Links do not open IE

[Alphonse]

Hello,
As the subject line indicates, the links that I click on inside e-mails do
not open IE; instead I receive an error dialog window with the following
message: "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142). Click
on OK to terminate the application." However, if I have already opened IE,
clicking on a link in an e-mail will effect the change of site address and
go to the respective page.

System:
Windows XP SP2
Outlook XP 2002 SP3
IE 6.0.2900 SP2

This problem became after trying out another browser and uninstalling it. I
have tried uninstalling IE and reinstalling it, to no avail.

Thank you for all and any help.

 

[Brian Tillman]

As the subject line indicates, the links that I click on inside
e-mails do not open IE; instead I receive an error dialog window with
the following message: "The application failed to initialize properly
(0xc0000142). Click on OK to terminate the application." However, if
I have already opened IE, clicking on a link in an e-mail will effect
the change of site address and go to the respective page.

Try this: in IE, click Tools>Internet Options>Programs>Reset Web Settings

 

[Alphonse]

Brian,
Thanks for answering. I obviously failed to include what (little) I have
tried, Reset Web Settings being one of them and Start>Run>regsvr32
urlmon.dll being the other, a few times each, once in reverse order just to
make sure, but no cigar.

From the error, and the fact that it happens if IE is not already open, I
think there must be a registry key that tells OL the path and filename of
the browser, and that there must be a mistake there? (I checked the registry
and there are no longer any references to the other browser)

I know that I could reinstall Office, but I am avoiding it because I have it
tweaked to "perfection" and would hate to try to find all those painstaking
tweaks again.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I know that I could reinstall Office, but I am avoiding it because I
have it tweaked to "perfection" and would hate to try to find all
those painstaking tweaks again.

A Help>Detect and Repair should fix any missing elements without disturbing
your tweaks.

 

[Guest]

Hold curser over link in e-mail. Press shift key, click on link.