jhabley-ga:
Thank you for your question, I hope I can help.
This is going to be one of those try-before-post types of Answers,
because there are several things that you can do to fix this.
First, I assume that MyIE2 is no longer installed and used on your computer.
In IE6, please go to Tools>Internet Options... > Programs
There is a checkbox for "Internet Explorer should check...", please
make sure this is checked.
That's the first place to check; if it is already checked, I would
suggest that you uncheck it, close IE6, restart IE6, go back and check
the checkbox, close IE6 again, then restart IE6. If IE6 detects that
any of its default handlers is not set, it should provide you with the
option to reset them.
Please let me know whether or not this fixes the problem for you so
that I may either post it as the official Answer, or suggest other
fixes to try.
Regards,
aht-ga
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Request for Answer Clarification by
jhabley-ga
on
06 Jan 2004 13:43 PST
Hi aht - nice to work with you again, and I appreciate your "let's get
it right" attitude. Let's keep at it until we get it fixed to
five-star and tip range. :) Hopefully we're close.
> First, I assume that MyIE2 is no longer installed
> and used on your computer.
Gone and used Norton WinDoctor to even clean up any registry entries,
then rebooted. Good and gone.
> In IE6, please go to Tools>Internet Options... > Programs
> There is a checkbox for "Internet Explorer should check...",
> please make sure this is checked.
It was already checked.
> uncheck it, close IE6, restart IE6, go back and check the
> checkbox, close IE6 again, then restart IE6. If IE6 detects
> that any of its default handlers is not set, it should provide
> you with the option to reset them.
OK, did this. Unchecked, closed (and also closed any apps that might
have hooks into IE like Outlook and FeedDemon, just to be sure),
opened, re-checked, closed, then restarted. Still didn't work.
Curiously, it never did give me the "Make IE your default browser"
dialog box. Perhaps it already was the default browser.
If this helps, in the Folder Options --> File Types view (Explorer
window) a lot of the web-based entries (all the URL: items, for
instance) show as (NONE)
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Clarification of Answer by
aht-ga
on
06 Jan 2004 14:19 PST
:) Unfortunately, those were the very same file types that the
"Internet Explorer should check..." function is supposed to fix! As
well, you might have sensed from my phrasing in the Answer that I
actually meant to submit that as a Request for Clarification, not an
Answer, so that it would not commit you to only receiving an Answer
from me if that did not work. My mistake! :)
However, there are more tricks up my sleeves before we get to the
point where we need to turn to others!
First, depending on your operating system, please go to one of the following pages:
Windows XP
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
(open and double-click on the .reg file for the HTM/HTML and URL associations)
Windows ME
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=262808
(unfortunately, this would have to be done for each type)
Windows 2000
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_easy_file.htm
(download the fileassoc.txt file, follow the instructions here for the
.HTM, .HTML, and .URL file types)
If you are not one of these Windows types, please let me know! As
well, if you follow the Windows 2000 approach and are not successful,
that would imply that the problem lies deeper in the Registry. At this
point, if you have a broadband connection, it would actually be easier
for you to go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs..., select
Internet Explorer 6 SP1, and select Repair Internet Explorer from the
menu that appears after you click Change/Remove.
Please let me know if any of this helps!
aht-ga
Google Answers Researcher
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Request for Answer Clarification by
jhabley-ga
on
06 Jan 2004 14:54 PST
Hi -- I'm using WinXP Professional, fwiw.
Tried installing the appropriate REG files on that site, and rebooted,
but still no. The main problem now seems to be calling IE from within
another application (FeedDemon -- it worked before I uninstalled
MyIE2).
> Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs..., select
> Internet Explorer 6 SP1, and select Repair Internet
> Explorer from the menu that appears after you click Change/Remove.
I don't have "Internet Explorer 6 SP1" in that list. I have a patch
listed there, that's it. And I can only remove it.
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Clarification of Answer by
aht-ga
on
06 Jan 2004 15:20 PST
Sorry, I should have mentioned that the IE6 SP1 bit only applied to
non-XP situations.
In XP, IE6 is in the Add/Remove Windows Components section of
Add/Remove Programs. However, I believe that for XP, your options are
only to Remove it, then Install it. Please check anyway to see if
there is a Repair option.
If there is not, then you can also try this, found on the MS Support Database:
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http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q177/0/54.asp
Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional
Click Start, point to All Programs, click Accessories, and then click
Windows Explorer.
Click Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click File Types.
In the Registered File Types box, click URL:File Transfer Protocol,
and then click Advanced.
In the Actions box, click Open, and then click Edit.
The Application Used To Perform Action box may display the path to
your Web browser as a short file name. Type the path to your Web
browser using the full long file name. For example, change:
c:\progra~1\intern~1\iexplore.exe
-to-
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe (include the quotation marks).
Click OK, click OK again, and then click Close.
Repeat steps 3-6 for the following registered file types:
URL:Gopher Protocol
URL:Hypertext Transfer Protocol
URL:Hypertext Transfer protocol with Privacy
Click Close.
NOTE: If you follow these steps, you may receive the following prompt
when Internet Explorer starts:
Internet Explorer is not currently your default browser. Would you
like to make it your default browser?
Ensure that the Internet Explorer should check to see if it is the
default browser check box is not checked under Internet Options, or
the issue may recur.
If you click Yes, the issue may recur.
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Finally, if that fails, then you will need to uninstall IE6 (from
Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs>Windows Components) and reinstall
it.
Please let me know how this goes,
aht-ga
Google Answers Researcher
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Clarification of Answer by
aht-ga
on
06 Jan 2004 15:46 PST
jhabley-ga:
Thanks for the tip! I'm happy to have helped.
Regards,
aht-ga
Google Answers Researcher
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