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Cannot Send Shortcuts Using NetMeeting

Article ID: 176036

Article Last Modified on 11/26/2003

Microsoft NetMeeting 2.1 Standard Edition
Microsoft NetMeeting 2.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft NetMeeting 2.1 Standard Edition
Microsoft NetMeeting 2.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft NetMeeting 1.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q176036

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to send a shortcut to a NetMeeting participant, the file that the shortcut points to may be sent instead of the shortcut itself.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

When you send an Internet shortcut (.url file) to a NetMeeting participant, it is correctly sent as a shortcut to a Web page.

For information about the different methods that you can use to send a file to a NetMeeting participant, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

154358 How to Transfer Files Using NetMeeting

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