Re: Link failures in IE 6, including mail link problem

From: Paul Imse (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 10:12:40 -0700

Thanks, Frank.

This got me out of the woods.

Paul

>-----Original Message-----
>"Paul Imse" <tpi-bogus@bogus-georgetown.edu> wrote in
message
>news:59e401c42d53$09801160$a301280a@phx.gbl
>> Over the past several weeks I have been having problems
>> with click through links not working.
>>
>> I am running Windows 2000 Professional, and I have all
the
>> critical updates installed.
>>
>> As near as I can figure it out, it seems that links that
>> involve java script just will not work.
>>
>> Intermitently, I am also having problems with straight
>> link throughs not working. (Don't you love gremlins.)
In
>> those cases, I am able to right click to copy the link
and
>> place it in the address bar to get to the site. This
will
>> sometimes even exhibit itself with different links on
the
>> same page -- it will work with some and not with others.
>>
>> I have reset my advance properties for the Explorer to
>> default to see if that was the problem. No joy.
>>
>> I was considering uninstalling IE6, but the page for the
>> download says that you cannot do a clean install of IE6
in
>> W2000.
>>
>> I am having a related problem with my Outlook Express.
>> When I hit a click through link in IE6 to email someone,
>> it tries to hook up to Outlook, which is not configured
>> for email, so it gives me an error message. I have
>> checked with the tools in IE6, and I am really puzzled
>> here. When I go to Tools and click on the Programs tab,
>> MS Office Outlook is the only email program that is
>> available. Outlook Express is not an option. (Outlook
>> Express is set up as my default email server.)
>
>For OE:
>>From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/defaultl.htm
>
>Go to Start | Run and type this command, with the double
quotes and spaces:
>
>"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg
>
>and then make sure that OE is selected as the default
mail program in both
>IE and OE.
>
>If that isn't enough, see this article:
>"Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work Using Outlook
Express as Default:
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098
>
>You might also want to try this:
>
>Restores OE to the E-mail clients list in Internet Options
>http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/oe_client.htm
>
>For the links problem:
>1. You might want to refresh your scripting engine:
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?
url=/nhp/default.asp?contentid=28001169
>or
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?
url=/downloads/list/webdev.asp
>Windows Script 5.6 for Windows 2000 and XP
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
FamilyID=c717d943-7e4b-4622-86eb-
95a22b832caa&DisplayLang=en
>
>Sometimes there's a corrupt file in the cache and one
must go to Tools |
>Internet Options and click Delete Files.
>
>2a. Start>Run>Regsvr32 vbscript.dll
>
>2b. Start>Run>Regsvr32 jscript.dll
>
>(WinXP users who have problems with 2a and 2b, see
>http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers_9.htm)
>
>3. Re-register all DLLs listed in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
>
>4. See also
>Error Message When You Browse the Web: An Error Has
Occurred in the Script
>on This Page
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306831
>Scripting Errors When You View Web Pages in Internet
Explorer after
>Installing Office 2003
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822521
>
>5a. IE Tools>Internet Options>Advanced>Browsing>Enable
third-party browser
>extensions (uncheck & reboot).
>
>5b. Find the hijacker that caused 5a to be checked (or if
none were checked,
>check for hijackware anyway):
>
>Dealing with Hijackware
>http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
>http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
>http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm
>
>--
>Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
>Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
>http://www.fjsmjs.com
>Protect your PC
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
>
>.
>

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