Re: Can't click on Web link in E-mail message

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For IE7:

I have never heard of a tone being played. This is the only info I have for links not worling.

Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Set Program Access and Defaults | Browser: IE /must/ be chosen here if you're running IE7 and want such links to work.

Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to Internet Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867

If still no joy, for IE6 & IE7:

From:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm

If nothing happens when you click a link:
Open Windows Explorer, or the Control Panel.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to [NONE] 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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Frank D. Nicodem, Jr." <Mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:O%234zA3mkHHA.4312@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
What would cause a link in an E-mail message not to be "live"? I receive lots of E-mails containing Web URLs. But when I click on them, the only thing that happens is that a tone plays, and the link changes color. But no browser window opens. I can cut-and-paste the link into a browser, and it works fine. I just can't click on it.
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Frank D. Nicodem, Jr.
Mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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