Lately active blue links in outlook express 6 are no longer active. Used to
be I could click one and it would open Internet Explorer and go to that URL.
Now nothing happens when I click them. How do I get that function back?

If using IE7:

Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Set Program Access and Defaults |
Browser: IE /must/ be chosen here if you're running IE7 and want such links
to work.

Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to Internet
Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867

If still no joy. (For IE6 & IE7):

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

If nothing happens when you click a link:
Open Windows Explorer, or the Control Panel.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to [NONE] 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~

"Ron" wrote in message
...
Lately active blue links in outlook express 6 are no longer active. Used
to be I could click one and it would open Internet Explorer and go to that
URL. Now nothing happens when I click them. How do I get that function
back?

Thanks but under Tools/I don't have Folder Options either in Windows
Explorer or the Control Panel in IE6.


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If using IE7:

Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Set Program Access and Defaults |
Browser: IE /must/ be chosen here if you're running IE7 and want such
links to work.

Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to Internet
Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867

If still no joy. (For IE6 & IE7):

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

If nothing happens when you click a link:
Open Windows Explorer, or the Control Panel.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to [NONE] 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~

"Ron" wrote in message
...
Lately active blue links in outlook express 6 are no longer active. Used
to be I could click one and it would open Internet Explorer and go to
that URL. Now nothing happens when I click them. How do I get that
function back?

That is not in IE6. Start | Settings | Control Panel, or Start | Programs |
Accessories | Windows Explorer.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Ron" wrote in message
...
Thanks but under Tools/I don't have Folder Options either in Windows
Explorer or the Control Panel in IE6.


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If using IE7:

Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Set Program Access and Defaults |
Browser: IE /must/ be chosen here if you're running IE7 and want such
links to work.

Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to Internet
Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867

If still no joy. (For IE6 & IE7):

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

If nothing happens when you click a link:
Open Windows Explorer, or the Control Panel.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to [NONE] 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~

"Ron" wrote in message
...
Lately active blue links in outlook express 6 are no longer active.
Used to be I could click one and it would open Internet Explorer and go
to that URL. Now nothing happens when I click them. How do I get that
function back?

So there isn't anything I can do then?



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
That is not in IE6. Start | Settings | Control Panel, or Start | Programs
| Accessories | Windows Explorer.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Ron" wrote in message
...
Thanks but under Tools/I don't have Folder Options either in Windows
Explorer or the Control Panel in IE6.


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If using IE7:

Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Set Program Access and Defaults |
Browser: IE /must/ be chosen here if you're running IE7 and want such
links to work.

Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to Internet
Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867

If still no joy. (For IE6 & IE7):

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

If nothing happens when you click a link:
Open Windows Explorer, or the Control Panel.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to [NONE] 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~

"Ron" wrote in message
...
Lately active blue links in outlook express 6 are no longer active.
Used to be I could click one and it would open Internet Explorer and go
to that URL. Now nothing happens when I click them. How do I get that
function back?

I don't understand why you can't find this location. If you don't have
Folder Options, then you have serious problems. Try a post to the newsgroup
for your OS. If it is XP/SP2, then:

Windows XP General Newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsxp.general
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Ron" wrote in message
...
So there isn't anything I can do then?



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
That is not in IE6. Start | Settings | Control Panel, or Start | Programs
| Accessories | Windows Explorer.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Ron" wrote in message
...
Thanks but under Tools/I don't have Folder Options either in Windows
Explorer or the Control Panel in IE6.


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If using IE7:

Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Set Program Access and Defaults |
Browser: IE /must/ be chosen here if you're running IE7 and want such
links to work.

Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to Internet
Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867

If still no joy. (For IE6 & IE7):

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

If nothing happens when you click a link:
Open Windows Explorer, or the Control Panel.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to [NONE] 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~

"Ron" wrote in message
...
Lately active blue links in outlook express 6 are no longer active.
Used to be I could click one and it would open Internet Explorer and
go to that URL. Now nothing happens when I click them. How do I get
that function back?

"Ron" wrote in message
...
Thanks but under Tools/I don't have Folder Options either in Windows
Explorer or the Control Panel in IE6.


Run... (e.g. press Win-R) and enter:

control folders


BTW another user is reporting problems with inetcpl.cpl and one of the
symptoms is that it doesn't appear in the Control Panel either.
The analogous suggestion that I am suggesting to you apparently results
in a window opening and closing. It looks like some kind of administrative
lockdown? Is this your machine? If not, see your administrator. If it is
you may be looking at the effects of malware--doing its own lockdown. ; }

Also, Bruce's question about your version of IE is relevant.
If it is really IE6 (and not IE7) another possible solution
would be a repair. The most complete repair is the set of regsvr32
commands included in this cmd file, courtesy MVP Kai Schaetzl

http://iefaq.info/index.php?action=a...=31&artlang=en

I think that the most significant one for your case will be

regsvr32 /i shdocvw.dll

Note to IE7 lurkers: do NOT try to use these last two tips.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---

1.Assuming WinXP: [Control Panel Add/Remove Programs ] Set Program Access
and Defaults Browser: Select "Internet Explorer" here.

If no joy, see:

2a. http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx

2b. Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to Internet
Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org


Ron wrote:
Lately active blue links in outlook express 6 are no longer active. Used
to
be I could click one and it would open Internet Explorer and go to that
URL.
Now nothing happens when I click them. How do I get that function back?

"Ron" wrote in message
...
Lately active blue links in outlook express 6 are no longer active. Used
to be I could click one and it would open Internet Explorer and go to that
URL. Now nothing happens when I click them. How do I get that function
back?