No links work on some web pages

[Guest]

When trying to get some links to work on web pages the window border flashes
once and nothing happens. All popup blockers are disabled that I know of and
firewalls are temporarily disabled but the links still do the same thing, a
flash then nothing. I checked all the internet settings in IE against a
computer that works properly and the are all the same. An error also shows up
in the bottom border that says page error.

Any idea what's causing this???

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

When trying to get some links to work on web pages the window border
flashes once and nothing happens. All popup blockers are disabled
that I know of and firewalls are temporarily disabled but the links
still do the same thing, a flash then nothing. I checked all the
internet settings in IE against a computer that works properly and
the are all the same. An error also shows up in the bottom border
that says page error.

Any idea what's causing this???

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

Open Windows Explorer.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to 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:

"C:\PROGRAM 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.

Sometimes it is necessary to uncheck Use DDE.

If that doesn't fix it, go to Start | Run and type

regsvr32 urlmon.dll

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