Shortcut website desktop web browser5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() This used to work before and was quite fast also.This way you can avoid the daily hassle of launching the web browser and typing URL address, everytime you want to visit your favorite or most frequently visited website. " and select any of the two and click "Accept" but if I simply double click the icon of the desktop shortcut it refuses to open (The clock goes around for a while until it disappears and nothing happens). They both work ok and open the desired URL if I right click the icon, go to "open with" > "Other application. One under "Default application" and the other under "Recommended application". Now I have firefox set up twice in that "Open with" > "Other applications. " setting up the "firefox %u" as default. I have made the changes you suggest within the right click on desktop icon > menu > "Open with. ![]() I mention the above just in case it's relevant and a sign that something else is not set properly. (By the way, when I go into "menu > preferences > General", within the Firefox browser, the option "Always check that firefox is your default browser" appears with a check mark in the check box in front, with a yellow smiley face underneath stating in bold letters that firefox is my default browser but the whole option on top is grayed out and if I wanted to clear up the check box so as to not make it my default browser I could not do it here (?)) I have checked what you say about the two locations where the "Default browser" should be set and yes, Firefox is set as the default browser in both locations. As always I'm a bit reluctant to start trying remedies without first checking with somebody more knowledgeable so as not to make matters worst (It has already happened to me several times). Obviously something is broken but I don't know where to even start looking for. If I then double click on the "Firefox Web Browser" this then opens at the desired URL. If I want any of those shortcuts to work now I have to right-click on the desktop icon, select the " Open With" option from the menu window, then select " Other Application" and finally select the " Firefox Web Browser" from the list (Which paradoxically appears under the " Default Application" header already (?) ). The way they used to work was that once the shortcut was created a simple doubleclick on the desktop icon would open the web browser at the desired URL page. I do not use the Bookmark facilities that Mozilla or other browsers offer. To make matters worst I have been keeping many folders full of relevant URLs (obtained with the above mentioned procedure) of many different subjects that interest me and they have ALL ceased to work. This worked perfectly fine until very recently. To be more precise the method used was select the URL from the URL window and then drag and drop it to the desktop (All done with the mouse which was quicker). The method I originally used to create those shortcuts was simply search for the desired web page on my browser, copy the contents of the URL window in the browser and paste it on the desktop. If I double click on any of them the little round clock appears and remains there for a while seemingly doing something until it disappears but the page doesn't open in the default web browser (Mozilla in my case) as they used to. Those shortcuts were working perfectly fine until now when, for some reason I ignore, they have stopped working. My windows like shortcuts to web pages that I had in my desktop for quick access (URLs), like web accesses to several cloud services and many others, have ceased to work. System: Host: LNXPC Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 (64 bit)ĭesktop: Cinnamon 3.0.7 Distro: Linux Mint 18 Sarah I'm not very experienced in Linux although I have been using it on and off for several years. ![]()
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