Steve,

Thanks for the tip but that is not the problem. But, since you brought the
subject up, occasionally when I try to email a hyperlink, I find that the
Default Email program has been changed by some unknown reason. It happens
only every once in a while, but I wonder that caused it.

Tom


"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
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Go to Control Panel | Add / Remove Programs | Set Program access and
defaults and set IE and OE as default. See if that fixes it.

steve

"Tom Brown" wrote in message
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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