Hi Eddy
I had something similar happen to me, I never managed to fix it BUT when
I started using Firefox as my default browser and then went back to
using IE as my default, then the problem went away!!!
Of course I returned to Firefox pretty rapidly.
Andrew Stirling
Calcpay Ltd
----- Original Message -----
From: "dirckx eddy" <eddy.dirckx (AT) skynet .DO.T be>
> Hallo everybody
>
> I'm having the following problem on one of my clients PC's (WXP SP2)
that I can't figure
> out.
> When this user clicks on a hyperlink (=internet shortcut) in an
application nothing
> happens.
> When he first starts IE before clicking the link, the link is opened
in the current session
> of IE after clicking it.
>
> I checked MS Knowledge base and came up with article Q177054 "Internet
shortcuts in outlook
> Express do not start Web browser".
> However it says that one of the "registered file types" in windows
Explorer => tools =>
> Folder options ==> FileTypes should be "URL:File Transfer Protocol".
However I cannot find
> any of the mentioned "URL:..." filetypes. The only entry I can see
that looks alike is "URL
> Internet shortcut", but the parameters in "Editing actions for
filetype" are completely
> different from those described in the article.
> However I checked these settings with those of a working WXP SP2
station and they are the
> same.
>
> Does anyone know if this is changed in W2K and WXP (the article only
mentions W9X,NT and
> W2K) and where I should look for the command line that is invoked when
clicking a
> hyperlink.
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Eddy
>
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