Deep within the bowels of XP ...

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....hopefully, my solution lies. Normally, when opening
an unregistered file you are prompted with a window that
says windows cannot open the file and asks if you would
like to "Use the web service to find the appropriate
program" (the default selection)or "Select the program
from a list". If you click 'OK', IE or your default
browser opens and the corresponding 'Windows File
Associations' webpage with the file type in question is
automatically displayed. My computer opens IE6 but no
URL is loaded. Not, "Cannot Find Server" or even a local
page. A completely blank address bar. If anyone knows
the solution off the top of your head, you are a god.
I've searched these forums and Microsoft KB to no avail.
Thanks for reading, I will check back in one day.
 
Ryan said:
.hopefully, my solution lies. Normally, when opening
an unregistered file you are prompted with a window that
says windows cannot open the file and asks if you would
like to "Use the web service to find the appropriate
program" (the default selection)or "Select the program
from a list". If you click 'OK', IE or your default
browser opens and the corresponding 'Windows File
Associations' webpage with the file type in question is
automatically displayed. My computer opens IE6 but no
URL is loaded. Not, "Cannot Find Server" or even a local
page. A completely blank address bar.
Click to expand...

See if this gets cured by going to Start - Run and running the lines

regsvr32 URL.dll
regsvr32 URLMon.dll
 
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I believe this is the Registry entry that controls what web page gets
displayed. Check it against what you have. If need be create a REG file
out of it and merge it in your Registry. Make a backup first!!!!!!


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers
ion\Explorer\Assoc
iations]
"XMLLookup"="http://shell.windows.com/fileassoc/fileassoc ..asp?LangID=%04x&Ex
t=%s"
"Application"="http://shell.windows.com/fileassoc/% 04x/xml/redir.asp?Ext=%s"
"intl"="http://shell.windows.com/fileassoc/fileassoc.asp?
Click to expand...
LangID=%04x&Ext=%s"
Click to expand...
Thank you for your reply... I checked the registry and
all three of the entries were intact and matched yours
exactly. I kind of had a feeling it would be a registry
type of problem but I still don't know where to find the
proper solution. Thanks for trying, any new ideas? I
tried 'SFC /scannow' at the cmd prompt and rebooted but
no luck either.
 
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