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

Are you positive it does not exist? See the attached screen shot. If it is
not there, you have an XP problem.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"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

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

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

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

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
...
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

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
...
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
...
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

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
...
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
...
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

Bruce,

Thanks for your help. I have spent the better part of this afternoon
working on the solutions that you posted. However, I got only partial
success. My computer has three user accounts, one for me, my wife and my
son. After doing all that you suggested, I opened OE and clicked on several
hyperlinks and got the web pages. I was all set to celebrate. I decided to
check the other to user accounts and opened up my wife's and then my son's.
Each time I open OE in their accounts, I clicked on a hyperlink and ether
got no response or "My Documents" opened up. I then went through all the
procedures that you gave me for the other two user accounts and all the
settings were as they had been set under my account. No changes were
necessary. The only problem that I had encountered in running through the
solutions was in trying to register Mshtml.dll. On all three accounts, the
Mshtml.dll would not register. The error message advised "Mshtml was
loaded, but the DllRegisterServer entry point was not found. This file can
not be registered." I do not know if this is significant or not. As
mentioned, I resolved the problem under my user account, but not under the
other two. I saw another posting by you in regards to another individual
having a similar problem as myself. It was suggested that the identity in
the account my be damaged and creating a new user account was a possible
remedy. I would think that this may be an option for me and will try this
later today unless I find an alternate solution. Again, thank you.

Regards,
Bill

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
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

Having exhausted all suggested solutions and the problem still existing, I
thought that maybe some registry editing may solve my problem. As
mentioned, when I click on a hyperlink in Outlook Express, "My Documents"
opens up. Having made all the suggested changes in "File Types" and still
no resolution, I am trying to find the registry keys that effect what
happens when one clicks on a hyperlink. Maybe a change in the registry will
fix the problem. Having read a lot of posts in this newsgroup, it appears
that this is a problem with several posters who still have not found a
resolution to the problem using the information that was provided. It is
evident that some other solution is needed. I do not want to poke around
the registry randomly so I hope that someone can make a suggestion as to
where to look and what keys to check.

Regards,
Bill


"Bill Wittmer" wrote in message
...
Bruce,

Thanks for your help. I have spent the better part of this afternoon
working on the solutions that you posted. However, I got only partial
success. My computer has three user accounts, one for me, my wife and my
son. After doing all that you suggested, I opened OE and clicked on
several hyperlinks and got the web pages. I was all set to celebrate. I
decided to check the other to user accounts and opened up my wife's and
then my son's. Each time I open OE in their accounts, I clicked on a
hyperlink and ether got no response or "My Documents" opened up. I then
went through all the procedures that you gave me for the other two user
accounts and all the settings were as they had been set under my account.
No changes were necessary. The only problem that I had encountered in
running through the solutions was in trying to register Mshtml.dll. On
all three accounts, the Mshtml.dll would not register. The error message
advised "Mshtml was loaded, but the DllRegisterServer entry point was not
found. This file can not be registered." I do not know if this is
significant or not. As mentioned, I resolved the problem under my user
account, but not under the other two. I saw another posting by you in
regards to another individual having a similar problem as myself. It was
suggested that the identity in the account my be damaged and creating a
new user account was a possible remedy. I would think that this may be an
option for me and will try this later today unless I find an alternate
solution. Again, thank you.

Regards,
Bill

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
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