Problem solved and links from OE to IE7 are now working. I put the
suggested entries for 'URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol' and 'URL:HyperText
Transfer Protocol with Privacy' in via Control Panel Folder Options File
Types Advanced New, and everything now works fine.
My problem with understanding what to do was because *all* of the
explanations of this method (at, for example,
http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx,
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm and
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929867) assumed that there
would be something already in the File Types settings. But, in my case,
there were no existing entries, so I had to enter all the settings using New
as above. And I did put the DDE settings in, although I see that some
people got the links to work by removing the DDE settings.
Lindsay Graham
"Lindsay Graham" wrote in message
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Thanks, Bruce -- your first dialog box is exactly what I get, but when I
then press 'Advanced' I get a dialog box that is different from your
second image. It is called Edit File Type and the first box contains
'URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol'. But the Actions space is blank and of
the 5 options on the right, only 'Change Icon' and 'New' are available --
the other three, 'Edit', 'Remove' and 'Set Default' are greyed out.
[Sorry, I can't figure out how to get an image of the dialog box into this
email -- soething else I need to find out g].
I'll work through some of the other solutions offered in this thread and
report back on progress, if any.
Lindsay Graham
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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See the attachments. If this is not what you see, you are either looking
in
the wrong place, or I don't have an answer for you.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~
"Lindsay Graham" wrote in message
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I'm using WinXP with IE7 and OE6. Not sure whether the problem is with
OE
or not, but perhaps someone can advise ...
For the last few days (it was fine before that), www links quoted in
emails to me will not work, whether single-clicked or double-clicked.
Is
there some setting that can affect this in OE or elsewhere? The only
possibly relevant change that I can think of is that I've changed ISPs
(I'm travelling and have just moved from France to Hong Kong).
Lindsay Graham
normally in Canberra, Australia