Links within email open a problematic browser window

PCR replied:
(1) "START, Run, MSInfo32, Tools menu, IE Repair Tool"
It produces a rather large "Fix IE Log.txt" in C:\Windows. IE & E
are basically one & the same. If this crashes, an over-install of IE
is
indicated. remainder snipped


Mmmm, thanks for trying, but I do not have an IE Repair Tool option on
the Tools menu. :-(

I don't understand the statement that "IE & E" are basically one & the
same. Well, actually, I don't know what "E" represents. Windows
Explorer? If so, you're saying it is one and same as IE?

I did make a registry change to Windows Explorer a couple days ago. I
carefully followed a Microsoft knowledge base article to change a
shell value because the folders in my Save As dialog box were not
sorting right. I edited only that one value, nothing more, and the
as-edited value did match exactly what Microsoft said to enter. The
registry change did fix it. The lesser fixes suggested here had had
no effect on the sort problem, so I was forced to do the registry
edit.

Yes, E is Explorer, and IE is Internet Explorer. They share the same
..dll files, making them much the same. They look different by keeping
different settings. And it's best to keep it that way I think. I doubt
your Registry change did this.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...79&Product=w98
The Repair Internet Explorer Tool Is Missing
(236579) - After you install Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows
Millennium Edition (Me), you are unable to use the Repair Internet
Explorer tool.

(Odd though, I am SE, & I have the Repair Tool.)

Well, I should have remembered IE5 doesn't have IE Repair there. So...

(a) "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Install/Uninstall tab".
(b) Scroll to & select "Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Internet
Tools".
(c) Click the Remove button.

It will present you with the option to Repair IE. Select that one.


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Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
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"BArun" wrote in message
om...
| PCR replied:
| (1) "START, Run, MSInfo32, Tools menu, IE Repair Tool"
| It produces a rather large "Fix IE Log.txt" in C:\Windows. IE & E
| are basically one & the same. If this crashes, an over-install of IE
| is
| indicated. remainder snipped
|
|
| Mmmm, thanks for trying, but I do not have an IE Repair Tool option on
| the Tools menu. :-(
|
| I don't understand the statement that "IE & E" are basically one & the
| same. Well, actually, I don't know what "E" represents. Windows
| Explorer? If so, you're saying it is one and same as IE?
|
| I did make a registry change to Windows Explorer a couple days ago. I
| carefully followed a Microsoft knowledge base article to change a
| shell value because the folders in my Save As dialog box were not
| sorting right. I edited only that one value, nothing more, and the
| as-edited value did match exactly what Microsoft said to enter. The
| registry change did fix it. The lesser fixes suggested here had had
| no effect on the sort problem, so I was forced to do the registry
| edit.

Thanks, PCR. According to the Microsoft link you provided, that
Repair option is not available in Win 98 SE -- "by design," they take
pains to say.

Appears I am screwed then. In order to fix IE 5, according to MS, I
have to reinstall Win 98 SE!!!!! Fuggetittttt!!!! That is insane.
Well, I may consider switching to IE6 but I believe I tried v6 after
it first came out and it eliminated some options I liked, which is why
I am still putzing along with IE5. I tried Mozilla (but it's slow as
molasses) and Firefox (but it freezes on me). But, but, but.

I finally got my IE5 toolbar streamlined into a cool one-bar across
the top, maximizing my screen area -- and now this other problem crops
up. And I am discovering how often I do clink on links in emails!

oh, BTW, I did check the Control Panel as you suggested. A Win98
update appears in the scroll list of add/remove programs, but not
Internet Explorer. Can't be uninstalled. I seem to remember reading
that once upon a time at the Windows Update site.

Interesting that you have options available that MS says are "not"
available on 98SE. I bought Win98 SE as an upgrade and completely
reinstalled. Not an OEM product. Dunno if that made any difference.

Thanks much for taking time to try to help me. At least now I know my
options -- like 'em or not. (that would be "Not!!" grin )

BArun


PCR wrote:


http://support.microsoft.com/default...79&Product=w98
The Repair Internet Explorer Tool Is Missing
(236579) - After you install Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows
Millennium Edition (Me), you are unable to use the Repair Internet
Explorer tool.

(Odd though, I am SE, & I have the Repair Tool.)

Well, I should have remembered IE5 doesn't have IE Repair there. So...

(a) "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Install/Uninstall tab".
(b) Scroll to & select "Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Internet
Tools".
(c) Click the Remove button.

It will present you with the option to Repair IE. Select that one.

"PCR" wrote in message
...
snip
(Odd though, I am SE, & I have the Repair Tool.)

Are you sure? Is Repair grayed out if you click on it?


