Internet Links/Shortcuts to Internet websites

message from =?Utf-8?B?Z3JhbmRwYWtnag==?= on 6 Jun 2004

The shortcuts created from webpages and links in e-mails will not open the applicable website. My Internet Explorer page will open, but nothing else will proceed, such things at the"Refresh", "Internet Options" and "Help" are not even available. I get a dialog box that states, " Windows cannot find 'http://www.***.***' Please be sure entry is typed correctly, etc."
I can open any of the sites from "Favorites" one IE is open. I can also open directly to my homepage from both the desktop icon and the Quick Launch" shortcut icon. I have deleted some of the shortcuts, shut down the computer, restarted and then gone to a particular web page and clicked to create a new shortcut. This does not work either. I have run System Restore for two dates prior to the time this problem surfaced. One thing that did occur that may or may not be of any signifcance. My ISP is Direcway. At their suggestion I downloaded a Beta version of MOZILLA as it was supposed to have a satellite accelator that would make accessing secure sites better. When it loaded it assumed the position of default browser. I did not want it for that and set IE again as the default. I did set a homepage in Mozilla for one of the secure sites I wished to go to, (my bank). I did not find Mozilla to be any better that IE so I uninstalled it according to the included uninstall directions.

What can I do to restore the links/shortcuts so they will open the appropo webpage?

Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers replied to =?Utf-8?B?Z3JhbmRwYWtnag==?= on 6 Jun 2004

Hi,

Close Internet Explorer and Outlook Express if either are open.

Start/run "regsvr32 urlmon.dll" (without the quotes)

Control panel/Internet options/programs tab, click on "reset all web
settings"

Reopen and retry the links in Internet Explorer and Outlook Express.

=?Utf-8?B?R3JhbmRwYWtnag==?= replied to Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers on 6 Jun 2004

Thanks, Roger. It worked. I had never noticed the "reset all web setting" button before. That was all I needed to do.

=?Utf-8?B?SGVucmk=?= replied to Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers on 7 Jun 2004

Rick,

This is the first message that is similar to my situation. I have hyperlinks in e-mail, I double-click on them, and they open up my browser (IE6) but it will be blank. Do you know what is happening there?

bosje@discussions.microsoft.com replied to =?Utf-8?B?SGVucmk=?= on 11 Jun 2004

I have the same problem, but when i wait for a while, the
adress appears in the adressbar. When i click the
refreshbutton, the page will load.
situation. I have hyperlinks in e-mail, I double-click on
them, and they open up my browser (IE6) but it will be
blank. Do you know what is happening there?

Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers replied to =?Utf-8?B?SGVucmk=?= on 7 Jun 2004

Hi Henri,

Did you try the steps I listed already?

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