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Windows version? IE version you're actually running now?

Your post in IE General newsgroup (not this one) on 13 May had one (1)
reply:

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...c54ecabb691a6c

1. [Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs >] Set Program Access and Defaults >
Configuration that's already checked > Browser: Select "Internet Explorer"
here.

If no joy, see:

2a. http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx

2b. Hyperlinks do not work in Outlook Express after you upgrade to Internet
Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867

3. IEFix Utility (good for IE6 or IE7)
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm
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Librehombre wrote:
> I posted about this problem several days ago, but received no responses.
> On
> the theory that my post got lost or scrolled out of existence I am going
> to
> have another go.
>
> A week or so ago, probably because of an automatic system update, my IE 6
> started acting up. Why do I suspect this? Well all my Google add-in were
> missing (a sure sign an update was screwing things up). Why I have to ask
> if
> Microsoft designed IE to work with added third party software are they so
> quick to eliminate it when they get a chance? Well leave that aside.
>
> What is happening is instead of following a hyperlink, IE 6 or IE7, they
> both exhibit the same behaviour, either put up an error message or open a
> window to my root directory, C:/. The error message is to the effect that
> the path does not exist or there is something wrong with the directory.
>
> The only info I could find in Microsoft KB talked about editing the
> register, but I cannot find that entry now.
>
> Can someone please advise? This is making my IE "experience" less than a
> happy one.
>
> Rich