what's the value of including the URL of the page that you can't access?
So I could edit out the broken branding in the Address bar of a tab long after it was put there. That way if I miss the clue in the tab label that my launch didn't work I don't need to retrace my steps to try to figure out why it was there.
I was going to give you a more detailed example using a different thread and then thought I could do it with exactly this message. In addition I thought I would find out if there were any problems caused by branding when posting.
So, here is where Last Reply should go and therefore what should appear in my Address bar if I chose to open it in a new tab:
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/mvpforum/en-US/2d07727b-7909-49d1-8f51-8f018ecdf3bb/page-not-found-redirect-needs-to-include-the-original-url?forum=reportabug#6f40fae0-3fb1-4ef0-96dc-f12f423b28fa
Using Middleclick on it made me think it had worked. E.g. the Tab label started out "Page Not Fou..." In fact, it did work but not for an example of what I wanted to demonstrate. That link can be branded when opened in its own
tab.
So, here is the one which gave me the idea that you might need an example.
Right-click, Copy Shortcut from a Last Reply link from a TechNet item in My Threads:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/mvpforum/en-US/a4a7cc99-a49a-42a8-b2af-aff748623c34/windows-8-does-not-go-to-sleep-how-to-identify-the-deviceapp-preventing-sleep?forum=w8itprogeneral#30d98549-b381-4f69-ad09-6de25cd79316
Notice the mvpforum branding in the link? That is all that needs to be erased. Notice the GUID for the thread? Leaving me that at least could be useful. Instead, here is what "Page Not Fou..."s Address bar contains:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/error/notfound#30d98549-b381-4f69-ad09-6de25cd79316
Useless--unless you can give me a search for
Msgid(30d98549-b381-4f69-ad09-6de25cd79316)
that can reliably find that thread.
Robert Aldwinckle
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