
Instead of user clicking on the jar file, my application also has to create a desktop shortcut icon.
If the user clicks on the icon which is on the desktop the application should open.
Please suggest me.
Thanks in advance.

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Please suggest me.>Launch the application using java webstart. A webstart launch offers things like a splash screen, automatic updates, and desktop integration in the form of desktop shortcuts and program menu items. If the launch file specifies icons, they are used for the shortcuts, otherwise a generic icon is used.
For a comparison between a sandboxed webstart launch and a plain app., try the [Text Width Checker|http://pscode.org/twc/].
While the TWC can run OK within the security sandbox, many applications need to be digitally signed and request extended permissions, to do what they need to do.
STBC is an all-permissions webstart launch.
Edit 1:
And for one that definitely suggests desktop shortcuts (I usually avoid them, in favor of a menu item only), try the sandboxed [demo of the PrintService|http://pscode.org/jws/api.html#prs], which prompts the user to choose.
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How do I put a Shortcut Icon on my Desktop linking to a certain Webpage, like I could do with I.E./Google? Where do I find "Create Shortcut' ???

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How do I put a Shortcut Icon on my Desktop linking to a certain Webpage, like I could do with I.E./Google? Where do I find "Create Shortcut' ???

Hey, Dynamite !
Thanks so much for that ... what a 'dynamite' solution. It's so easy. I don't know how you people know all of these things ! But one last thing if you can help me - I've just switched over to Mozilla/Firefox from I.E., and now I cannot open my Hotmail from Mozilla/Firefox. I log in, it goes to my 'Inbox' page, but when I click on an Email letter to open it, nothing happens. I can't even go into 'Drafts' or 'Delete' or anything.
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How to use a website's favicon as the desktop shortcut icon on FF/windows?

I've seen related questions on this forum but none answer my question. I am a developer and the website I am working on is for kids and students. Previously, we gave instructions to parents and teachers that they could drag the favicon to the desktop to get a shortcut to the right page - and the shortcut icon was our favicon image (our logo). This made it easy for kids to find the right icon on their own.
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IE does this action automatically and Firefox used to do it automatically. Please help!

Sorry, that doesn't solve my problem. Please read the question more closely - I want my USERS to be able to do this without changing their configurations. My users are public school elementary teachers and parents. I can't ask them to toggle any settings - I'm looking for a way that my users can do this on their own.
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I think the above question states it all. There used to be shortcut icons for these things and now they are not there.

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After clicking on my FF shortcut icon on my desktop, it takes FF 30-45 seconds to open. Any ideas why this happens?

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FAVICON.ico in BSP with link rel   = "shortcut icon"....

Hi,
I built into my BSP a favicon.
<link rel   = "shortcut icon"
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Sometimes it is indicated
and sometimes not
Do you know why?
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<%@page            language          =        "ABAP"%>
<%@extension       name              =        "HTMLB"
                   prefix            =        "HTMLB"%>
<HTMLB:content     design            =        "DESIGN2003"
                   forceEncode       =        "ENABLED"
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<HTMLB:documentHead/>
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                   onClick     =   "ONINPUTPROCESSING"
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Hello Eddy,
thank you for your reply.
The Icon is in the same place as the web page.
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       href                =
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But when I call the "ALIAS-BSP-Name" from the Browser - no Icon comes.
Sorry for my english - I hope you understand me...?
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Where is Safari's shortcut icon cache?

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Now it seems impossible to make Safari understand that there is a new icon. I have emptied all caches I could think of, and I have deleted files manually from <myuser>/Library/Application Support and Preferences. Still that icon remains as it was.
The problem is somewhere with my main user account. If I log in with a different MacOS account, the new icon is there in all its humble glory.
Does anyone know where this kind of information could be stored?

I have created a web page with a "shortcut icon"
These icons are called "favicons". Sometimes, just clearing your cache and reloading your page will get your revised favicon to appear. Sometimes simply reloading the page will do it. The last time I worked on my favicon, reloading the page worked for me, but others have said it did not work for them.
Deleting the icons cache is the most extreme measure, but will do the trick and the favicons will reappear as you visit web sites.

Desktop shortcut icon .

How do you keep your shortcut icon. Where you put them on your desktop.

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The words underneath the shortcut icon for Firefox having changed inexplicably from Mozilla Firefox to BOLB should I be concerned?

On my wife's computer the words below the Mozilla Firefox shortcut icon suddenly and without any action on her part that she is aware of changed from "mozilla Firefox" to "BOLB". Clicking the icon opened Firefox without problems.
Deleting the icon and re-creating it solved the problem in terms of the icon appearing as it used to and should but I'm concerned that there may be an underlying issue. Should we be worried? We use and religiously update AVAST antivirus software (the free version).

Sorry that should have been the Firefox shortcut on your desktop and not the desktop.
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Why did FF desktop shortcut icons change over to IE icons?

I am running Windows XP. For weeks i have looked for a solution with no luck. I use Firefox and occasionally drag and drop shortcuts to web pages that i want to revisit at a later time. For some reason, the shortcuts no longer carry the Firefox symbol. They all changed to Internet Explorer symbol and also open with Internet Explorer now. Even when browsing with Firefox now, i will drag a shortcut and as soon as i drop it, it changes to IE. Do you have any idea why this happened all of a sudden? Thanks

''cor-el [[#answer-672616|said]]''
<blockquote>
You can check for issues with the Windows icon cache and try to rebuild the icon cache.
# Open the Task Manager (Shift+Ctrl+ESC)
# In the Process tab, right-click on the Explorer.exe process and select End Process.
# Open the file picker via "File > New Task (Run)" and click the Browse button.
# Type or Paste %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local (%LocalAppData%) in the File name field (AppData is a hidden folder).
# Select the IconCache.db file and use "Delete" in the right-click context menu to delete the file.
# After the IconCache.db file has been deleted, start a new explorer.exe process via "File > New Task" to get the desktop and Taskbar back.
The IconCache.db file is a hidden file, so make sure that you can see hidden files.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Show_hidden_files_and_folders
</blockquote>
Thank you cor-el. I have tried what you have suggested, and also tried re-naming another file in the same directory GDFONTCACHE1.DAT which I beleive has a similar function, but none of these combinations will produce an Internet shortcut icon.

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