kalinaga

hi all,

i have a web application (written in PHP) which sends an email with a hyperlink to download a customised desktop shortcut to clients desktop.

when the client follow the link, it downloads and saves the shortcut and it works fine. but the desktop shortcut appears in 'Internet Explorer' icon. now i want to replace this default 'IE' icon with some other icon.

i tried following code and still no luck.. could somebody which may have some previous experience on this kind of case shed some light on me.

<snip>

if (strstr(strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']), 'windows')) {

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"Short_Cut.url\"");

echo "[InternetShortcut]\r\n" .

"URL=http://192.168.1.71/\r\n" .

"IDList=" .

"IconFile=http://192.168.1.71/favicon.ico\r\n" .

"IconIndex=1\r\n" .

"[{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]\r\n" .

"Prop3=19,2\r\n";

}

</snip>

i googled a lot, but it seems this 'receipe' of '.URL' file is something top secret with microsoft! Smile

thanks

~viraj

reformedman

It's a windows xp setting. The individual has to set their internet settings to open and to icon; with a specific application, ie, firefox, netscape, etc....