Why won't my shortcut accept a valid URL?

WinXP Pro SP2
IE 7.0

I am trying to create a shortcut to get to my timecard on our company
Intranet. If I type or paste the following URL into the address line of my
browser it works correctly:

http://sbagibraltar.sba.etasgroup.com/Timecard.do

When I try to create a desktop shortcut with that URL in the Target box, I
get an error that states, "The name
'http://sbagibraltar.sba.etasgroup.com/Timecard.do' specified in the Target
box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct." This same
shortcut worked correctly on my previous PC so I'm baffled as to why I can't
get it to work now.

Can you drag the shortcut from the address bar to the desktop?
Louis

"Pat Kelly" <Pat Kelly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E329C774-808F-4285-B394-07120ECC8FF5@microsoft.com...
> WinXP Pro SP2
> IE 7.0
>
> I am trying to create a shortcut to get to my timecard on our company
> Intranet. If I type or paste the following URL into the address line of
my
> browser it works correctly:
>
> http://sbagibraltar.sba.etasgroup.com/Timecard.do
>
> When I try to create a desktop shortcut with that URL in the Target box, I
> get an error that states, "The name
> 'http://sbagibraltar.sba.etasgroup.com/Timecard.do' specified in the
Target
> box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct." This
same
> shortcut worked correctly on my previous PC so I'm baffled as to why I
can't
> get it to work now.

=?Utf-8?B?UGF0IEtlbGx5?= wrote:
>
> I am trying to create a shortcut to get to my timecard on our company
> Intranet. If I type or paste the following URL into the address line of my

Ask the sysadmin at your company how to do it.







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