Re: OE Hyperlinks do not work (@Bill)

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[Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs >] Set Program Access and Defaults > Browser: IE *must* be chosen here if you're running IE7 Beta 2 Preview and want such links to work.

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--
~PA Bear

Bill Wittmer wrote:
As a matter of fact I have IE 7 Beta 2 installed. It has been running on
my system for two weeks. I was looking for a way to uninstall in the
other day but had no luck.

Bill

"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OqeOr$OWGHA.3492@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Is IE7 B2P installed? Was it ever installed?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
>
> Bill Wittmer wrote:
> > 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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