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The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After adding a Web site to your desktop, you may receive the following error messages:

• Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site <your temp folder>\ <the Web site you added>.
• The system cannot find the file specified.

CAUSE

When you added the Web site to your desktop, you may have entered the URL for the site without "http://" at the beginning of the URL.

RESOLUTION

Add "http://" to the beginning of the Web site's URL. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Use the right mouse button to click the desktop, and then click Properties on the menu that appears.

2. Click the Desktop tab.

3. In the Active Desktop objects list, click the Web site you added, and then click Edit.

4. Type "http://" (without quotation marks) at the beginning of the URL. An example of a complete URL is:

         http://www.microsoft.com
   

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview 1. This problem does not occur with Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview 2. To obtain Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview 2, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

   http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie40/