Just for the heck of it, try re-registering these dlls. It won't hurt
anything doing it.

Start | Run | 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~

"patrick" wrote in message
...
OK Bruce, thanks anyway. I am still looking in other places, too. I know I
should be able to add it using regedit, but have no idea how.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

I have no idea what has happened, Patrick. I have never seen it
disappear.
Hang in there and we'll see if someone else has an idea.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"patrick" wrote in message
...
Thank you Bruce, but the problem is that there IS NO entry for
"URL:Hypertext
Trransfer Protocol" in the list. All I have in there is
"URL:Hyperlink".

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

You have to have URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol. See the attached
screen
shot.

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 URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol (NOT URL:Internet
Shortcut)
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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"patrick" wrote in message
...
Yesterday I was downloading daag.exe and some other documentation
from
the
msdn paterns and practices site. I was asked to do a survey and
agreed.
The
survey window said it would activate when I was done browsing the
"patterns
and practices" section. when I cloed the site, IE displayed a
message
that
it
had encountered and error and had to close. I did not send an error
report,
but guesss I should have.

Anyway, the next time I used Outlook Express and tried to click a
link
in
an
email, nothing happened. I tried another email link that had worked
sometime
before, but nothing happened with that either. So I began looking
for
answers
with google. I found a lot of answers. One I saw in several places
said
to
check file associations and make sure "URL:Hypertext Transfer" was
set
to
"%windir% iexplore.exe", and to make sure you do not use the "URL:
Internet
Shortcut" item. But I do not have any file association labled
"URL:Hypertext
Transfer". I tried to create a new entry named "URL:Hypertext
Transfer",
but
a dialog box pops up saying this action would delete/replace the
other
URL
entry ("URL: Internet Shortcut"). I did not want to do that. I know
this
stuff is in the registry, can I eneter it in there, and where would
I
look
for directions? I don't want to reintall IE again, that makes me
have
to
reinstall service packs and patches all over agian, too