IE shortcuts don't open

I have IE6 on an XP machine. Suddenly I can't open IE shortcuts. I'm used to
opening from my desktop or from folders. Neither double-click or
r-click/open work. Nothing apparently happens.

I can open from Quicklaunch or the shortcut in my start menu. Then I can
open a desktop shortcut by r-clicking the shortcut and copying and pasting
the url from the properties to the already open IE. I've created new
shortcuts; they don't open either.

I've opened the task manager and watched it as I try to open something from
the desktop. Something happens cause the CPU usage jumps up to 40% or so
each time I try to open something.

any help would be much appreciated.
Kozmo

"Kozmo" <Kozmo@ranchofraunch.com> wrote in message
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> I have IE6 on an XP machine. Suddenly I can't open IE shortcuts. I'm
> used to opening from my desktop or from folders. Neither double-click
> or r-click/open work. Nothing apparently happens.
>
> I can open from Quicklaunch or the shortcut in my start menu. Then I
> can open a desktop shortcut by r-clicking the shortcut and copying
> and pasting the url from the properties to the already open IE. I've
> created new shortcuts; they don't open either.
>
> I've opened the task manager and watched it as I try to open
> something from the desktop. Something happens cause the CPU usage
> jumps up to 40% or so each time I try to open something.
>
> any help would be much appreciated.
> Kozmo

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

Open Windows Explorer.
Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol 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.

If that doesn't fix it, go to Start | Run and type

regsvr32 urlmon.dll

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thanks. I did the changes in Explorer and they seem to do the trick. I had
the right text in the four boxes. I unchecked "Use DDE" and it worked. Then
I went back into those menus and I see that "Use DDE" is re-checked and the
four blanks have been changed or are blank. I change those back to what you
suggest (and what was there originally) and IE doesn't open again. I go back
again and uncheck "UseDDE" again and it works again.

I'll ss how this works over the next few days. I forgot to mention something
initially; if I reboot, the shortcuts work. Then after a few days of work,
they stop. I think they stop when I close IE after working with it.

thanks again;
Kozmo



"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OltTmiS7FHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> "Kozmo" <Kozmo@ranchofraunch.com> wrote in message
> news:egjVbgS7FHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
>> I have IE6 on an XP machine. Suddenly I can't open IE shortcuts. I'm
>> used to opening from my desktop or from folders. Neither double-click
>> or r-click/open work. Nothing apparently happens.
>>
>> I can open from Quicklaunch or the shortcut in my start menu. Then I
>> can open a desktop shortcut by r-clicking the shortcut and copying
>> and pasting the url from the properties to the already open IE. I've
>> created new shortcuts; they don't open either.
>>
>> I've opened the task manager and watched it as I try to open
>> something from the desktop. Something happens cause the CPU usage
>> jumps up to 40% or so each time I try to open something.
>>
>> any help would be much appreciated.
>> Kozmo
>
> From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
>
> Open Windows Explorer.
> Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
> Scroll down to URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol 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.
>
> If that doesn't fix it, go to Start | Run and type
>
> regsvr32 urlmon.dll
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
> Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Protect your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
>
>

well the solution worked for a couple of days. Then it doesn't work again. I
back into the tools/folder options and all and the setup is the same as it
was TOW days ago when I fixed it by your suggestion. Something is making it
revert to that setting.

Any ideas?

Kozmo




"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OltTmiS7FHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> "Kozmo" <Kozmo@ranchofraunch.com> wrote in message
> news:egjVbgS7FHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
>> I have IE6 on an XP machine. Suddenly I can't open IE shortcuts. I'm
>> used to opening from my desktop or from folders. Neither double-click
>> or r-click/open work. Nothing apparently happens.
>>
>> I can open from Quicklaunch or the shortcut in my start menu. Then I
>> can open a desktop shortcut by r-clicking the shortcut and copying
>> and pasting the url from the properties to the already open IE. I've
>> created new shortcuts; they don't open either.
>>
>> I've opened the task manager and watched it as I try to open
>> something from the desktop. Something happens cause the CPU usage
>> jumps up to 40% or so each time I try to open something.
>>
>> any help would be much appreciated.
>> Kozmo
>
> From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
>
> Open Windows Explorer.
> Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
> Scroll down to URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol 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.
>
> If that doesn't fix it, go to Start | Run and type
>
> regsvr32 urlmon.dll
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
> Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Protect your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
>
>