Re: desktop shortcuts/Outlook email links, don't work; XP says "Ca

Hi Ms Max,

To set Internet Explorer as the default (this repairs the file association settings as well), try this:

For XP SP1 and above:

From Control Panel, open Add/Remove Programs applet, and choose Set Program
Access and Defaults button. Click the Custom button once. From the list that appears, select Internet Explorer and then click the OK button.

For Windows XP with or without an SP, you may try this REG file:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/IE_Default_Browser.reg

NOTE: The Programs Files path is set for C:\, in the REG file. If you have Windows installed in a different drive, alter the drive-letter and Path in the REG file, using a text editor like Notepad.

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Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx


"Ms Max" <MsMax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:2A1DE00D-761F-4B3D-BBE1-39BC9F7BCAF6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dear Mike,
I was SOOO hopeful this nifty IE fix you sent, would work. But, it did not.
I still get the error message of Cannot Find www.... when I click a desktop
shortcut, but now, instead of a blank IE page popping up, I get my home page
of Google come up.

After finding the IEFix to not have worked, I redid that scan for XP
(sfc/scannow) and also did a rescan of the IE repair command. With each step
I also rebooted just be sure it all took. But I'm in the same problem I
started out with.


On a side note, when I copy a shortcut url and plug it into my taskbar
google window on the bottom of my desktop (same line as the Start button),
the Google doesn't work now, either. I paste the url into the little window
and prior to the iefix.exe, I could click on the icon and this managed to get
me into IE and the page I was wanting to go to. Now it doesn't work. The url
gets pasted, but the icon to make it go to the webpage, does nothing.

Yikes, what do I do NOW???

"MAP" wrote:

Ms Max wrote:
> My system runs XP Professional WITH SP1, but NOT SP2 updates. My
> browser is IE 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp1.020828.
>
> Problem: when I click on a desktop shortcut, Windows gives me an error
> message that says it Can't Find the url, and then a blank IE window
> opens with the address box blank, as well.
>
> The first remedy I tried was running the command, sfc/scannow, which
> then asks for my XP Prof install disk and hunts for missing/corrupt
> files (I got this advice from
> www.homecomputerrepaironline.com/geektips/index.cfm?id=66&geek_cat=3).
> This didn't fix the problem.
>
> Next I tried a similar fix of IE by running the command: rundll32.exe
> setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 %windir%\Inf\ie.inf (I
> got this advice from
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_ie_reinstall.htm). This also did
> not repair the problem.
>
> Next I did a reinstall of the IE 6.0 SP1 program, hoping this would
> correct things. This didn't work, either.
>
> As a last resort, and I don't know if this is related or not, but in
> the Start Menu when I click on Help & Support, nothing happens, no
> window opens and I'm not given that page where I can choose from all
> sorts of Windows internal help options.
>
> My idea was to do a restore back to 3 days prior when links and
> shortcuts were working fine. I finally went to Start
> Menu/Programs/Accessories/System Tools to get the Restore function
> and then did a restore to 3 days back, 1 week back and 2 weeks back.
> Each time the system took about 20-30 minutes to perform the restore
> function, and each time it finished by telling me that it had made NO
> CHANGES to the system. Why is that????
>
> In any case, I still have my original problem, the desktop shortcuts
> don't work. Nor do any of the links in emails in Outlook.
>
> Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I'm just a wee
> bit frustrated! I'm not a total newbie, and I did what things I
> imagined and/or was told would help, and I'm still with the same
> problem.
>
> Thank you.


 http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm

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Mike Pawlak




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