Microsoft KB Archive/165838

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Err Msg: Internet Explorer Cannot Open the Internet Site...
Last reviewed: July 11, 1997

Article ID: Q165838



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This article discusses a Beta release of a Microsoft product. The information in this article is provided as-is and is subject to change without notice.

No formal product support is available from Microsoft for this Beta product. For information about obtaining support for a Beta release, please see the documentation included with the Beta product files, or check the Web location from which you downloaded the release.

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows 95
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS
After adding a Web site to your desktop, you may receive the following error messages:


 * Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site \ .
 * The system cannot find the file specified.

When you click OK, a white frame appears instead of the Web site on your desktop

CAUSE
When you added the Web site to your desktop, you may have entered the URL for the site without "#|http://" at the beginning of the URL.

RESOLUTION
Add "#|http://" to the beginning of the Web site's URL. To do so, follow these steps:

 Use the right mouse button to click the desktop, and then click Properties on the menu that appears. Click the Desktop tab. In the Active Desktop objects list, click the Web site you added, and then click Edit.  Type "#|http://" (without quotation marks) at the beginning of the URL. An example of a complete URL is: http://www.microsoft.com 

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview 1. This problem does not occur with Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview 2. To obtain Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview 2, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie40/