Microsoft KB Archive/262496

= OL2000: &quot;Locate Link Browser&quot; Message When You Click a MailTo Link =

Article ID: 262496

Article Last Modified on 5/20/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q262496



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SYMPTOMS
When you configure Outlook to be your default e-mail client, and then you click a MailTo link on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 98, you may experience a long delay, and then you may receive the following message:

Locate Link Browser

When you click Cancel, a new Outlook message opens.



CAUSE
The &quot;Open&quot; setting for the URL:MailTo protocol is configured to use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE).



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, click to clear the Use DDE check box:

To Deselect DDE

 * 1) Double-click My Computer.
 * 2) On the View menu, click Folder Options.
 * 3) On the File Types tab, click URL:MailTo Protocol in the Registered File Types list, and then click Edit.
 * 4) In the Actions box, click open, and then click Edit.
 * 5) Click to clear the Use DDE check box, and then click OK
 * 6) Click Close, and then click Close.

Additional query words: OL2K IE5

Keywords: kbprb KB262496

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