Microsoft KB Archive/291859

= Internet Explorer Home Page Opens When You Click a Link That Is Pasted into an E-mail Message =

Article ID: 291859

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q291859



SYMPTOMS
When you open a hypertext link that has been pasted into an e-mail message, the Internet Explorer Home page is opened instead of the Web page that is connected to the link that you clicked.



CAUSE
This issue occurs because the URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol file type has an incorrect value in the Topic box for the Open function.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue in Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98:
 * 1) Double-click My Computer, and then click Folder Options on the View menu.
 * 2) Click the File Types tab, click URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol in the Registered file types list, and then click Edit.
 * 3) Click Open in the Action box, and then click Edit.
 * 4) In the Topic box, type WWW_OpenUrl.
 * 5) Click OK twice, and then click Close.

To resolve this issue in Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me):
 * 1) Double-click My Computer, and then click Folder Options on the Tools menu.
 * 2) Click the File Types tab, click URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol in the Registered file types list, and then click Advanced.
 * 3) Click Open in the Action box, and then click Edit.
 * 4) In the Topic box, type WWW_OpenUrl.
 * 5) Click OK twice, and then click Close.

Additional query words: ol olexp IE

Keywords: kbui kbprb KB291859

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