Re: opening browser links

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Assuming you uninstalled ZAISS via Add/Remove Programs before you installed AVG Free and ZA Free:

1. Disable Spybot Tea Timer for the time being: http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=32409

2. Disable Ad-Aware Ad-Watch (if present & enabled) for the time being: http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=19804 (NB: First post is for Ad-Aware 2007 & 2008, second post is for Ad-Aware AE!)

NB: If you don't fully understand what Tea Timer & Ad-Watch do and how they do it, leave them permanently disabled.

3a. [Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | ] Set Program Access and Defaults | Configuration that's already checked | Browser: Select "Internet Explorer" here (not "Use my current browser").

3b. Now check your settings here: IE Tools | Internet Options | Programs | Default web browser.

If no joy, see:

4a. http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx and/or

4b. Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to Internet Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867
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MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
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Brian Simple wrote:
I have had Firefox but uninstalled it.

I'm running IE7 &OE6

I'm using AVG Fee Edition. Zone Alarm Free with Zone Alarm Forcefield. For
Spyware I have Spybot with Tea time running, AdAware & Malwarebytes. I used
to have Zone Alarm internet security suite but when my licence ran out I
didn't renew it.

I don't remember what came free with the pc but as it's a Dell it would have
come packed with bloatware.

One thing that has puzzled me is why in my drop down list in File Types the
URL's for hypertext transfers weren't listed.

I'm off out now for today & probably won't check back until tomorrow and I'm
really grateful for the assistance I'm getting.

<kibbitz>

Brian, do you have another browser installed (e.g., Firefox; AOL Browser;
Yahoo Browser)?

Are you running IE6 or IE7? <=just a question, NOT a recommendation or
suggestion!!

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this machine
(e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)?

</kibbitz>
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~PA Bear (MVP colleague of Bruce's)

Brian Simple wrote:
Hmm. It's not proving as easy as I thought. My OS is WinXP SP3. I am
trying to add a new file type however I might be doing something wrong.

What should I type in the extension box?

If I type [NONE] URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol it first tells me I
cannot
have any spaces. If I re-type it with no spaces then that is registered.
Do
I then "change" what the file opens with to IExplore or do I select
"advanced" and then work my way through to open.....iexplore.exe %1.

When I tried that after rebooting clicking on a link in an email did not
open Iexplore. Before moving onto your further suggestion I really need
to
be satisfied that what I've done so far is correct.

Yes. Try to create the entry using the information provided. Reboot when
done.
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Thank You. I've fallen at the first hurdle unfortunately in that under
File Types I do not have an entry for [NONE] URL: HyperText Transfer
Protocol. My list jumps from [None] URL: File Transfer Protocol to
[None] URL: LDAP Protocol. I do however have an entry for [None].
Internet Shortcut (Not Even URL: Internet Protocol)

Do I need to create an entry?

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:

Courtesy of MVP Frank Saunders. (RIP)

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.
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I seem to be unable to opening browser links contained in e-mail
messages. I can only open the page by cutting & pasting into MSIE.
Is
there a setting I can change in Outlook Express so that I can open
internet pages from links in e-mails please?

Brian

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