Hi Venkat,
This situation often comes up if a program or application sets itself to be the default
program. This may not necessarily change the icon that used to open a file or URL.
It looks like the "IE" icon was the shortcut to the default web browser ,rather than being
a shortcut to IE per se.
E.g. Windows Media Player is bad for that too. On occasion it will not release its hold
on a file type and will still show the WMP icon for a file it no longer opens,
but instead is opened in let's say VLC by default.
In that case you'll have to use advanced options in the OpenWith panel.
It's easy to find out what the shortcut points to.
Just right-click the IE icon ,select Properties and check what the target is.
It should point to IE. If it doesn't ,you'll have to edit and correct the path.
Peter E.
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From: "V Vishwanathan"
Sent: Thursday, 15 March, 2012 1:58 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [PCSOFT] Funny
Hi All, Very long time!
I have win xp sp3, IE 8, Google Chrome.
from last night onwards, if I click on IE icon, google chrome opens up. if I click on chrome it opens up. iow not able to open up IE!
What's happening. File association probs.and how all of a sudden?Shall appreciate any input,Regards,
Venkat
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