Microsoft KB Archive/278075

= OL2002: Shortcut Icon Appears as a Regular Icon After You Drag It to E-mail Message =

Article ID: 278075

Article Last Modified on 7/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q278075



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SYMPTOMS
When you drag a shortcut icon from the desktop to an Outlook 2002 message, the icon appears as a regular icon for the file instead of as a shortcut icon. The name of the file appears as *.*.lnk.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, use the Insert File feature in Outlook 2002:


 * 1) In Outlook 2002, open a new message.
 * 2) On the Insert menu, click File, and then locate the shortcut on the desktop or on your hard disk.
 * 3) Click the shortcut file name, and then click the Insert arrow.
 * 4) Click Insert as Shortcut.



MORE INFORMATION
The shortcut-naming rule in some non-English languages is different from the U.S. English rule. For example, on a Japanese-language operating system, the shortcut file name is &quot;*.* shortcut.lnk&quot;. If the original file name is longer than 20 characters, the &quot;shortcut&quot; part is cut off, so you may not be able to tell that it is a shortcut icon by looking at it. This issue also occurs with other languages that include &quot;shortcut&quot; as part of the file name.

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