When I come across an interesting web site I place (drag and drop) the 
icon on the address bar of my browser (Firefox) onto the desktop instead 
of loading the URL into Firefox's favorites. This allows me to re-visit 
the site a couple of times without cluttering up the favs. If I wish to 
keep the location "for ever" then it goes into the favs and I delete it 
off my desktop. It is easy to delete it if I get bored with the site.

This works well for my way of doing things and, until lately, has never 
given me any problems. In the past couple of weeks these desktop links 
have been "acting up" by causing an error message every time I click on 
one of them. The message is:

"Windows cannot find xxxx. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and 
then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then 
click Search" There is a big red X in the upper left corner if the 
message window.

where xxxx is the URL of the site. This message ALWAYS appears 
regardless of the desktop link I click on. After appearing, if I wait 
(taking NO action), perhaps 5-8 seconds, Firefox launches and displays 
the proper page (xxxx).

I am running XP Home addition with SP2 and all upgrades on a 1gb desktop 
machine which I have owned for several years.

Has anyone experienced something similar to this behavior? Has anyone 
any idea what caused this behavior to suddenly appear? More importantly, 
what's causing it and how do I stop it?

Any enlightenment will be appreciated.

Vic
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*Victor Fraenckel
KC2GUI
victorf ATSIGN windreader DOT com**
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