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| Thread ID: 50400 | 2004-10-19 10:28:00 | outlook express 6 and links in email not opening up | lisamarieo1 (301) | Press F1 |
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| 282763 | 2004-10-19 10:28:00 | i am having a problem i am running outlook express 6 on windows xp home, when i click on a link in an e-mail it wont go there i have tried all the start, run, regsvr32 (with all the other options) but it still doesn't work please some one help im getting sick of all the cutting and pasting lol. lisa_merv@xtra.co.nz |
lisamarieo1 (301) | ||
| 282764 | 2004-10-19 10:39:00 | If you click on links in OE mail and news and they do not work, it could be because Outlook Express is not your default mail and news program and IE is not your default browser. In Outlook Express, go to Tools | Options and make sure that "Make Outlook Express my default mail program" and "Make Outlook Express my default news reader are checked. In IE, go to View | Internet Options | Programs and select OE for mail and news. Also, be sure "Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser" is checked. Check these pages here (support.microsoft.com) here (support.microsoft.com) hth |
johnboy (217) | ||
| 282765 | 2004-10-19 10:58:00 | hiya, tried what you mentioned and no avail, i did just have to reboot after doing the other stuff i mentioned above where i had to click start, run then run through the various commands in there , anyway i rebooted and came back in and it worked, then i closed it off and whent back in and it doesnt work again, grrrr can anyone help my problem :) thanks in advance | lisamarieo1 (301) | ||
| 282766 | 2004-10-19 20:07:00 | Hi Lisa Marie, Did you install MyIE2 or another browser? And then uninstalled it? Your links could be trying to open the old browser when it has been removed . Open "My Computer" At the top, go to "Tools" and scroll down to "folder options" A dialog box should open up . Select the "File Types" tab You should have a list of all the file types known to your computer . Go to "(NONE) URL:Hypertext Transfer Protocol" and then click on the "advanced" button . Make sure the "open" action is selected and then click on the "edit" button . In the information space for "application used to perform action:" should be the location for your browser . If you are using Internet Explorer, it should say something like " "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE . EXE" %1" or if using firefox, " "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox . exe" %1" Check the other internet files types used by your old browser, and re-direct them to the new browser . Hope this helps, Enjoy tweaking! But be careful :o) Mister Harbies |
mister harbies (5607) | ||
| 282767 | 2004-10-19 20:53:00 | I went into what you said and it had most of that line of stuff you said should be there but instead of the %1 at the end it had -nohome and i tried to change it to the %1 but it wouldnt let me. any other ideas? | lisamarieo1 (301) | ||
| 282768 | 2004-10-19 20:56:00 | oops forgot to mention this is my computer no one else uses it and ive only had it about a yr and have never installed any other browser, infact the one that is on here came with the computer (new) so i highly doubt its pointing to another browser since i dont have one lol, thanks | lisamarieo1 (301) | ||
| 282769 | 2004-10-19 21:30:00 | Try these fixes here (www.oehelp.com) Internet Shortcuts in Outlook Express Don't Start Browser (Q177054) support.microsoft.com New window is blank or nothing happens when you click on a link - Q281679 support.microsoft.com Incorrect Settings in the Dcomcnfg.exe Tool [Q274696] support.microsoft.com Internet Explorer Home Page Opens When You Click a Link That Is Pasted into an E-mail Message (Q291859) support.microsoft.com You cannot open an MHTML URL after you install the April 2003 cumulative patch for OE support.microsoft.com Go to my computer, view/folder options/file types (or control panel, folder options depending on your operating system. Scroll down to the URL:Hypertext Transfer Protocols, click edit twice and make sure the following is in the application used to perform action box: "C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\iexplore.exe" -nohome The same applies for URL:Gopher DDE should be set to: "%1",,-1,0,,,, Application should say: IExplore DDE application not running should be blank Topic should be: WWW_OpenURL hth |
johnboy (217) | ||
| 282770 | 2004-10-19 21:47:00 | Also some pop-up blockers can cause this problem too. If you have one, try disabling it and then see if links work. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 282771 | 2004-10-19 23:40:00 | success!!!, dont know what exactly did it but it works now lol. hopefully it will last this time (touchwood) thanks heaps! |
lisamarieo1 (301) | ||
| 282772 | 2004-10-19 23:40:00 | success!!!, dont know what exactly did it but it works now lol. hopefully it will last this time (touchwood) thanks heaps! |
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