Hyperlinks in Outlook result in General Failure URL message

[Jim H]

Hyperlinks in Outlook email result in General Failure URL message. Firefox is
browser. URL launches but message persists.

 

[Francine Otterson]

What is the message that you are getting and is it with all links?

Regards,
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Francine Otterson
Microsoft Outlook MVP
President, San Diego Outlook User Group

 

[Gordon]

What is the message that you are getting and is it with all links?

Regards,

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Thank you.

 

[Paul Farmer]

I have the same problem. The response to clicking on any url hyperlink in
outlook (2007, running on Vista Ultimate on a Dell Core 2 Duo desktop in my
case) is a Warning dialog (yellow triangle and exclamation mark) with the
text:

"General failure. The URL was:

"http://www.anysiteyoulike.com". The system cannot find the file specified."

I am running Firefox as my default browser. Despite the irritating dialog,
Firefox opens and locates the desired URL. The dialog only appears when there
is no existing instance of Firefox already running and a new window must be
opened. If Firefox is already open then the URL displays in a new tab without
the dialog appearing.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have the same problem. The response to clicking on any url
hyperlink in outlook (2007, running on Vista Ultimate on a Dell Core
2 Duo desktop in my case) is a Warning dialog (yellow triangle and
exclamation mark) with the text:

"General failure. The URL was:

"http://www.anysiteyoulike.com". The system cannot find the file
specified."

I am running Firefox as my default browser.

Check some of this information. I know it's for other problems, but it
might help with yours also. http://www.slipstick.com/problems/firefox.htm