I am using Windows 2000 Pro. as the OS on this computer and I have Office
2003 installed. Both products are fully updated. Several days ago I
started seeing this strange behavior when I clicked on an embedded email
link. When I clicked the link a small Windows Explorer box popped up with
"Locate Link Browser" in the title bar. I found a Microsoft support article
that gave a fix for the problem so I followed the instructions and sure
enough it seemed to fix the problem.

Then I suddenly was unable to open any Outlook links until I got a fix from
Diane Poremsky on this forum. After applying her suggested fix I noticed
that my file associations for .htm and .mht were screwed up. I reset the
associations and now I have the Locate Link Browser problem all over again.
This time the Explorer window flashes on screen after I click a link and
when I come out of the linked page the box appears again requiring a manual
closure.

I went back to the original Microsoft article (821692) that calls for
unchecking a DDE box in the "Open" properties for file type URL:Mailto
Protocol but when I did I found that DDE was still unchecked. What next?

Any help will be truly appreciated.

Cec Britton

Mort Snerd wrote:

Then I suddenly was unable to open any Outlook links until I got a
fix from Diane Poremsky on this forum. After applying her suggested
fix I noticed that my file associations for .htm and .mht were
screwed up.

Did you start IE and click ToolsInternet OptionsProgramsReset Web
Settings?
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Brian Tillman