media links not working in IE

[Mark]

Hi All,

when surfing with IE and clicking on a link on a web site, the action will
not open Windows Media Player which is my default player for mpgs, mp3s,
etc. When clicking on the link it tries to open another window which just
ends up displaying the "The page cannot be displayed" error. I'm thinking
that there might be some registry entry that might have gone astray. I've
made sure to check all the .dll files to assure all have not been changed
recently. I can use the "save link as" and after downloading the file I can
play it ok. It's just rather annoying to do that instead of clicking the
link and it opening up in the default player by itself. Any help will be
appreciated.

Thanks,
Mark

 

[Rich Barry]

Mark, check at Kelly's http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm Select
I and scroll to Internet Explorer

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Mark,

Where is the link pointing to (a html file or directly to a a .mpg ), and
post the URL as well.

 

[Mark]

Rich,

That did the trick. Not sure what happened to get it to quit working like it
was supposed to but Kelly's trick worked! Hats off to you and Kelly! Thanks
a bunch!

Mark

 

[Mark]

Thanks Ramesh but the option Rich Barry gave did the trick. Thanks for
responding anyway!

Mark

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

No problem Mark. Which option helped you?

 

[Mark]

Tip: Clicking on a link opens in a new window and is empty: Start/Run and
type in: REGSVR32 URLMON.DLL. Ok.
Then go to: IE/Tools/Internet Options/Programs/Reset Web Settings.

This is from http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Thanks for posting!