Re: Keep getting sent to mail when hitting a link

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Did you try #2 and #3 in my admittedly all-purpose reply?
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~PA Bear

Brian Anderson wrote:
Thank you but none of those are my problem. When I click on it link it
opens and loads fine, but what opens and loads is my Yahoo mail instead
of the link I clicked on. Even here when I have tried to reply the first
couple of times I click on "reply" instead of this window my Yahoo mail
opened. Weird Huh? 

"PA Bear" wrote:

> 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:
> > You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens After
> You Click on a Link
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
> > (Re-register all DLLs listed in the above KB article)
> > 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), AH-VSOP
> > Brian Anderson wrote:
> > I was hoping someone could tell me why all of a sudden when I click
> > on a link, no matter where I am, instead of going to that page I am
> > sent to my yahoo mail page. While it does not happen all the time it
> > happens most of the time. (Even happened here the first time I tried
> > to choose a new questions.) This just started happening on the 23rd.
> > I have not downloaded any
> > programs or made any changes to my system. I have run Norton
> > Anitvirus, Microsoft AntiSpyWare and another SpyWare program and
> > nothing shows up. This is very upsetting since I teach online and
> > some of the links are student papers. If I am sent to my mail page
> > then I cannot download the paper. PLEASE HELP
> > Thank you.
> > Brian 
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