Re: Can't use web links from messages
From: Michael Santovec (michael_santovec_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 03/22/05
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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:32:22 -0800
What registering a DLL does is add/update some entries in the registry. The DLL has the
code for the registry entries and running regsvr32 on the DLL causes that code to be run.
That's necessary if some other program deleted or modified the registry entries. Since
your problem was with web links, this could be installing or uninstalling another browser
(e..g Opera, Netscape, etc.).
It could also be caused by some virus or spyware/adware.
-- Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm "Laurel" <FakeMail@Hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23g9DxUoLFHA.3788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > (reposting - for some reason this didn't get posted as a reply to the > thread.) > > > Well, I had to go all the way down to the last URL before the spyware > ones... The one that had me run regsvr32 on 7, not 5 dlls did the trick. > > A couple of questions. > > 1 - Assuming regsvr32 "registers" a dll, what might cause a dll to get > unregistered? > > 2 - Any idea how a dll can get unregistered? (If, indeed, I've got my > assumption and jargon right here.) > > 3 - http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx and at the bottom it had the > suggestion below. When I enter SFC in Run, something flashes by, but that's > the end of it. Since I didn't need it to solve the problem it's not > critical, but I'm curious. Might it do the same thing as regsvr32? I see > it's operating on one of the same dlls that I did that to. > > You can also try this: > > Go to Start/run, and type SFC (msconfig for WinXP). > Choose 'Extract One File From Installation Disk' ("Expand File" for WinXP). > Type oleaut32.dll, not worrying about its location. Then, click Start. > > Next to 'Restore From', type in or browse for the file's location, which is > probably in the Win98 (i386 for WinXP) folder of your installation CD-ROM > (typically D:\Win98), or in your Windows\Options\Cabs (Windows\i386 for > WinXP) folder, as the case may be. > > Then, next to 'Save File In', enter C:\Windows\System (C:\Windows\System32 > for WinXP), and click OK. System File Checker (or msconfig) looks for the > file, saves it as you requested, and then tells you that 'the file has been > successfully extracted'. > > > > "Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@prodigy.net> wrote in message > news:ehzQ5ilLFHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... >> Don't Double click. Single click. A double click would try to open 2 > instances of IE at >> the same time. >> >> If you still have problems, work your way down this list: until the > problem is fixed: >> >> How to Make Internet Explorer the Default Web Browser >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=284456 >> Internet Explorer Not Configured as Default Browser >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=153774 >> >> OE: Internet Shortcuts in Outlook Express Don't Start Browser >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=177054 >> http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx >> >> OLEXP: Hyperlink With (!) in the Address Does Not Start Web Browser >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=249613 >> >> Hyperlinks Do Not Work in Outlook Express or in Word >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823301 >> >> IE6 opens blank (empty) windows >> http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#blank_windows >> >> You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens After You > Click a Link >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679 >> >> If you are using a Pop-up Ad blocker program, check its documentation to > see if it is >> blocking the opening of a new web browser and how to workaround that. >> >> And if you still have problems, then look at: >> >> Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines >> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm >> >> Spyware, Browser Hijackings and other Antisocial Tricks >> http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#spyware >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm >> >> >> "Laurel" <FakeMail@Hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:u1DN55iLFHA.132@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... >> > Suddenly (i.e., all day today) if I double click on a web link embedded > in >> > a message, hotmail freezes. I've rebooted many times and uninstalled > any >> > products that seemed like they might interfere (anti-spyware, parental >> > control, iHateSpam). I do have Enterprise McAfee running, but I can't > stop >> > that, as the company forces e-policy. But it's been running OK > forever... >> > I'm using vanilla URLs like www.google.com to test the problem. >> > >> > Here's a clue though, after I unstalled one of these products, whenever > I >> > would click on a web link, instead of being I would get throuwn into the >> > Windows Installer, trying to install XSL Tester. It happened to be > failing >> > because I'd moved the source. (XSL Tester is at the bottom of the list > in my >> > Install/Remove program list. The one I'd just removed was not... It's a >> > benign, rarely used program for... testing XSL.) >> > >> > When I gave it the right source for XSL so the install (that I'd never >> > asked for) could complete, the symptom in Outlook Express reverted to >> > freezing. I have to kill Outlook Express via the Task Manager to get it >> > usable again. >> > >> > Any ideas? >> > >> > >> >> > >
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