DesktopX - url feature problem

gef, your using the wrong slashes. Not\\ but//. Maybe that helps.

Sorry Wom, I used 'copy & paste' to make sure it was entered correctly so this does not correct the problem.

gef, type in what your trying to do and let me see. OK

OK WOM - I entered( https://www.wincustomize.com/ ) in the section for URL entry.

It works.

Not on my computer !!!

Don't know what to tell you gef, I tried it again and it works on my computer. Took me to wincustomize home page.

I just made a new object and pasted your link into the URL box of the URL defined object and it worked ok for me.

lol, oops, sorry...I know that doesn't help you much, but I can't see why anything would be going wrong.

Still no go - Do I need anything else, plugins maybe? I am using Windows XP Home. Also Windowblinds, Iconpackager, etc., Any known issues with anything ??? - HELP!

gef, I honestly don't know what the problem could possibly be. It's so straight forward. Nothing else on your machine should be causing any kind of conflict with a DX object as a URL shortcut.

Please bear with me on this next part, I'm sure you already know this, but I want to cover everything.


Create a new object, click on the button next to "type of object" called 'change'
pull down the drop down list and choose URL, then type in https://www.wincustomize.com/ in the text box and click OK then click apply, then click OK.

I just did exactly that and it worked.

werewolf - Still no good, it's driving me mad !!!

1. Create new object.
2. Object class - Select URL
3. Configure - http://www.google.com/
4. Apply ... OK
5. H E L P !!

could you possibly post your object on the DX binaries newsgroup? I could take a look at it.

or go on the #wincustomize channel and I'll give you my e-mail...

hmmm... try it without the http:// for example....www.wincustomize.com and see if that works. I never use the http stuff at the beginning in my themes, and they all seem to work. worth a shot!

WEREWOLF- I've entered my email address on my account ( just click on my name ).
I can email you a zipped file containing screen shots of the various stages of setting up the URL link if you let me know your email.....

Do you have a pop-up blocker? If so, try disabling it.

Kenlin - 'No popup blocker' ....... nice try

sent you my example...it worked on my computer...see if it works on yours

No, doesn't work on mine. It's identical to the one I did.
Don't know if it will help but I've sent you the entire theme. ( Not mine, I'm just playing with it to get used to DesktopX).

well, I'm at a loss. I have no idea what's going on.

try opening a totally blank DX theme...

1. Save the theme your using now
2. Use the object browser and delete everything
3. Right click on the DX systray icon and choose restart dx
4. go into the dx configuration menus and poke around in there...uncheck everything you don't need. Keep single click activation. Make it the absolute barest bones dx theme possible.
5. Do the restart dx thing again.
6. make a new object to be a URL shortcut.

If this doesn't help your problem, I have no idea what will.

Thanks for all your help werewolf, I'll stick at it 'till I get it right.

Well, if you find out what it was, please let us know...

This is a good mystery.

actually, it will probably end up being something very easily found and remedied that all of us should have thought of in the first place

If you enter the url into Start->run and press enter does ie start and go to that site? If not then I suspect that the problem is outside DX.