--
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Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Well, that is odd, that I have what the article says I should not, AND
you do not have what it says you should. There is a third way to try the
Repair Tool. Glee keeps posting it. Uhhh, well here is an article that
has it...

http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/gjjo...nd ows98.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/r5ba
........Quote................
Additional Notes:
The end of the Microsoft Knowlegebase article gives the following
workaround if the repair utility is inaccessible (keep the Explorer
errors, above, open. Otherwise the computer will lock up. drag it to
the side and you should still have room to work and do the following
steps):

If the Internet Explorer Repair Tool Verification does not work, or if
Internet Explorer 5 is not listed in the Add/Remove Programs tool in
Control Panel, you can start the Internet Explorer Repair tool from a
command prompt:

Click Start, and then click Run.
For Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 and earlier, in the Open box, type the
following command (the command is case sensitive), and then click OK:

rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE5Maintenance "C:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer\Setup\SETUP.EXE" /g "C:\WINDOWS\IE Uninstall Log.Txt"
........End of quote........


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There may be humor in this post, and,
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should things get worse after this,
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"BArun" wrote in message
om...
| Thanks, PCR. According to the Microsoft link you provided, that
| Repair option is not available in Win 98 SE -- "by design," they take
| pains to say.
|
| Appears I am screwed then. In order to fix IE 5, according to MS, I
| have to reinstall Win 98 SE!!!!! Fuggetittttt!!!! That is insane.
| Well, I may consider switching to IE6 but I believe I tried v6 after
| it first came out and it eliminated some options I liked, which is why
| I am still putzing along with IE5. I tried Mozilla (but it's slow as
| molasses) and Firefox (but it freezes on me). But, but, but.
|
| I finally got my IE5 toolbar streamlined into a cool one-bar across
| the top, maximizing my screen area -- and now this other problem crops
| up. And I am discovering how often I do clink on links in emails!
|
| oh, BTW, I did check the Control Panel as you suggested. A Win98
| update appears in the scroll list of add/remove programs, but not
| Internet Explorer. Can't be uninstalled. I seem to remember reading
| that once upon a time at the Windows Update site.
|
| Interesting that you have options available that MS says are "not"
| available on 98SE. I bought Win98 SE as an upgrade and completely
| reinstalled. Not an OEM product. Dunno if that made any difference.
|
| Thanks much for taking time to try to help me. At least now I know my
| options -- like 'em or not. (that would be "Not!!" grin )
|
| BArun
|
|
| PCR wrote:
|
|
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default...79&Product=w98
| The Repair Internet Explorer Tool Is Missing
| (236579) - After you install Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows
| Millennium Edition (Me), you are unable to use the Repair Internet
| Explorer tool.
|
| (Odd though, I am SE, & I have the Repair Tool.)
|
| Well, I should have remembered IE5 doesn't have IE Repair there. So...
|
| (a) "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Install/Uninstall tab".
| (b) Scroll to & select "Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Internet
| Tools".
| (c) Click the Remove button.
|
| It will present you with the option to Repair IE. Select that one.
|
|
|
|

I have run it a couple of times from "MSInfo32, Tools menu". I haven't
run it from Add/Remove (I don't think), but... It is definitely there,
between "Add a component" & "Restore the previous
Windows configuration". It allows me to bolt it & does not gray out. I
hesitate to actually run it while online, though.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Brian A." GoneFishn@aFarAwayLake wrote in message
...
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| snip
| (Odd though, I am SE, & I have the Repair Tool.)
|
| Are you sure? Is Repair grayed out if you click on it?
|
|
| --
| Brian A.
|
| Conflicts start where information lacks.
| http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|

PCR wrote:
Well, that is odd, that I have what the article says I should not, AND you do not have what it says you should. There is a third way to try the Repair Tool. Glee keeps posting it. Uhhh, well here is an article that
has it...


Sorry, PCR, I must not have expressed myself clearly. What I have is
exactly as the MS article saidI would have -- no IE Repair Tool
option. MS stated the option was removed by design in Windows 98 SE
.... which is also why I would hesitate to try a command line
"workaround" (as tempting as it may be). I don't want to have to
reinstall Win98SE just to reinstall Explorer 5.0 to fix this ... nor
have to reinstall ecause I crashed Win98SE/IE good trying a
workaround! LOL.

Does Glee say this workaround can be used specifically for Win98SE?
The repair option is supposed to be available for Win98 (according to
MS article, just not SE so I am thinking the workaround is directed to
that version.

Oh, gosh, never mind that last question ... cheez, you provided a
link. I will go read that article on the workaround. I am certainly
willing to explore possibilities and appreciate the help. Manana,
though ... tis getting late here, and my mind is starting to boink
out.

