IE 6 on Win 98 links with popup windows not working

[Guest]

I updated my ie 6 just recently to find that now when I click on a link the
pop up window loads but will not download the linked site. Then the new
window freeks out. However, if when that new window appears I click on stop
and then refresh, the link loads perfectly. Any ideas how to solve this
problem?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE]

"freeks out" doesn't tell us anything. Can you tell us what it means?

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

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_Default_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.

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[Guest]

Tried the regsvr32 urlmon.dll instructions-- did not work. The oleaut32.dll
does not exist in my cab files. So that is not an option. Also when I say
freeks out, I mean the new window actually pulls up the page that the link
was on. Then when I try to move the new window it distorts and looks like
multiple windows even though there is only one. When I click stop on the new
window, it stops and says it could not connect to the website. However then
when I click on refresh it pulls up the linked website perfectly with no
problem. This occurs for all links even those located in emails.

 

[Guest]

I also followed the instructions on this page but they did not work
either:http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#new_window

 

[Guest]

I tried the oleaut32.dll again, this time it worked. thanks again for your
help and your time. I must have mistyped something.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE]

Thanks for the feedback.

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