Bruce,

I'll give that a try. I had already deleted the Temp files and offline
content. But, I'll try the new identity when I have a bit more time. I'll
let you know.

Thanks,

Tom



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Clear the Temporary Internet Files. In IE | Tools | Internet Options |
Delete Files button. And check the box to Delete Offline content.

If still no joy:

You may have a damaged identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity.
Create a new one and test it. If all is well, you can import your messages
from the old identity and delete it.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Tom Brown" wrote in message
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Bruce,

I have had this same problem before and unfortunately it has recently
resurfaced. It's driving me nuts!

I just tried (and re-tried) EVERYTHING you said in this email and I still
have a problem. When I click on a hyperlink in IE, everything works
great. If I copy the link and insert it in either Google or IE, it comes
right up.
If I click on a hyperlink in an OE message, I get a lot of disk activity
but nothing happens.

Any ideas,

TIA,

Tom



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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If this did not work:

From:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm

If nothing happens when you click a link:
Open Windows Explorer.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to {NONE} URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol and select it.
Click Edit or Advanced, depending on your Windows version.
Select 'open'.
Click Edit.

"Application used to perform this action" should read:

"C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\iexplore.exe" -nohome
(Check the path to iexplore.exe to make sure that is correct and use the
double quotes.)

DDE should be checked and in the boxes below it you should have:

#1:
"%1",,-1,0,,,,
#2
IExplore
#3 (blank)

#4
WWW_OpenURL

URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol with Privacy should be the same.

Sometimes it is necessary to uncheck Use DDE.
**********************************

Try this next:

StartRun type, or Copy/Paste, these in one at a time and try again.
(Note the space in each command).

regsvr32 Mshtml.dll
regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 Shell32.dll
regsvr32 actxprxy.dll
regsvr32 shdocvw.dll
regsvr32 urlmon.dll

In IE, go to: ToolsInternet OptionsPrograms. Click: Reset Web
Settings - (uncheck box for homepage) - Click Yes.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"Bill Wittmer" wrote in message
...
I made a mistake when looking at the file types. Upon opening it, I
immediately dropped down to the URL, since that is what appeared in the
Knowledge Base article. I found the file types for File Transfer
Protocol, Gopher Protocol and Hypertext Transfer Protocol. They all had
the proper associations for Internet Explorer. I am perplexed as to why
clicking on a hyperlink will open "My Documents".




"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
In "URL: Internet Shortcut", URL is the file extension. This actually
refers to favorites which are *.URL files.

For the various "URL ... Protocol", etc. these have No file extension,
since they aren't files. Assuming that you have the file associations
sorted by extension (click on the column heading to sort on that
column), these will be at the top of the list with the "(NONE)" file
extensions.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Bill Wittmer" wrote in message
...
I installed a program called Lightshell from
http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~mosses/rob/. Did not care for it and
uninstalled it. From there my problems began. I found that the
WindowsXP shell had been somehow damaged. The icons and taskbar would
not show. Internet Explorer would not open a web page and Outlook
Express would not display the contents of messages in the lower
window, whack remained blank. I ran System File checker and
reinstalled SP2 and got most of the functionality back. However, I am
still having a problem with Outlook Express, the hyperlinks do not
work. They will not open Internet Explorer and sometimes, they will
open the "My Documents" folder. I found KB article 177054. I made
sure Internet Explorer was my default browser. I went into the
internet settings and made sure the Internet Browser was listed as the
default browser. I went to Windows ExplorerToolsFolder Options and
verified the file association for URL's. When I found the URL
extension, It was listed as URL: Internet Shortcut. There was no
listing for URL File Transfer Protocol, URL: Gopher Protocol and URL
Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The only thing I can think of at this
time is to do a repair install. But I would like to exhaust all
possible remedies first. I would appreciate any help that anyone can
offer.

Regards,
Bill