Links in e-mail opening My Documents folder not IE

[Christopher Skelton]

IE6 has started to act bizarrely recently. Clicking on a link in an e-mail
message in Outlook opens up the My Documents folder and not IE - or Firefox
for that matter.
Also, I have a program called Homeseer that has an icon that is supposed to
open up a web page, but that opens up the My Docs folder also.

Is this a registry issue and if so, please could someone suggest a solution.

Thank you.

 

[PA Bear]

Was IE7 Beta2 Preview ever installed? Might it in fact be installed now?

 

[Christopher Skelton]

At the time this problem started, IE7 Beta2 Preview was not installed, but I
have installed it now but I'm still having the same problem.

 

[PA Bear]

Well, I was only asking if you had installed it, not suggesting that you
should install it.

1. http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx; then...

2a. http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx

2b. (WinXP) [Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs >] Set Program Access and
Defaults > Email > ...

If still no joy, see:

SendTo and E-mail Links Do Not Work Using Outlook Express as Default
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

 

[Christopher Skelton]

The problem existed before I installed IE7 Beta2 Preview and installing it
didn't solve the issue.

Any ideas?

 

[PA Bear]

I didn't suggest that installing it /would/ resolve the issue. I just asked
if it had been installed or was installed now.

Assuming IE is your default browser:

1. You click on a link and an IE window doesn't even open:

http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx.

2. You click on a link and an IE window opens but it doesn't load: Try
re-registering all of the DLLs listed in this KB article...

You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens After You
Click on a Link
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679

3. Installing the latest Cumulative Patch for IE may solve the problem as a
side-affect. Check in at Windows Update.