Netscape.lck error message in IE6

[Niall Mac Caughey]

Hi folks,

I'm running IE6 under Win 98SE and I have an odd problem
with my favorites. When I enter an address directly into
the bar, it works perfectly. But when I use a favorite,
then I get the message: "Unable to find the
file 'http://www.microsoft.com/' check that the file and
etc, etc, etc."

When I say OK I get an error message "Unable to find the
file: NETSCAPE.LCK" This happens even if I enter the
address, go to the site and then save it as a favorite.

I've downloaded all of the latest patches for IE6 and I
have a fully up-to-date copy of McAfee running.
SImilarly, Norton Utils says that all is well.

I've never run Netscape on this machine and there are no
files with a .lck suffix. I've tried downloading
Netscape.lck and storing it in the Windows folder, but
this didn't help.

Any ideas?

 

[billy]

very strange but how about try to in
ie,tools,options,advanced,uncheck 'enable third party
browser extensions',,apply. and try again. if it works,you
have a hijacker hiding in there.

 

[Niall Mac Caughey]

Thanks for your help Billy,

I had a hijacker. I found a program called Netcomplete
had been installed (God knows how, it was dated 1996).
This had associated the urls with Netscape.

I cured the problem by removing the program and then
resetting all of the IE options to default.