Problems with links

I am having problems with clicking on links in my e-mails and in different sites. When I click on a link a blank screen comes up and nothing happens. I also have this problem in trying to download updates from Windows Updates and McAfee's Firewall. This has been occuring over the past month. The latest was today when trying to register through e-mail, I had to type in the link. I have windows 98, with internet explorer 6 and outlook express.

 

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Problems with clicking links

Brett,
I tried to click for your response to my question and hopefully a fix, but the blank screen comes up and does nothing. So I can't even get to your response. Mark

 

Here is the info out of Brett's link .

IE6 opens blank (empty) windows
Try disabling *all* other programmes, including virus scanners, to see if there is an improvement. If not, proceed as follows:

You probably have a broken entry in file associations.

Go to my computer, view/folder options/file types (or control panel, folder options depending on your operating system).

Scroll down to the URL:Hypertext Transfer Protocols, click edit twice and make sure the following is in the application used to perform action box:

"C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\iexplore.exe" -nohome

The same applies for URL:Gopher

DDE should be set to: "%1 ",,-1,0,,,,
Application should say: IExplore
DDE application not running should be blank
Topic should be: WWW_OpenURL

Mike Burgess MVP was kind enough to point out to me the other day that 'open in new window' is dependent on the following files, therefore you should ensure they are the correct version for your system, and correctly registered.

Run the following commands from start/run. Run each line individually. After each run, you should see a short message stating the command was successful. The first command is the one most likely to work.

regsvr32 Urlmon.dll

regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll

regsvr32 Shell32.dll (only applicable to Windows ME, Windows 2000 and XP - if using an earlier operating system, run regsvr32 shdoc401.dll)



regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll
regsvr32 Mshtml.dll


It has been noted that replacing OLEAUT32.dll will work when all else has failed. Do that by following using Fix1 or Fix2 below:

 

Duh! How stupid of me Copy and paste the URL instead:-

http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#blank_windows

BTW, you could have right-clicked on the link, selected Properties and then copied and pasted from there

 

Problems with clicking links

Thanks, the fix seems to have worked. I really appreciate the help!

 

Glad to hear it