URLs of form http://username:password@example.com:80/ work fine in the address bar of any browser I tried, yet when I create a shortcut in Windows and try to launch it, it says it cannot find the address. How do I easily create shortcuts that log in automatically with a single click on the shortcut, and don't use any scripting? Note: please, no comments about how it's insecure to store passwords in plaintext inside the shortcut; I'm using this in a secure environment and the http connection is tunneled over SSH to a web service on a remote LAN (but that service is not configurable by me to simply not require a login).
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What does the shortcut look like that you created? Is it a text file or just a shortcut to that URL? – TheCleaner Jan 07 '14 at 19:04
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it does work only up to internet explorer version 6. It has been disabled from version 7 due to security reasons.
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My default browser is Firefox. However, the browser doesn't even launch when I try to open the shortcut--the error says that it's Windows that can't find that resource. – Display Name Jan 07 '14 at 23:27