Am unable to open websites when they show up in Outlook Express 6. Anyone know why? When I click on an URL all I get is a BONG. Am running WinXP Home Edition w/SP3.
"bandi" <mnkwms@charter.net> wrote in message newsh30Tg5%23KHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Am unable to open websites when they show up in Outlook Express 6. > Anyone know why? When I click on an URL all I get is a BONG. Am > running WinXP Home Edition w/SP3. Outlook Express General newsgroup: In your newsreader: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general On the Web: http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...px?dg=microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general ----------------------------------------- Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express or in Word (Revised 29 Apr-09) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823301 Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to IE7 [and/or IE8] (Revised 29 Apr-09) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867 If still no joy: 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: "CPROGRAM 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. If all the above is correct, uncheck: Use DDE. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA
Thanks, Bruce. That fixed my problem. Although the instructions you sent were not too easy to follow. Apparently they were for a different brand of Windows. Thanks again. "Bruce Hagen" <BRH@nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:%23x3ziy5%23KHA.3840@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "bandi" <mnkwms@charter.net> wrote in message > newsh30Tg5%23KHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Am unable to open websites when they show up in Outlook Express 6. Anyone >> know why? When I click on an URL all I get is a BONG. Am running WinXP >> Home Edition w/SP3. > > > Outlook Express General newsgroup: > > In your newsreader: > news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general > > On the Web: > http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...px?dg=microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general > > ----------------------------------------- > > Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express or in Word (Revised 29 Apr-09) > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823301 > > Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to IE7 [and/or > IE8] (Revised 29 Apr-09) > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867 > > If still no joy: > > 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: > > "CPROGRAM 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. > > If all the above is correct, uncheck: Use DDE. > -- > Bruce Hagen > MS-MVP [Mail] > Imperial Beach, CA >
[X-post to OE General] Huh? bandi wrote: > Thanks, Bruce. That fixed my problem. Although the instructions you sent > were not too easy to follow. Apparently they were for a different brand > of > Windows. Thanks again. > > > "Bruce Hagen" <BRH@nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:%23x3ziy5%23KHA.3840@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> "bandi" <mnkwms@charter.net> wrote in message >> newsh30Tg5%23KHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> Am unable to open websites when they show up in Outlook Express 6. >>> Anyone >>> know why? When I click on an URL all I get is a BONG. Am running WinXP >>> Home Edition w/SP3. >> >> >> Outlook Express General newsgroup: >> >> In your newsreader: >> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general >> >> On the Web: >> http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...px?dg=microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general >> >> ----------------------------------------- >> >> Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express or in Word (Revised 29 Apr-09) >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823301 >> >> Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to IE7 >> [and/or >> IE8] (Revised 29 Apr-09) >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867 >> >> If still no joy: >> >> 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: >> >> "CPROGRAM 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. >> >> If all the above is correct, uncheck: Use DDE. >> -- >> Bruce Hagen >> MS-MVP [Mail] >> Imperial Beach, CA
There's only one 'brand' of Windows. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "bandi" <mnkwms@charter.net> wrote in message news:eXEh%23EI$KHA.5476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Thanks, Bruce. That fixed my problem. Although the instructions you > sent were not too easy to follow. Apparently they were for a different > brand of Windows. Thanks again. > > > "Bruce Hagen" <BRH@nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:%23x3ziy5%23KHA.3840@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> "bandi" <mnkwms@charter.net> wrote in message >> newsh30Tg5%23KHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> Am unable to open websites when they show up in Outlook Express 6. >>> Anyone know why? When I click on an URL all I get is a BONG. Am >>> running WinXP Home Edition w/SP3. >> >> >> Outlook Express General newsgroup: >> >> In your newsreader: >> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general >> >> On the Web: >> http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...px?dg=microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general >> >> ----------------------------------------- >> >> Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express or in Word (Revised 29 >> Apr-09) >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823301 >> >> Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to IE7 >> [and/or IE8] (Revised 29 Apr-09) >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867 >> >> If still no joy: >> >> 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: >> >> "CPROGRAM 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. >> >> If all the above is correct, uncheck: Use DDE. >> -- >> Bruce Hagen >> MS-MVP [Mail] >> Imperial Beach, CA >> > >
Mac Windows? Or Exxon Windows? DAS To reply directly replace 'nospam' with 'schmetterling' -- "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23lt%235ZJ$KHA.5280@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > [X-post to OE General] > > Huh? > > > bandi wrote: >> Thanks, Bruce. That fixed my problem. Although the instructions you >> sent >> were not too easy to follow. Apparently they were for a different brand >> of >> Windows. Thanks again. >> >> >> "Bruce Hagen" <BRH@nospam.invalid> wrote in message >> news:%23x3ziy5%23KHA.3840@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> "bandi" <mnkwms@charter.net> wrote in message >>> newsh30Tg5%23KHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> Am unable to open websites when they show up in Outlook Express 6. >>>> Anyone >>>> know why? When I click on an URL all I get is a BONG. Am running >>>> WinXP >>>> Home Edition w/SP3. >>> >>> >>> Outlook Express General newsgroup: >>> >>> In your newsreader: >>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general >>> >>> On the Web: >>> http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...px?dg=microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general >>> >>> ----------------------------------------- >>> >>> Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express or in Word (Revised 29 Apr-09) >>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823301 >>> >>> Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to IE7 >>> [and/or >>> IE8] (Revised 29 Apr-09) >>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867 >>> >>> If still no joy: >>> >>> 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: >>> >>> "CPROGRAM 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. >>> >>> If all the above is correct, uncheck: Use DDE. >>> -- >>> Bruce Hagen >>> MS-MVP [Mail] >>> Imperial Beach, CA >