Re: Cannot drag a link from Outlook Express to IE anymore
From: MGB (MikeB_at_americansuccessmortgage.com)
Date: 10/29/04
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Date: 28 Oct 2004 22:04:44 -0700
Here are the results that you requested. I already know of 3 other
people that are having the same problem with this BUG.
;SP1;Q328970;Q324929;q254518;Q810847;Q813951;Q813489;Q330994;Q818529;Q822925;Q828750;Q824145;Q832894;Q837009;Q831167;Q823353;Q867801;Q833989;
"Jim Pickering" <jimp@mvps.0rg> wrote in message news:<OwqdhHJvEHA.1520@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>...
> If you continue to refuse to reply as requested to the responses for help, I
> guess you're stuck. You've been asked to run a brief script in Internet
> Explorer to advise us of the version you are using, along with updates
> you've installed. Without that information, it's hard to be helpful.
>
> FWIW, I'm not aware of any *bug* that would prevent you from dragging a link
> from anywhere, including an email message to anywhere you desire, whether it
> is to a document, a folder or to the address bar in Internet Explorer or to
> the Start/Run line. Continue with your diatribe as you desire, but you may
> find that answers will no longer be forthcoming. Open your browser, insert
> this into the address bar:
>
> javascript:navigator.appMinorVersion
>
> and then post back with the complete, exact results as shown in the screen.
> Or not. It's your choice.
> --
> Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
> Please reply only to newsgroup.
>
>
>
> "MGB" <MikeB@americansuccessmortgage.com> wrote in message
> news:44a2153e.0410271524.257b7b4c@posting.google.com...
> > This is not an IE bug as your request for information on IE suggests.
> > The bug is in Outlook Express since you can't drag any link from an
> > email message to IR or to a folder in Windows Explorer. This Bug was
> > introduced from the latest security update from Microsoft. The loss of
> > this feature makes openning and savign links very time consuming.
> > Clicking on the link does you no good if you want to save the link and
> > it does you no good if you use multiple browsers and your default
> > browser is not IE. For that matter you might want to drag the link in
> > a different browser. Regardly, the is a BUG that Microsoft intoduce to
> > Outlook Express and I want to know how to fix it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "PA Bear" <PABear@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:<eFDDvR6uEHA.2536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>...
> >> Copy/paste the following line into an IE Addressbar, click on GO, then
> >> copy/paste the results into your reply:
> >>
> >> javascript:navigator.appMinorVersion
> >>
> >> Also state your Windows version.
> >> --
> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)
> >>
> >> blank gmail wrote:
> >> > "PA Bear" <PABear@mvps.org> wrote in message
> >> > news:<eGOjzbuuEHA.4044@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> >> > > If you click on the link, does it open in IE?
> >> >
> >> > Suffering from the same problem (as are others who have emailed me
> >> > from my earlier post).
> >> >
> >> > The answer is yes, clicking works fine.
> >> > Dragging does not even change to the drag cursor as it used to.
> >> >
> >> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Uninstalling hotfixes:
> >> >
> >> > KB840987 on 10/15/2004
> >> > KB841356 on 10/15/2004
> >> > KB841533 on 10/15/2004
> >> >
> >> > which appeared to have created the problem did not resolve it.
> >> >
> >> > I am thinking of re-installing OE6 from scratch. Comments?
> >> >
> >> > > MGB wrote:
> >> > > > I have OE6 on Win2K and last week I downloaded some security
> >> > > > updates
> >> > > > from Microsoft which apparently disabled the drag and drop of a
> >> > > > link
> >> > > > in the email to a folder or IE window. I would like to know how I
> >> > > > can
> >> > > > fix this feature since it is now a royal pain to do a link shortcut
> >> > > > copy and past to
> >> > > > the address of a browser window. Please tell me how to fix this
> >> > > > BUG.
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