But you are able to use Outlook 2003 without issues?
Does it make any difference when Outlook is closed or already running?
How is your URL MailTo extension configured in Control Panel-> Folder
Options-> tab File Types?
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-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1
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I am attaching a transcript of the conversations from earlier today
from
the
FP Newsgroup... They were unable to resolve my problem:
Issue: Whenever I click on a newly-created hyperlink (for people to
send
me
an email)on one of my new web pages, I get the following error:
"Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. The command line argument is not
valid.
Verify the switch you are using."
I did nothing different than when I created my original pages months
ago,
where the email links are identical.
Hopefully you can provide some insighth???
Thanks!
Terry L. Lampel
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This appear to be a problem with your local OutLook 2003
configuration, as
I
have not problem access
the mailto link in Outlook Express via IE on
http://t.lampel.home.att.net/bearpair.htm
Suggest you post to the Outlook newsgroup.
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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
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Now I'm really confused... since publishing my revised site
(t.lampel.home.att.net) last Winter, along with a newer page at
(BearPair.home.att.net) added in June, I have always used Outlook as
my
default email program, including with IE... I've never had any
issues
with
the handling of emails coming to us from the site pages, which were
created
with FP2003, as is the current page with the problem.
I.e., nothing said to date has really guided me to a solution...
What do
I
do next?
Thanks.
T.Lampel
:
See inline below.
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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
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Yes, I use Outlook 2003... So what you are saying is that the
email
address
should just be: (e-mail address removed), without the
"mailto:"
(which I
did not include, FP2003 just added it)???
No that is not what I am saying, you must have the mailto: in
front of
a email address for it to
be
a active link. Also make sure your page doesn't have any default
target
values set for the page
containing any mailto links.
You Email client (Outlook) must be set as your default email
client
under your browser. Also be
aware that Outlook 2003 has new security setting which may have a
impact on this functionality.
As a test, you can enable Outlook Express to be your default email
client in IE.
:
Do you have Outlook configured as your default email
application?
Using the mailto link requires that all users to your site
have a
email application set as
the
default application as well.
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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
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FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================
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support
see:
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The page is not published yet, primarily because I was
getting
this error. It
is an "email" link to the following address:
mailto:
[email protected]
:
Hi Terry,
What is the URL? Without see the link being used it would
be
very hard to answer.
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Compatible
After adding an email hyperlink to a combination of
graphic &
text on a new
web page, when I checked the page in preview (& in
browser
window) to make
sure everything worked, I keep getting the following
error
when clicking on
the hyperlink:
"Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. The command line
argument is
not valid.
Verify the switch you are using."
What is it talking about? I've run queries through the
Knownledge database
and help system, but NOTHING!
Help, please... THANKS!
