diff --git a/addon/YaCy-Search.html b/addon/YaCy-Search.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbfeb8a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addon/YaCy-Search.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://localhost:8080/">
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/addon/YaCy-Search.url b/addon/YaCy-Search.url
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e3b94082..000000000
--- a/addon/YaCy-Search.url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[InternetShortcut]
-URL=http://localhost:8080/
diff --git a/htroot/ConfigBasic.java b/htroot/ConfigBasic.java
index a91cc3584..aa4f80911 100644
--- a/htroot/ConfigBasic.java
+++ b/htroot/ConfigBasic.java
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ public class ConfigBasic {
             prop.put("nextStep_sslSupport", theServerCore.withSSL() ? "1" : "0");
             
             // generate new shortcut (used for Windows)
-            //yacyAccessible.setNewPortLink(Integer.parseInt(port));
-            // TODO: Windows doesn't open new location even when new content is written to file (some cache seem to be active)
+            yacyAccessible.setNewPortLink(Integer.parseInt(port));
             
             // force reconnection in 7 seconds
             theServerCore.reconnect(7000);
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyAccessible.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyAccessible.java
index e566bd73d..afc7289ed 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyAccessible.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyAccessible.java
@@ -58,18 +58,14 @@ public class yacyAccessible {
     public boolean IWasAccessed;
     
     /**
-     * updates Shortcut /addon/YaCy-Search.url
+     * updates Shortcut /addon/YaCy-Search.html
      * @param newPort
      */
     public static void setNewPortLink(int newPort){
     	try {
         	plasmaSwitchboard sb = plasmaSwitchboard.getSwitchboard();
-        	File shortcut = new File(sb.getRootPath() + "/addon/YaCy-Search.url".replace("/", File.separator));
-        	// FIXME (doesn't work) try destroying some Windows cache
-        	shortcut.delete();
-        	String content =
-        		"[InternetShortcut]" + serverCore.LF_STRING +
-        		"URL=http://localhost:" + newPort + "/" + serverCore.LF_STRING;
+        	File shortcut = new File(sb.getRootPath() + "/addon/YaCy-Search.html".replace("/", File.separator));
+        	String content = "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=http://localhost:" + newPort + "/\">";
         	serverFileUtils.copy(content.getBytes(), shortcut);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			return;
diff --git a/yacy.nsi b/yacy.nsi
index d1f69da8b..0d8e3c02f 100755
--- a/yacy.nsi
+++ b/yacy.nsi
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Section "Shortcuts in the Start Menu"
 	CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\YaCy\stop YaCy.lnk" "$INSTDIR\stopYACY.bat" "" "$INSTDIR\addon\YaCy.ico"
 	CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\YaCy\Readme.lnk" "$INSTDIR\readme.txt"
 	CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\YaCy\Uninstall.lnk" "$INSTDIR\Uninstall.exe"
-	CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\YaCy\YaCy-Search.lnk" "$INSTDIR\addon\YaCy-Search.url" "" "$INSTDIR\addon\YaCy.ico"
+	CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\YaCy\YaCy-Search.lnk" "$INSTDIR\addon\YaCy-Search.html" "" "$INSTDIR\addon\YaCy.ico"
 SectionEnd
 
 #Section "YACY on the Desktop"
@@ -216,12 +216,12 @@ Section "YaCy on the Desktop"
 SectionEnd
 
 Section "Searchpage on the Desktop"
-	CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\YaCy-Search.lnk" "$INSTDIR\addon\YaCy-Search.url" "" "$INSTDIR\addon\YaCy.ico"
+	CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\YaCy-Search.lnk" "$INSTDIR\addon\YaCy-Search.html" "" "$INSTDIR\addon\YaCy.ico"
 SectionEnd
 
 Section "Searchpage in the Quicklaunch"
 	SectionIn 1 2 3
-	CreateShortCut "$QUICKLAUNCH\YaCy-Search.lnk" "$INSTDIR\addon\YaCy-Search.url" "" "$INSTDIR\addon\YaCy.ico"
+	CreateShortCut "$QUICKLAUNCH\YaCy-Search.lnk" "$INSTDIR\addon\YaCy-Search.html" "" "$INSTDIR\addon\YaCy.ico"
 SectionEnd
 
 Section "YaCy in Startup"