Gmx Mail (A Question For Buenchico Perhaps)

[MichaelZZ]

I have been using GMX mail for some time now and have overcome most of its quirks. I am especially pleased with the complete absence of junk and spam emails.
I have recently bought a new desktop PC running Windows 7 and successfully installed GMX mail on it.
I have a shortcut icon on my desktop but I cannot seem to either move or copy this icon to the Taskbar.
Is this just not possible - or am I missing something obvious?

[SlackAlice]

I have no idea about GMX mail. If you right click on the icon, do you get an option to 'Pin to Taskbar' in the sub menu?

[MichaelZZ]

Very quick reply Alice!
Thanks for that but the answer's No!

[SlackAlice]

OK, so how did you create the shortcut on your desktop? Is it from installed software on your computer or a web url shortcut?

[Buenchico]

I'm assuming that you want a shortcut on your taskbar that opens a browser Window with gmx.co.uk (or gmx.com) already displayed. I've just been experimenting on my own Windows 7 computer and found that it's not quite as simple as you might hope for. (Unlike shortcuts to programs, you can't simply drag from your desktop to the task bar).

It's not impossible though but I'll need to know which browser you're using and whether you've got a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 7. (That's because you'll need to enter the file path for your browser into a shortcut field).

(BTW: I'm pleased that you like GMX. I love it!)

[MichaelZZ]

I typed www.gmx.com in the Firefox address bar, logged in to GMX with my email address and password. Then I highlighted the address in the address bar and dragged it to a new folder that I had created on the desktop.
I then tweaked the desktop folder icon to make the shortcut to GMX mail.
(I have just been through the whole procedure again step by step and when I clicked on the desktop icon it took me to exactly where I want to be. My problem is that I want to be able to do this from the taskbar rather than the desktop. I find navigating to the desktop in Win7 to be a bit of a faff and I would rather be able to open my gmx mail in one click instead of 2 or 3.
(Yes, I know I can do a registry tweak to move the "Show Desktop" from the bottom right corner back to near the Start button (where it should be!) but this shouldn't be necessary (imho) and in any case it doesn't really answer the question.)

[whiskeryron]

I also like gmx very much,my only reservation being that when I receive an email I would like to be able to open it fully instead of having to read line by line scrolling down.

[MichaelZZ]

Sorry Chris, my earlier reply was to SlackAlice and I missed you reply while I was typing it.
I'm using Firefox 39.0.3 (I see that 40.0 is just out but I haven't updated yet)
My browser is Windows 7 64-bit.

(Incidentally, I don't have WhiskeryRon's scrolling problem!)

[Buenchico]

>>> I find navigating to the desktop in Win7 to be a bit of a faff

Click the button at the very bottom right-hand corner of your screen. Job done!

To create a GMX shortcut on your taskbar, right-click on your desktop and select New > Shortcut. Type (or paste) the following line into the box:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" http://www.gmx.co.uk/
Click 'Next'
Change 'Firefox' to 'GMX'
Click 'Finish'
Drag the new desktop icon to your (unlocked) taskbar.
Delete the desktop icon if required.

[MichaelZZ]

Nice try Chris! I think I get the idea but I get an error message "The file C\program cannot be found".
Is there possibly a typo somewhere in your

[MichaelZZ]

The above message should have gone on to read:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" http://www.gmx.co.uk/

Followed by a question mark and "Thanks"!

[Buenchico]

Oops!

Sorry about that. The quotation marks at the very beginning seem to have got lost somehow!

Amended line:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" http://www.gmx.co.uk

[MichaelZZ]

Brilliant!
Thanks very much Chris.
(Sorry it's taken me an hour to get back but I had to watch New Tricks!)