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I want the firefox icon in desktop

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cbmonell
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When I downloaded firefox the IE icon appeared with the word firefox .in my desktop why? I remember having a firefox ICON in my desktop when I downloaded sometime ago

When I downloaded firefox the IE icon appeared with the word firefox .in my desktop why? I remember having a firefox ICON in my desktop when I downloaded sometime ago

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Normally Firefox places its own shortcut on the desktop using its own icon. If the shortcut works to start Firefox, it could be that it simply is not using its own icon. If the shortcut starts IE, then that's a problem.

cor-el
cor-el
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Do you mean an internet desktop shortcut to open a specific website?

Such a link opens in the default browser and also get the icon of the default browser.