Favorits link opens print dialog box

[Russell]

Hello
For some time now, when I click start/favorits and then
a URL listed there it brings up the printer dialog box.
If there is a URL in a email, it will open ie as it
should, but everything stays blank.
If I open ie manually, then goto favorits on the tool
bar it will work fine.
I looked under tools/file option/file types. Things
looked ok to the best of my knowlegs. I run Norton
Antivirus & Norton Internet Security, AVG and a couple
spybot programs.
I have two computers connected via a residental gateway
and only one is effected by this.
The infected computer is:
compaq Presario 5000 series
750MHz Duron Processor
64megs Ram
Windows XP Home spk1

Any help would be greatful

 

[Kelly]

Hi Russell,

Suggestion:

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserShellFolders

Look in the right pane for the Favorites value. Note the full path to the
Favorites folder.

This value should be a REG_SZ value type, not a REG_EXPAND_SZ type. If its
the latter of the two, right click Favorites and select Delete. Then right
click in the right pane and select New, String value and name it Favorites.
Double click the new entry and enter the path to the Favorites folder (you
should have noted it, above).

Troubleshooting Favorites
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_favorites.htm