IE shortcut to non-homepage website

[Mthales]

Hi,
This may have already been covered somewhere in this forum but I have searched and searched and can't find it.

What I want to do is set up a shortcut icon on my desk top that starts up IE but I want it to start not with my default homepage but with another page. Is there someway I can do this?
What I'm asking is - is there some syntax so that I can I put something something like this in the shortcut's target field:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE":<web page's url>

Thanks for any help
M

Trainee Chocolate Management Executive.

 

[Diancecht]

I'd write a .bat file with that sentence and make a shortcut to it.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[Mthales]

Dian - thanks very much for the idea. That would be a great solution, but unfortunatly I can't seem to get it working.

My simple one line batch file has this in it:

"C:\Program Files\Internet 

Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE";[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/superdat.asp?region=us&segment=[/URL] enterprise

but what appears in the address bar of the newly opened ie window is:

 [URL unfurl="true"]http://;http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/superdat.asp?region=us&segment=[/URL]
enterprise

I'm obviously getting the command wrong but what should it be?
Thanks for your help
M

Trainee Chocolate Management Executive.

 

[feherke]

Hi

Just give that URL as command line parameter to the Explorer and will work. Note, that probably would be better to put the URL between double quotes ( " ).

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" "[URL unfurl="true"]http://google.com/search?q=tek+tips"[/URL]

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[Mthales]

Thank you Feherke - it was the semi-colon that was messing me up.

Thank you both for your help. Problem solved!

M

Trainee Chocolate Management Executive.

 

[smah]

You can also just visit the page & drag the url from the IE address bar directly to the desktop.

 

[Mthales]

Thank you very much for that smah - so simple - but it doesn't let me define which browser to open it with - just uses the system default.

M

Trainee Chocolate Management Executive.

 

[Infinity306]

You can open it in any browser as long as you have the quick launch bar turned on(the bar on the left next to the start button) all you have to do is right click and drag the shortcut on the desktop to the icon for IE or Firefox or whichever browser and have the arrow on the icon, it will give you an open with or cancel dialog.. click on open with and then it will give you another dialog with open or save(you can sometimes prevent the first click by left clicking and dragging but then if you don't line up correctly you will end up putting the URL shortcut on the quick launch bar instead of opening it..