computer geniuses...

[toddzilla]

I'm by no means a newbie, but i'm having a problem with windows and have no idea how to solve it.

When i click on some web links, windows erroneously points those links back to the desktop instead of reading the url information within a link. For example a streaming video will download and then show an error that it can't find the file, and give a link to it on my local machine instead of the web address. This also happens with torrent files and a few others that i can't remember at this time.


i've come up with nothing on the web becuase i'm unsure what syntax to search for the error under.

help!

[GAspnes]

1. OS, browser, (versions), site name

The usual suspects. Can't arrest someone without a few clues.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. and have you tried all the obvious, like restarting... refreshing desktop

opening the url in a different way... et cetera?

[GAspnes]

3. Hey! You're not a computer genius!

:P

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. No, but I play one on TV.

Is that close enough?

[GAspnes]

5. Oh sure

No reason we can't all just get along.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

6. Cool. Of course we have no more information from the originator

which, would be a bit helpful, don't ya think?

[GAspnes]

7. naw, check out Dilbert

Dilbert sitting with two marketing droids.


Marketing droid (male): We didn't include engineers in the product planning because .. um .. because

Marketing droid (female): Because we were art history majors in college.

Marketing droid (male): Pa-r-r-r-rty!

Marketing droid (female): How soon can you build the cloak of invisibility?

Marketing droid (male): Let the man think, Clover.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

10. Yeah, aint that the truth?

LOL, I love Dilbert

[leftyandproud]

8. use firefox..

www.getfirefox.com

see if that works

[KTM]

9. Hmmm

It might be that you dont have the right kind of player... sounds kinda like it is downloading to your desktop, then erroring out saying "cannot open file C:\Documents and settings\toddzilla\desktop\dirtymovieI shouldntbedownloading.asf or something...

:-P

[toddzilla]

11. sorry...

believe it or not it was something really stupid.

My browser cache folder was full as i had set it really low.

duh.

[steely]

12. nevermind - i shoulda jumped to the bottom

my original answer: not sure I understand the problem completely - but if I do, you just might have so much stuff in this folder (Temp' I'net file folder) that it could prevent certain things from opening smoothly.

google along these lines to verify