Win Key + R / IE Woes

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Shawn

Ok, so I tried a browser other than IE (I regret it, I
know) and I have no uninstalled this other browser. Now,
when I do a Windows Key + R and type in a URL (which is
how I always open new browser windows) it opens IE but
doesn't open the URL in the browser. The browser
basically just sits there. I've checked file associations
and everything seems to be good there.

Ideas? I appreciate any help that can be given.

Thanks!

Shawn
 
My guess: Control Panel - Internet Options. Go to the Programs tab.
Put a tick where it says that IE should check to see that it's the
default browser. Apply and okay.
Open IE by clicking its icon. (I think it will ask for your
permission, grant it.) Close. See if that does anything to improve the
situation next time you try Run with an URL.

FYI, in File Types these are the lines I'm seeing for internet
shortcuts in the Advanced\ Edit area
action: open
application: rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l
 
Shawn said:
Ok, so I tried a browser other than IE (I regret it, I
know) and I have no uninstalled this other browser. Now,
when I do a Windows Key + R and type in a URL (which is
how I always open new browser windows) it opens IE but
doesn't open the URL in the browser. The browser
basically just sits there. I've checked file associations
and everything seems to be good there.

Ideas? I appreciate any help that can be given.

Thanks!

Shawn

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

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.


4. If that doesn't fix it, see this article:

http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#new_window


You can also try this:

Go to Start/run, and type SFC.
Choose 'Extract One File From Installation Disk'.
Type oleaut32.dll, not worrying about its location. Then, click Start.

Next to 'Restore From', type in or browse for the file's location, which is
probably in the Win98 folder of your installation CD-ROM (typically
D:\Win98), or in your Windows\Options\Cabs folder, as the case may be.

Then, next to 'Save File In', enter C:\Windows\System, and click OK. System
File Checker looks for the file, saves it as you requested, and then tells
you that 'the file has been successfully extracted'.

You may need to reboot.
 
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