[Ham-Computers] Clicking On A Link

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Duane,

Another thing to check is that the default email manager in IE7 is set to 
Outlook Express.  Open the browser.  Click Tools on the program bar.  At the 
bottom of the menu that opens, click Internet Options.  At the top of what 
that opens, click the Programs tab.  Email should be the second one down the 
next menu.  There is a dropdown arrow at the right end of each field.  Click 
the arrow and from that list, click on Outlook Express.

If Outlook express is already the default, then the problem is somewhere 
else.  It could be as Mike said that Outlook Express wrapped the long URL you 
had trouble with.  


In a message dated 5/21/2011 9:20:34 PM Central Daylight Time, 
nf4l at nf4l.com writes: 
> Quite often the email program will wrap a long link onto multiple lines 
> and break it. 
> A copy and paste (be careful to get it all) into the browser address bar 
> will work in 
> that case.
> 
> If line wrap was the case, I'm betting not all lines had the underline 
> that denotes a 
> link.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> 73, Mike NF4L
> 
> On 5/21/2011 3:54 PM, Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
> >
> >Hi All,
> >
> >This system is a 3 GHZ Windows XP Home Edition OS. I almost never wander 
> the
> >world wide web, so forgive my unawareness of what to you may be obvious.
> >
> >Normally I go to Internet Explorer and type in the address that I want to 
> go
> >to.
> >
> >Today I received a rather lengthy and complex link address that I thought 
> I
> >would just click on from within the e-mail. Nothing happens. Unless I am
> >mistaken, it should have taken me to the address that I clicked on.
> >
> >I am assuming that when this Compaq business system was set up for me 
> that
> >the function allowing the user to click on a link from within an e-mail 
> was
> >disabled. So where do I go to find the menus that will allow me to enable
> >this function?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Oh yes, Internet Explorer and Outlook Express are both versions 7.0
> >
> >
> >Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
> >E-Mail: dfischer at usol.com
> >Hallicrafters web site: www.w9wze.net
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> 

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