I recently bought a new Dell computer. I am using IE6 and Outlook Express.
When I receive a message with a link in it, I cannot open the link. I click
on it and nothing happens. I can't even copy the link unless I start the
process to forward it. Then I can copy and past in IE but this is a pain.

Is this OE settings problem? I can't seem to find a place to allow links to
be activated. I also us McAfee. I could not find anything showing that
McAfee is preventing it.

Well, McAfee products are garbage, but I think this will solve your problem.

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

If nothing happens when you click a link:
Open Windows Explorer.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol 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.



If you get a blank page:


1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type:

regsvr32 urlmon.dll

3. Click OK, and then click OK again when you receive the following message:

DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded.


4. If that doesn't fix it, see this article:

http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#new_window

5. If you are using WinXP try this:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE...lt_Browser.reg


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'.

You may need to reboot.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Bon" wrote in message
...
I recently bought a new Dell computer. I am using IE6 and Outlook Express.
When I receive a message with a link in it, I cannot open the link. I
click
on it and nothing happens. I can't even copy the link unless I start the
process to forward it. Then I can copy and past in IE but this is a pain.

Is this OE settings problem? I can't seem to find a place to allow links
to
be activated. I also us McAfee. I could not find anything showing that
McAfee is preventing it.

1. You click on a link and an IE window doesn't even open:

http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx.

2. You click on a link and an IE window opens but it doesn't load:

You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens After You
Click on a Link
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679

(Re-register all DLLs listed in the above KB article)

3. Installing the latest Cumulative Patch for IE may solve the problem as a
side-effect. Check in at Windows Update.

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

Bon wrote:
I recently bought a new Dell computer. I am using IE6 and Outlook
Express.
When I receive a message with a link in it, I cannot open the link. I
click
on it and nothing happens. I can't even copy the link unless I start the
process to forward it. Then I can copy and past in IE but this is a pain.

Is this OE settings problem? I can't seem to find a place to allow links
to
be activated. I also us McAfee. I could not find anything showing that
McAfee is preventing it.

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
1. You click on a link and an IE window doesn't even open:

http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx.

2. You click on a link and an IE window opens but it doesn't load:

You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens After You
Click on a Link
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679

(Re-register all DLLs listed in the above KB article)

3. Installing the latest Cumulative Patch for IE may solve the problem as
a side-effect. Check in at Windows Update.

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

Bon wrote:
I recently bought a new Dell computer. I am using IE6 and Outlook
Express.
When I receive a message with a link in it, I cannot open the link. I
click
on it and nothing happens. I can't even copy the link unless I start the
process to forward it. Then I can copy and past in IE but this is a
pain.

Is this OE settings problem? I can't seem to find a place to allow links
to
be activated. I also us McAfee. I could not find anything showing that
McAfee is preventing it.