G'Night All,
BArun

Hmmmmmm, that is odd. I have IE Repair Tool listed in system info, yet Repair is
grayed out and thus not selectable on 98SE. Nor can it be selected in Add/Remove. I
won't lose sleep over it. If I ever needed to repair it I would either reinstall IE
over the top or Ghost back an image.

--
Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"PCR" wrote in message
...
I have run it a couple of times from "MSInfo32, Tools menu". I haven't
run it from Add/Remove (I don't think), but... It is definitely there,
between "Add a component" & "Restore the previous
Windows configuration". It allows me to bolt it & does not gray out. I
hesitate to actually run it while online, though.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Brian A." GoneFishn@aFarAwayLake wrote in message
...
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| snip
| (Odd though, I am SE, & I have the Repair Tool.)
|
| Are you sure? Is Repair grayed out if you click on it?
|
|
| --
| Brian A.
|
| Conflicts start where information lacks.
| http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|

Hmm, I can't think of an explanation. That article supports your
circumstance, that "Repair" is ghosted. It certainly isn't anything I've
done to get it. Perhaps it was Compaq did it. There a couple of "IE5"
items in my Add/Remove that have survived an upgrade to IE6. WELL, NOW I
see only one, item (4)...

(1) 128 bit encryption support for Dial-up Networking
(2) Internet Explorer Q867801
(was Q831167, Q832894, Q824145, Q828750, Q822925, Q818529)
(3) Microsoft Data Access Components KB870669
(4) Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 Web Accessories
(5) Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and Internet Tools
(6) Microsoft Internet Print Services
(7) Microsoft Outlook Express 6
(8) MSN Messenger 4.5.
(9) Outlook Express Q823353 (was Q837009, Q330994)
(10) Windows 98 Q823559 Update
(11) Windows 98 Q840315 Update
(12) Windows 98 Second Edition Digital Video Update
(13) Windows Media Player system update (9 series)


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"Brian A." GoneFishn@aFarAwayLake wrote in message
...
| Hmmmmmm, that is odd. I have IE Repair Tool listed in system info, yet
Repair is
| grayed out and thus not selectable on 98SE. Nor can it be selected in
Add/Remove. I
| won't lose sleep over it. If I ever needed to repair it I would either
reinstall IE
| over the top or Ghost back an image.
|
| --
| Brian A.
|
| Conflicts start where information lacks.
| http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| I have run it a couple of times from "MSInfo32, Tools menu". I
haven't
| run it from Add/Remove (I don't think), but... It is definitely
there,
| between "Add a component" & "Restore the previous
| Windows configuration". It allows me to bolt it & does not gray out.
I
| hesitate to actually run it while online, though.
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "Brian A." GoneFishn@aFarAwayLake wrote in message
| ...
| | "PCR" wrote in message
| | ...
| | snip
| | (Odd though, I am SE, & I have the Repair Tool.)
| |
| | Are you sure? Is Repair grayed out if you click on it?
| |
| |
| | --
| | Brian A.
| |
| | Conflicts start where information lacks.
| | http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| |
|
|
|

Right. That URL is often posted by Glee, & it looks safe enough to me.
Of course, the Repair Tool is not a cure-all, and... could be I've seen
it fail to run even that third way. Then, we must progress to some other
solution, perhaps the one I posted earlier involving "IE5Setup.exe".


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"BArun" wrote in message
om...
| PCR wrote:
| Well, that is odd, that I have what the article says I should not,
AND you do not have what it says you should. There is a third way to try
the Repair Tool. Glee keeps posting it. Uhhh, well here is an article
that
| has it...
|
|
| Sorry, PCR, I must not have expressed myself clearly. What I have is
| exactly as the MS article saidI would have -- no IE Repair Tool
| option. MS stated the option was removed by design in Windows 98 SE
| ... which is also why I would hesitate to try a command line
| "workaround" (as tempting as it may be). I don't want to have to
| reinstall Win98SE just to reinstall Explorer 5.0 to fix this ... nor
| have to reinstall ecause I crashed Win98SE/IE good trying a
| workaround! LOL.
|
| Does Glee say this workaround can be used specifically for Win98SE?
| The repair option is supposed to be available for Win98 (according to
| MS article, just not SE so I am thinking the workaround is directed to
| that version.
|
| Oh, gosh, never mind that last question ... cheez, you provided a
| link. I will go read that article on the workaround. I am certainly
| willing to explore possibilities and appreciate the help. Manana,
| though ... tis getting late here, and my mind is starting to boink
| out.
|
| G'Night All,
| BArun