Try reinstalling I.E. 6:
Click Start | Run | type c:\windows\inf
locate the file called "ie.inf" (hidden file).
Right click it and select "Install"
Internet explorer core files and shell will be reinstalled.
To make a long story short, I had to redownload IE6. My outlook express was gettting funky. I can nowsend a link, or a page, but I still can't click on the "read mail" tab on the browser and get it to open my default mail. I click on it and absolutely nothing happens. So then I go to tools and check the internet options, and go to the programs tab and this is what I have.
HTML Editor: this is blank
Email: this is blank
Newsgroups: Outlook Express
Internet Call: NetMeeting
Calender: this is blank
Contact List: Address book
I can't the tab to work on the "email". The down arrow does nothing!! I just have the blue highlite bar. Is this my problem now? How do I get it to work? The only way I can open my email when on the browser, is to click on the mail icon and go to the "read news" tab. Then it will go to the newsgroups ( of which I could care less about), and I have to click on the "inbox" tab in the left column. Now if I go down to start and click on the oulook express icon, then it will open. Do I make any sense here?

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