January 30th 10, 08:49 PM
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"William Thompson" wrote in message
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"William Thompson" wrote in message
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"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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David Haggas wrote:
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I recently lost ability to launch a usenet link from IE8 favourites.
Normally OE6 is launched and the newsgroup opened. IE8 has stopped
working
in this way even when the news URL is copied directly into the address
bar.
Chrome and Firefox browsers continue to work normally and
automatically
launch OE. I have not (knowingly) changed any IE8 settings and it is
my
default browser.
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Start he Start he http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
Then make IE your default browser again.
Made Firefox default then IE8. Made no difference.
FF and Chrome both launch OE even when they are not the default
browser.
There must be a corrupt or missing file somewhere. Re-install IE8?
Windows update is up to date.
To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you quote all of the
previous
message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup. Thank you.
Do links in an OE message open in IE, FF, or Chrome?
1a. Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Set Program
Access and Defaults | Click on the downward-pointing arrows to the right
of
the CUSTOM configuration | Browser: Select "Internet Explorer" here (not
"Use my current...").
Illustration:
http://www.winsupersite.com/images/r...p1_beta_03.gif
1b. Now check your settings he IE Tools | Internet Options | Programs
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Default web browser.
2. If still no joy, see
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/li...trict.htm#reg2
TIP: Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com
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