Re: Internet Explorer issues

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Try this and apply to .pdf files as well.

If it is only .exe files, then read on and see if this is relevant:
You may have an invalid plugin.
Netscape-Style Plug-ins Do Not Work After Upgrading Internet Explorer
[Q303401]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303401

Remove the plugin with Regedit.exe
Start-Run-Regedit.exe
Navigate down to this key and remove it, after exporting it as a
normal safety precaution.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Plugins\Extension\.exe

If that key exists, then you will see what plugin has been installed.
The key does not normally exist.

If not only .exe files, try this:
Blank Web Page with Placeholder Icon and You Cannot Save a File to
Disk
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;316537

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:08:01 -0700, Tom Myers
<TomMyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I am using Windows Xp SP2 and Internet Explorer. For some reason my browser
>will not load certain links, for example, a link to launch a pdf file is on a
>web site, I click the icon and nothing happens. On other sites I click icons
>to download software or information, nothing downloads and at the bottom of
>the browser it says Done. I have had to start using the Mozilla Firefox
>browser and none of this happens. I have reinstalled XP SP2 to no avail.
>

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html
.

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