OE Hyperlinks do not work

I installed a program called Lightshell from
http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~mosses/rob/. Did not care for it and
uninstalled it. From there my problems began. I found that the WindowsXP
shell had been somehow damaged. The icons and taskbar would not show.
Internet Explorer would not open a web page and Outlook Express would not
display the contents of messages in the lower window, whack remained blank.
I ran System File checker and reinstalled SP2 and got most of the
functionality back. However, I am still having a problem with Outlook
Express, the hyperlinks do not work. They will not open Internet Explorer
and sometimes, they will open the "My Documents" folder. I found KB article
177054. I made sure Internet Explorer was my default browser. I went into
the internet settings and made sure the Internet Browser was listed as the
default browser. I went to Windows Explorer>Tools>Folder Options and
verified the file association for URL's. When I found the URL extension, It
was listed as URL: Internet Shortcut. There was no listing for URL File
Transfer Protocol, URL: Gopher Protocol and URL Hypertext Transfer
Protocol. The only thing I can think of at this time is to do a repair
install. But I would like to exhaust all possible remedies first. I would
appreciate any help that anyone can offer.

Regards,
Bill


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