Re: IE7 won't open from email link

"Larry 96" <> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> I encountered a proiblem with Internet Explorer 7 after I installed
> Mozilla
> Firefox 2 and made it the default browser. I have pinned both IE and FF
> to
> my Start Menu, so I can open either one, and they each are set to become
> default upon opening.
>
> My purpose in setting defaults in this way is to have one or the other be
> opened by default when I click on a shortcut or email link.
>
> Since I made FF the default browser, whenever I make IE the default, and
> when all instances of IE are closed, my clicking on an email web link
> won't
> bring up the browser. Nothing happens.
>
> If I open the browser first, my email client can communicate with it.
> Clicking on a link in my email will display the page in a new tab.
>
> Likewise, if I open my DEX telephone directory, which is installed on my
> PC,
> when the phone book is supposed to come up, I hear a Gonk! from the
> speaker
> and an error message telling me there was a problem opening index.htm.
>
> If I first raise the browser and then open the phone book, everything
> works
> just fine.
>
> If I start Firefox and make it the default browser, my email client and
> phone directory raise the browser and display the page as normal.
>
> I suspect there may be a problem with DDE information (Tools | Folder
> Options | File Types tab | select "htm" file extension | advanced | Edit
> the
> "Open" command | view "Use DDE" entries on the left).
>
> I am not clear on DDE, but it has something to do with a way of
> communicating between programs.
>
> The DDE information that I find for the Open command for HTM is as
> follows:
> Action: &Open
> Application used to perform action:
> "C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1\INTERN~1" %1
> Use DDE checked
> DDE Message: "%1",,-1,0,,,,
> ["%1" comma comma, -1 comna, 0 comma comma comma comma.]
>
> Iexplore is the application name,
> * is the entry for DDE application not running
> Comment:
> WWW_OpenURLNewWindow
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Running XP service pack 2, IE7, all current updates.


Try changing the application to the full path:
"C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\iexplore.exe" %1

If that doesn't fix it experiment with unchecking Use DDE.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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"Larry 96" <> wrote in message
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> This is such a mess now that I think it best if I yank IE7 out of here and
> start with a fresh install. Neither changing the path to the long path
> nor
> unchecking DDE seem to do anything for me. Furthermore, after it reverts
> to
> 8.3 format and I uncheck DDE, then the file cannot be found. I have to
> put
> the long path in.


Did you try PA Bear's suggestion?
It might be a security program blocking the Registry change it needs to
make. A few of the programs now doing this are:
Ad-aware's Ad-Watch
McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware
Norton AV
Spyware Blaster
Spybot> Tools> IE Tweaks
Spybot- Teatimer
Spysweeper
Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions.

In the case of Zone Alarm 6.5 it actually has to be uninstalled. Make sure
the Windows Firewall is turned on until you reinstall Zone Alarm.

Boot into Safe Mode with Networking with Networking and try the change.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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