Microsoft KB Archive/280917

= OL2002: Outlook Seems to Hang When You Click a Link to a URL That Contains a Script =

Article ID: 280917

Article Last Modified on 7/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q280917



SYMPTOMS
When you open a message, Outlook seems to stop responding (hang) after you click a hyperlink to a URL that contains a script such as:

http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000830-CS20



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because when a URL contains a script, an OPTIONS request goes to the server that hosts the URL. If the hosting server cannot return the right information, the request eventually times out and Outlook seems to hang.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, paste the link into Internet Explorer.

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