EMAIL LINKS NOT WORKING

All of a sudden, when I click on email links I get an IE message saying
"could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not
properly installed"

I had done absolutely nothing to change the settings and it has been working
fine for years. I can still send and receive emails the normal way and I can
use links to
web sites but I cannot use links to email addresses. I checked and checked
again. All normal. I deleted all my accounts details and put them back
again. No change.

In Local Area Connection right clicking `status` brings up nothing. Clicking
on 'repair' ('renewing IP address') I get a message saying 'could not finish
repair because couldn't complete the renewal'. Very informative roundabout
situation!

Any ideas?

 

No. Unless you tell us what email client you are using......

 

Sorry, my email client is Outlook Express.

 

One can only guess you're using Outhouse Express for e-mail.

See the 30,000 times this has been brought up before.

http://www.google.com/search?aq=t&o...not+open+links+in+outlook+express&btnG=Search

or

http://groups.google.com/groups/sea...s+24hoursupport.helpdesk&safe=off&qt_s=Search

 

Make sure your installed email client is the default client.

 

Well thanks for the lead. Although I didn't have a problem launching web
sites, only email links, that article did point me in the right direction
and sure enough OE was no longer my client. Why not I have no idea!

 

Just got a Windows Update, I'd wager...

 

Yes, as a matter of fact I did. How come computer technology is so advanced
we can send men to the moon on return trips and send satellites to
investigate Jupiter and beyond but when it comes to Windows adding a file or
two to a home computer without it screwing up its own Windows
settings................well!!

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Imagine if those spacecraft computers ran Windows!

 

They'd have to reboot the space shuttle every 3,000 miles.

 

Computer technology was hardly "so advanced" when we landed on the moon in
1969. As a matter of fact a 5 dollar digital watch probably has as much
computing power as Apollo 11 had.

 

http://www.flypfc.com/fms panels/fms drawings.html

Airbus Stand Alone FMS

Complete unit as shown above is $3,500.00
with Windows XP operating system


Boeing Stand Alone FMS

Complete unit as shown above is $3,500.00
with Windows XP operating system

 

I'll never fly again. <gulp>

 

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Similar problem with links within Outlook Express: After re-configuring
Firewall settings, I get a ding-ding sound when clicking on the links.
Instead of going through the extra changes, I hold the Ctr key while
clicking on the links and they work. Just my two cents.
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I have the same problem as you do. Did you resolve this issue? If you want you can email me at

Ken

 

Try making google chrome you default browser. The links open up very fast.

Ken