Re: Can't start IE6 from desktop icon
- From: "Jon Kennedy" <jkennedy2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 19:58:36 -0400
It should be at the top of the file types list - with [NONE] as an
extension. Easy to miss as you scroll down.....
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Jon R. Kennedy MS MVP/IE
Charlotte, NC USA
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"Bill DeShawn" <bdeshawn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In my copy of Windows (Windows XP Pro SP2), there is no such file type as
URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol. What happens now? I think we're on to
something here.
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"Jon Kennedy" <jkennedy2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Courtesy Frank Saunders, MVP:
From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
Open Windows Explorer.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol (NOT URL:Internet
Shortcut)
and select it.
Click Edit or Advanced, depending on your Windows version.
Select 'open'.
Click Edit.
"Application used to perform this action" should read:
"C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\iexplore.exe" -nohome
(Check the path to iexplore.exe to make sure that is correct and use the
double quotes.)
DDE should be checked and in the boxes below it you should have:
#1:
"%1",,-1,0,,,,
#2
IExplore
#3 (blank)
#4
WWW_OpenURL
URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol with Privacy should be the same.
Sometimes it is necessary to uncheck Use DDE.
If that doesn't fix it, go to Start | Run and type
regsvr32 urlmon.dll
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Jon R. Kennedy MS MVP/IE
Charlotte, NC USA
jkennedy2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Dave Blom" <Dave Blom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello - I've run into a strange problem on a laptop with WinXP Pro SP2
(recently upgraded from XP Home). All functioned well for a few days
after
the upgrade, but since the weekend the owner reports that IE6 "hangs
up".
Here is what happens:
- Double-click desktop IE6 icon & an IE6 shortcut is created on the
desktop.
Do this 5 times, get 5 shortcuts!
- Right-click IE6 icon - different dialog box (no "open home page")
- Double-click one of the (5) shortcuts - IE6 does not start.
- Start, Run "iexplore" - browser starts OK. Can browse home page &
click
links, etc. & all works OK. As soon as another address is typed in the
address bar, a second IE window opens & then both IE's hang - have to
kill
the tasks, which takes a while. Same result if second IE is opened with
"start->run_>iexplore".
I have scanned for viruses & malware, run disk cleanup util, etc. - no
change in behaviour. There are no Yahoo toolbars or anything like that
installed, and I have run SysInternal's Autorun & Rootkit Revealer & all
is
OK.
The problem happens no matter who I log in as (this is a domain
connected
machine) and it happens when I boot safe mode with networking.
There are no system restore points that predate the problem.
Have tried the "reinstall" using the registry tweaks suggested by
"ElderGeek".
Have run sfc utility & have re-installed SP2 - no joy!
The work-around, to get the laptop user going again, has been to install
Mozilla Firefox, which works perfectly. The problem is that Windows
Updates
will not run because of the broken IE6, so I would like to get this
fixed.
Has anyone out there seen anything like this? I know a reformat &
re-install
will probably fix this, but I reeeealy don't wanna do that ....
Thanks,
Dave Blom
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