E-mail weblinks don’t work (IE 5.00.3314)

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They used to work, but stopped working this morning…now when I receive an e-mail with links to a website, clicking on them just takes me into IE, but the website does not display. What did I mess up now?

Should I update to 5.5 or 6.preview while I’m at it? I’d rather not….

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Are you sure you’re still connected when you check your e-mail?

Have you made any changes to your system since this began to fail?

What mail program are you using?

Thanks!

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Ouch. Yes, I’m sure I’m still connected. I use Outlook 2k-SR2, with IE5.0. Like in this reply to posting e-mail, I couldn’t click on the URL in the e-mail…I had to cut and paste it into the Address line manually. Doing that, it worked. It seems that the Outlook-e-mail-to-IE link is broken.

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Perhaps this will be of some help?

Also, I would recommend upgrading your I.E. to 5.5SP1, It’s the most stable version out there.. (It will likely fix your problem if the above MSKB article doesn’t.

Hope that helps!

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Ding ding ding!!!

YES! You fixed it. Thanks. I checked all the other darn file-type settings, but missed that one.

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That Microsoft article did the trick. You guys are awsome. Thanks a lot.

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There appears to be a problem with IE5.5 and 6 that if you apply the critical updates patch to fix the MIME Header hole, the pages do not display properly after clicking on links. I have told Microsoft this but they dent it is a problem. I fixed it by reinstalling IE from the Windows Update page.

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I’ll second that – worked here.

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Roger – can you open regedit and drill down to HKClassesRootInternetShortcut. Find the “open” usb-key and then: Export it to your Desktop, open it with Notepad (Edit), and paste the contents in this thread? Thanks.

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