I have recently moved user profiles from the local machine to a file share using the Folder Redirect facility in server 2008. The redirects point to a DFS share, the file links are of the form\\contoso.com\users\testuser\Desktop\Shortcut.url. The server *.contoso.com is included in the local intranet security settings.
Now none of the favourites or Internet shortcuts previously dragged onto the desk top will work (these are .URL files). Click on the file and it opens a browser window with a blank page and nothing in the URL field at the top.
However, browse to a page and drag it onto the desktop, then click on that link and it WORKS. In the latter case it creates a file with the extension .website
Help / advice appreciated.
Kind regards
Paul
Paul Ireland