In my Outlook 2002 when I click a URL to go to a site from it to the internet
and do not have a IE6 window open my PC tries to save it instead. This began
over the weekend when I found a Trojan "Ruin" in my machine. I have to open a
IE6 window first and then it finds the link fine. All else is okay after I
bought and swept with Spy Sweeper and removed the trojan and a couple of
adwares that got past my spyware software. How do I fix this - I forgot it's
been a few years.... Thanks.

You'll get better help for problems with Outlook 2002 in an Outlook
newsgroup. But in general, if links do not start the browser, see the
following:

Internet Shortcuts in Outlook Express Don't Start Browser [Q177054]
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q177/0/54.asp

Nothing Happens When You Click a Link in Outlook Express [Q176581]
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q176/5/81.asp

Q260238 - OLEXP: Hyperlinks in Outlook Express May Not Be Active:
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q260/2/38.ASP

OLEXP: "Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work w. Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q306098

You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens After You
Click a Link
http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;EN-US;281679

Also see this information from Frank Saunders, MVP-Outlook Express:

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.

For future help with Outlook questions, post them to one of the following
newsgroups, as appropriate:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.Calendaring
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....configuration
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.Contacts
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.outlook.Fax
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.General
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...k.installation
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.interop
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.printing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...Program_AddIns
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....program_forms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.Program_VBA
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ThirdPartyUtil
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.



"Dan Conners" <Dan Conners@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2797F583-87AD-452B-9715-64C9BA4463DA@microsoft.com...
> In my Outlook 2002 when I click a URL to go to a site from it to the
> internet
> and do not have a IE6 window open my PC tries to save it instead. This
> began
> over the weekend when I found a Trojan "Ruin" in my machine. I have to
> open a
> IE6 window first and then it finds the link fine. All else is okay after I
> bought and swept with Spy Sweeper and removed the trojan and a couple of
> adwares that got past my spyware software. How do I fix this - I forgot
> it's
> been a few years.... Thanks.
>

Thanks very much!!

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

> You'll get better help for problems with Outlook 2002 in an Outlook
> newsgroup. But in general, if links do not start the browser, see the
> following:
>
> Internet Shortcuts in Outlook Express Don't Start Browser [Q177054]
> http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q177/0/54.asp
>
> Nothing Happens When You Click a Link in Outlook Express [Q176581]
> http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q176/5/81.asp
>
> Q260238 - OLEXP: Hyperlinks in Outlook Express May Not Be Active:
> http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q260/2/38.ASP
>
> OLEXP: "Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work w. Outlook Express:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q306098
>
> You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens After You
> Click a Link
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;EN-US;281679
>
> Also see this information from Frank Saunders, MVP-Outlook Express:
>
> 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.
>
> For future help with Outlook questions, post them to one of the following
> newsgroups, as appropriate:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.Calendaring
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....configuration
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.Contacts
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.outlook.Fax
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.General
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...k.installation
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.interop
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.printing
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...Program_AddIns
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....program_forms
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.Program_VBA
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ThirdPartyUtil
> --
> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> "Dan Conners" <Dan Conners@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2797F583-87AD-452B-9715-64C9BA4463DA@microsoft.com...
> > In my Outlook 2002 when I click a URL to go to a site from it to the
> > internet
> > and do not have a IE6 window open my PC tries to save it instead. This
> > began
> > over the weekend when I found a Trojan "Ruin" in my machine. I have to
> > open a
> > IE6 window first and then it finds the link fine. All else is okay after I
> > bought and swept with Spy Sweeper and removed the trojan and a couple of
> > adwares that got past my spyware software. How do I fix this - I forgot
> > it's
> > been a few years.... Thanks.
> >
>
>
>