Internet desktop shortcuts acting strange.

[rjama]

Okay, this is a weird one.

On a Windows 2000 machine running Internet Explorer 6.0,
desktop shortcuts created for links to web sites, open a
new IE window but will not connect to the site. If an IE
window is already open, the shortcuts will load the
requested website fine. Whether IE is set to reuse
existing windows or open links in new windows in the
Advanced options does not seem to matter.

Any ideas?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Okay, this is a weird one.

On a Windows 2000 machine running Internet Explorer 6.0,
desktop shortcuts created for links to web sites, open a
new IE window but will not connect to the site. If an IE
window is already open, the shortcuts will load the
requested website fine. Whether IE is set to reuse
existing windows or open links in new windows in the
Advanced options does not seem to matter.

Any ideas?

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

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type:

regsvr32 urlmon.dll

3. Click OK, and then click OK again when you receive the following message:

DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded.


4. If that doesn't fix it, see this article:

http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#new_window


You can also try this:

Go to Start/run, and type SFC (SFC /SCANNOW for Win2K or WinXP).
Choose 'Extract One File From Installation Disk'.
Type oleaut32.dll, not worrying about its location. Then, click Start.

Next to 'Restore From', type in or browse for the file's location, which is
probably in the Win98 folder of your installation CD-ROM (typically
D:\Win98), or in your Windows\Options\Cabs folder, as the case may be.

Then, next to 'Save File In', enter C:\Windows\System, and click OK. System
File Checker looks for the file, saves it as you requested, and then tells
you that 'the file has been successfully extracted'.

You may need to reboot.