Author Topic: More tech help, please? (Read 5236 times)

tim · « **on:** June 30, 2007, 17:28:21 »

Some of my Desktop shortcuts - including A4A & my Bank - suddenly don't!

I get this on the display.

Had it once before but it righted itself.

I have tried restarting & recreating the link.

SnooziSuzi · « **Reply #1 on:** June 30, 2007, 23:35:46 »

Tim, do you get a diagonal, double ended cursor if you hover over the bottom right hand side of the 'window'?

I haven't seen this before, but sometimes I have had windows open already minimised to the smallest setting and it was because I'd altered the minimised screen size before closing the window.

kenkew · « **Reply #2 on:** July 01, 2007, 00:19:12 »

What do you mean exactly by 'shortcuts,' Tim? Are these keyboard config's?

tim · « **Reply #3 on:** July 01, 2007, 10:50:03 »

SDuzi - no.

Ken - these thingies!

Strangely, after much toing & froing, it is only the A4A liink which won't open....??

kenkew · « **Reply #4 on:** July 01, 2007, 12:38:51 »

Ah! The icon shortcuts on your desktop.
If all the others are working now, could it be you're still trying tp open A4A via the old link and not the new one?
Either way, I'd dump it and create a new shortcut to the new A4A frontpage.

I just did a test. Dumped my old short-cut. Right click on A4A logo on A4A. Chose 'copy shortcut'- right clicked on that page, chose create shortcut and it placed the new A4A icon on my desktop. It opened no problem.

tim · « **Reply #5 on:** July 01, 2007, 17:10:42 »

Ken - have tried all day but it still won't link.

B****y infuriating!!

Fork · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2007, 17:13:59 »

How about a simple system restore to a couple of days back?

tim · « **Reply #7 on:** July 01, 2007, 17:34:12 »

Simple? Sounds frightening to the likes of me??

Jeannine · « **Reply #8 on:** July 01, 2007, 18:02:52 »

Hey Tim, system restore isn't hard, even I can do it honestly. I am going to let someone else explain how as they will do it better than I can do but it is simple, you can take your computer settings back to yesterday or last week or whatever.

This is the routle through your computer.

Start
All Programs
Accessories
System Tools
System Restore

Click on it and it will walk you through it

XX Jeannine

tim · « **Reply #9 on:** July 01, 2007, 18:07:52 »

Well - while you were typing that, I let the blind lead the blind, held my nose & jumped off the bridge.

Back to 14 June. Clever stuff??

But it hasn't solved the problem........................***

Jeannine · « **Reply #10 on:** July 01, 2007, 18:08:53 »

Just found it and up dated

Jeannine · « **Reply #11 on:** July 01, 2007, 18:10:49 »

Doesn't just right clicking while you are on the site create a desktop shortcut for you?

tim · « **Reply #12 on:** July 01, 2007, 18:45:24 »

Indeed - but it doesn't open the link.

Sorry to be a bore!!

Jeannine · « **Reply #13 on:** July 01, 2007, 18:46:52 »

Oh Tim, I am sorry, that is far as my thinking goes, XX Jeannine

kenkew · « **Reply #14 on:** July 01, 2007, 19:26:10 »

Dump any 'old' A4A icons before loading a new one.

tim · « **Reply #15 on:** July 01, 2007, 20:00:41 »

I DO, I DO!!

SnooziSuzi · « **Reply #16 on:** July 01, 2007, 20:09:01 »

Tim,

what happens if you click on the maximise button? does it open the link?

tim · « **Reply #17 on:** July 02, 2007, 05:53:10 »

In the 3 seconds that the bar displays, it's difficult to catch the maximise, but no - it momentarily flashes across the display,, as if trying to open, then disappears. Just before it does so, the M changes to an h......??

All very frustrating!

Riffster · « **Reply #18 on:** July 02, 2007, 17:18:25 »

Tim,

Are you still getting this problem. If you are I'll try to write [ what I think are ] the instructions to get you out of this.

SnooziSuzi is on the right track. Can you drag your very small window around the screen ??

I have to leave work now - laters.

tim · « **Reply #19 on:** July 02, 2007, 17:55:49 »

Dammit - I would have loved to try your idea but, as you can see from my next post, I have it working.

However, I've printed off your lead for when it re-occurs.

Thanks.

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