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   Gimpy to All   
   Re: Links in e-mail won't open browser   
   23 Jul 07 21:37:53   
   
   From: Gimpy62@somewhere.nit   
      
   "Forrest"  wrote in message   
   news:krcpi.29808$C96.12443@newssvr23.news.prodigy.net...   
   > For some reason when someone sends me a link in an e-mail and I click on   
   > it, nothing happens. It doesn't matter if I have the browser (Internet   
   > Explorer ver 6) open or not. I have to copy and paste it into the address   
   > bar and hit enter. Does anybody have any ideas on the cause of the   
   > problem?   Thanks in advance.   
   > Forrest: hold down the ctrl key & then click on the link. Does it open   
   > that way ?   If so this little program will probably fix it for you...   
   > Gimpy   
      
                1. Click Start, and then click Run.   
      
   2. In the Open box, type:   
      
   regsvr32 urlmon.dll   
      
   3. Click OK, and then click OK again when you receive the following message:   
      
   DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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