For IE7:

Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Set Program Access and Defaults |
Browser: IE /must/ be chosen here if you're running IE7 and want such links
to work.

Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to Internet
Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867

If still no joy, for IE6 & IE7:

From:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm

If nothing happens when you click a link:
Open Windows Explorer, or the Control Panel.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to [NONE] URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol (NOT URL:Internet
Shortcut) and select it.
Click Edit or Advanced, depending on your Windows version.
Select 'open'.
Click Edit.

"Application used to perform this action" should read:

"C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\iexplore.exe" -nohome (Check the path to
iexplore.exe to make sure that is correct and use the double quotes.)

DDE should be checked and in the boxes below it you should have:

#1:
"%1",,-1,0,,,,
#2
IExplore
#3 (blank)

#4
WWW_OpenURL

URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol with Privacy should be the same.

Sometimes it is necessary to uncheck Use DDE.

I'm cross-posting this because I've just noticed that the group I originally
posted to has very little traffic. Apologies for that.

"Dave Logan" <dave.logan1@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:e4d8JqciHHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
All of a sudden, clicking on a url link in an OE email doesn't launch my
browser (or open the url in my browser if it's already open) - although my
mouse cursor does still turn into a hand when I hover over a url in an OE
email.

I don't know whether it's relevant but I recently had to run the Winsock
fix(http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/WinSock_XP_Fix/winsockxpfix.html) to
fix some corrupt registry problems. It fixed the problem I had of inability
to resolve web addresses and host names, but it didn't fix the problem
described above.

I'm using Win XP SP2 and OE 6.

Dave

Why are you posting about an OE6 problem in an OE5-specific newsgroup in the
first place?

1. [Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs >] Set Program Access and Defaults >
Browser: Select "Internet Explorer" here.

If no joy, see:

2a. http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx

2b. Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to Internet
Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867

Problem solved, I may have misunderstood Bruce and Robear's posts, but to clarify for anyone else who may also have my specific problem:

Under Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Set Program Access and Defaults > Microsoft Windows, next to "Web browser" it did say "Internet Explorer". So I thought that was all I needed to check, but it turns out I was wrong.

Under Custom, where it says "Choose a default web browser", the options were "Use my current web browser", "Internet Explorer", and "Mozilla Firefox". The option that was selected was "Use my current web browser". I tried selecting "Mozilla Firefox" (I imagine selecting IE would probably have worked just as well), and clicking OK, and hey presto, I can now click on OE links and launch my browser. So it seems Windows had got in a tizz about which browser my "current browser" actually was and needed to be reminded.

Might be worth adding this to your FAQs - if one has this problem and one is using more than one browser, the above procedure seems to fix it.

Dave

I'm cross-posting this because I've just noticed that the group I originally posted to has very little traffic. Apologies for that.

"Dave Logan" <dave.logan1@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:e4d8JqciHHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
All of a sudden, clicking on a url link in an OE email doesn't launch my browser (or open the url in my browser if it's already open) - although my mouse cursor does still turn into a hand when I hover over a url in an OE email.

I don't know whether it's relevant but I recently had to run the Winsock fix(http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/WinSock_XP_Fix/winsockxpfix.html) to fix some corrupt registry problems. It fixed the problem I had of inability to resolve web addresses and host names, but it didn't fix the problem described above.

I'm using Win XP SP2 and OE 6.

Dave

Hi Robear

The newsgroup name said IE5 rather than OE5, and as the IE version didn't seem relevant, I looked no further - until I noticed the low traffic to that group. Anyway I hope you and Bruce between you can help me get to the bottom of how to fix my problem - the standard fix in the kb article doesn't work on my machine, as the "Edit" button is greyed out.

Dave