• Microsoft Outlook Express versions 5, 5.01 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Outlook Express versions 5, 5.01 for Windows 98
• Microsoft Outlook Express version 5.01 for Windows 98 Second Edition
• Microsoft Outlook Express version 5.5 for Windows 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you receive an e-mail message in Outlook Express that contains shortcuts to Web pages or other Internet resources (using URLs such as http://www.microsoft.com), the URL is opened in a new Microsoft Internet Explorer window the first time, but any other URLs in the e-mail message are opened in the same Internet Explorer window when you click them.

This behavior occurs whether or not you have enabled the "Reuse windows for launching shortcuts" option in Internet Explorer properties.

WORKAROUND

To configure Outlook Express to always open additional URLs in a new Internet Explorer window, you need to change the file associations for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) under the folder settings in Windows Explorer. To do so, use the following steps for the appropriate operating system.

Microsoft Windows 2000

1. Double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop to start Windows Explorer.



2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.



3. On the File Types tab, scroll down the list until you locate the N/A section in the Extensions column.



4. Click the N/A URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol entry, and then click Advanced.



5. In the Edit File Type dialog box that appears, click the OPEN entry in the Actions box, and then click Edit.



6. In the Editing action for type: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol window, click to clear the Use DDE check box, and then click OK.



7. Click OK, click Close, and then quit Windows Explorer.



8. Quit all versions of Internet Explorer.

Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98

1. Double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop to start Windows Explorer.



2. On the View menu, click Folder Options.



3. On the File Types tab, click URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol in the list, and then click Edit.



4. In the Edit File Type dialog box that appears, click the OPEN entry in the Actions box, and then click Edit.



5. In the Editing action for type: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol window, click to clear the Use DDE check box.



6. In the Application used to perform action box, type %1 at the end of the string so it looks like the following example (the drive and location of Iexplore.exe may be different):




"D:\Progra~1\Intern~1\iexplore.exe" -nohome %1

7. Click OK, click Close, and then click Close.



8. Quit Windows Explorer.



9. Quit all versions of Internet Explorer.

MORE INFORMATION

To reverse the changes described in the previously described workaround, use the following steps for the appropriate operating system.

Windows 2000

1. Double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop to start Windows Explorer.



2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.



3. On the File Types tab, locate the N/A section in the Extensions column.



4. Click the N/A URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol entry, and then click Advanced.



5. In the Edit File Type window that appears, click the OPEN entry in the Actions box, and then click Edit.



6. In the Editing action for type: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol window, click to select the Use DDE check box.



7. In the Application used to perform action box, delete the %1 that appears after the -nohome entry, as shown in the following example (the drive and location of Iexplore.exe may be different):




"D:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome

8. In the DDE Message box, type the following:




"%1",,-1,0,,,,

9. In the Application box, type IExplore.



10. Leave the DDE Application Not Running box empty.



11. In the Topic box, type WWW_OpenURL.



12. Click OK, and then click Close.



13. Quit Windows Explorer.



14. Quit all versions of Internet Explorer.

Windows 95 or Windows 98

1. Double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop to start Windows Explorer.



2. On the View menu, click Folder Options.



3. On the File Types tab, click the URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol entry, and then click Edit.



4. In the Edit File Type dialog box that appears, click the OPEN entry in the Actions box, and then click Edit.



5. In the Editing action for type: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol window, click to select the Use DDE check box.



6. In the Application used to perform action box, delete the %1 that appears after the -nohome entry, as shown in the following example (the drive and location of Iexplore.exe may be different):




"D:\Progra~1\Intern~1\iexplore.exe" -nohome

7. In the DDE Message box, type the following:




"%1",,-1,0,,,,

8. In the Application box, type IExplore.



9. Leave the DDE Application Not Running box empty.



10. In the Topic box, type WWW_OpenURL.



11. Click OK, click Close, and then click Close.



12. Quit Windows Explorer.



13. Quit all versions of Internet Explorer.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv outexw95 outexw98
Version : WINDOWS:5,5.01,5.5; Win98:5.01
Platform : WINDOWS Win98
Issue type : kbprb
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