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Windows Internet shortcuts show up only as html text files

kidsatacrux

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Thursday, March 25th 2004, 3:04am

Windows Internet shortcuts show up only as html text files

There are many single icon internet shortuts I made in Windows.

Rather than create them again, I want to configure them to work in a Linux desktop environment.

These windows internet shortcuts seem to only show up as html (hypertext markup language) text files in KDE.

3.1.4-4 Redhat KDE is the version I'm using

In KDE They won't LAUNCH to the Web page like they're suppose to

When I click on these icons it gives me the option of what program to open them with

I've tried all three Linux browsers I have installed

(Mozilla, Opera, & Konquerer and its the same thing)

In Windows, with the Windows version of Opera, it DOES launch to the webpage of the URL like IT IS suppose to . . .

Is there any way to tweak this? Is there some kind of 3 suffix extension I can change all at once to make these "KDE Internet shortcuts"?

Rather than waste my time cutting and pasting them 1 at a time.
(btw I have like over 500 of these 1kb files)



3.1.4-4 Redhat KDE is the version I'm using

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Thursday, March 25th 2004, 3:22pm

Interesting issue...
I am a little confused though so let me clarrify a few things. First off, unlike windows, linux has no real need for a file extension (suffix).

Next you say these are web shorcuts? So when they open in 'text-mode" do you see the html for the page they link to? Or do you see something like:

[code:1][DEFAULT]
BASEURL=http://www.google.com/
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://www.google.com/
Modified=40D85AF57D12C401BB[/code:1]

Let me know.
fsl