I am using Outlook Express as a USENET reader - up until recently, whenever
someone specifies a hotlinked website reference in their posting, I had been
able to select and have IE automatically bring up the page - that
functionality has stopped working. I can, however, still execute Outlook
whenever I select a hot-linked email address.

Any ideas on what I need to do to get this functionality restored.

TIA

Steve

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 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.



If you get a blank page:


1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type:

regsvr32 urlmon.dll

3. Click OK, and then click OK again when you receive the following message:

DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded.


4. If that doesn't fix it, see this article:

http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#new_window

5. If you are using WinXP try this:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE...lt_Browser.reg


You can also try this:

Go to Start/run, and type SFC (msconfig for WinXP).
Choose 'Extract One File From Installation Disk' ("Expand File" for WinXP).
Type oleaut32.dll, not worrying about its location. Then, click Start.

Next to 'Restore From', type in or browse for the file's location, which is
probably in the Win98 (i386 for WinXP) folder of your installation CD-ROM
(typically D:\Win98), or in your Windows\Options\Cabs (Windows\i386 for
WinXP) folder, as the case may be.

Then, next to 'Save File In', enter C:\Windows\System (C:\Windows\System32
for WinXP), and click OK. System File Checker (or msconfig) looks for the
file, saves it as you requested, and then tells you that 'the file has been
successfully extracted'.

You may need to reboot.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Steve" wrote in message
...
I am using Outlook Express as a USENET reader - up until recently, whenever
someone specifies a hotlinked website reference in their posting, I had
been able to select and have IE automatically bring up the page - that
functionality has stopped working. I can, however, still execute Outlook
whenever I select a hot-linked email address.

Any ideas on what I need to do to get this functionality restored.

TIA

Steve

Assuming you're NOT running IE7 Beta 2 Preview...

1. You click on a link and an IE window doesn't even open:

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

2. You click on a link and an IE window opens but it doesn't load:

Try re-registering all of the DLLs listed in this KB article...

You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens After You
Click on a Link
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679

3. Installing the latest Cumulative Patch for IE may solve the problem as a
side-effect. Check in at Windows Update.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Steve wrote:
I am using Outlook Express as a USENET reader - up until recently,
whenever someone specifies a hotlinked website reference in their
posting, I had been able to select and have IE automatically bring up the
page - that functionality has stopped working. I can, however, still
execute Outlook whenever I select a hot-linked email address.

Any ideas on what I need to do to get this functionality restored.

TIA

Steve