Microsoft KB Archive/821469

= You cannot open a URL in a received e-mail message in Outlook 2002 =

Article ID: 821469

Article Last Modified on 4/7/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you click a URL hyperlink that is contained in a received e-mail message, nothing happens and you cannot open the Web page.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs if the URL contains UTF-16 encoded characters as in the following example:

http://localhost/sample/%u30b5%u30f3%u30d7%u30eb%u6587%u66f8.txt



RESOLUTION
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Microsoft Office XP service pack that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The global version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time      Size        File name -  30-Jun-2003  20:16:22   3,992,364  Sharedop.msp  Client Update 30-Jun-2003 22:10:30  10,139,024  Sharedff.msp  Full-File Update After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:   Date         Time      Version      Size       File name 30-Jun-2003 23:29:33  10.0.5424.0  9,939,504  Mso.dll This fix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2) fix. To install the fix, you must have Office XP SP-2 installed. For additional information about Office XP SP-2, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

325671 OFFXP: Overview of the Office XP Service Pack 2

Additionally, you may have to install Windows Installer 2.0 to install this fix. For additional information about the Windows Installer requirement for post-Office XP SP-2 fixes, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

330537 OFFXP: Office XP Updates and Patches Released After September 2002 May Require Windows Installer 2.0



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, copy and paste the URL from the received e-mail message to the Address box in Microsoft Internet Explorer.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: OFFQFE 8608 FIX

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbemail kbofficexppresp3fix kbopenfile kbreceivemail kbhotfixserver KB821469

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