Cannot locate link browser in Outlook

[steephill]

Hi there. Can anyone help? I recently downloaded Opera as I thought I'd try a different web browser but couldn't find my way around it so I uninstalled it. I'm back using Microsoft Internet Explorer but I now have the following problem. When I want to click on any web link in an email a dialogue box appears asking me to 'Locate link browser' and I can't! It is possible, with some difficulty, to view the page code and find the url and then copy and paste it into my internet explorer address bar but this is a pain when there is a huge amount of code to pore through. How can I reset it back to how it used to be?

 

[Andy_R]

what version of windows are you using and what version of IE?

 

[steephill]

Windows 2003. IE 8 I think (the latest version?); I'll have to look when I get home.

 

[rusky]

It's to do with default programs, heck that ie is the default browser

 

[Andy_R]

OK..


Click START button

Select CONTROL PANEL

Select INTERNET OPTIONS

Click ADVANCED tab

Click RESET Internet Explorer Settings


should sort it.

 

[gaz]

Windows 2003. IE 8 I think (the latest version?); I'll have to look when I get home.

I'm willing to bet £10 that this is incorrect. Windows 2003 is a server based OS.

OK..


Click START button

Select CONTROL PANEL

Select INTERNET OPTIONS

Click ADVANCED tab

Click RESET Internet Explorer Settings


should sort it.

More than likely not going to help, i suspect that all that needs to be changed is the default application for viewing webpages

 

[Andy_R]

I'm willing to bet £10 that this is incorrect. Windows 2003 is a server based OS.

You'd be surprised how many people run server based o/s.


More than likely not going to help, i suspect that all that needs to be changed is the default application for viewing webpages

He's trying to open links from inside IE, and outlook is trying to open them. As it's inside the "shell" of IE, then it points to there being a problem with the IE settings. Its quite common when removing non microsoft browsers such as opera and chrome for this to happen.

 

[rusky]

Try this http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/Windows7/Change-your-default-web-browser

 

[gaz]

You'd be surprised how many people run server based o/s.

I'm sure i wouldn't be. Most people will buy an off the shelf computer which is nearly impossible to buy with a server based o/s.
The only people who will run a sever based o/s will be techies or people who have got their mate to build them a computer and they have put server on it because that is what they had to hand.

 

[ian turner]

Or people who bought it from someone in a pub.

 

[steephill]

OK, I've just had the moment of truth... I just had to go Control Panel > Network and Internet Connections > Internet options > Program tab > Default web browser: Make default.

Thanks.

And I still don't know what version of IE I've got.

 

[ASC1951]

And I still don't know what version of IE I've got.

??

Go to Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs - it lists the version.

 

[rusky]

Open IE, go to help, about. Alot easier!

 

[gaz]

OK, I've just had the moment of truth... I just had to go Control Panel > Network and Internet Connections > Internet options > Program tab > Default web browser: Make default.

Thanks.

And I still don't know what version of IE I've got.

Pretty much what i thought it would be, just didn't know how to tell you to get to it. OS X user