Try unchecking the option "Do not allow unsafe attachments to be opened".
Loaction:
Outlook Express/Tools/Options/Security tab.
Friend tells me that she cannot open links sent with email using Microsoft Outlook and XP.
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Friend tells me that she cannot open links sent with email using Microsoft Outlook and XP.
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Try unchecking the option "Do not allow unsafe attachments to be opened".
Loaction:
Outlook Express/Tools/Options/Security tab.
Should have said, she did that before and that did not solve the problem
please give us an example of something she cant open, maybe we can find a solution, Thanks
I vaguely remember encountering something similar to this and found this in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=177054
Here's another one that's similar:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
Also... if you have another browser (not IE) set as your default browser (Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, etc.) the "click-able" link feature in Outlook and OE may sometimes no longer work. Maybe Microsoft likes other Microsoft products. I believe there's a solution to this in one of the previous Knowledge Base articles. (For some strange reason, whenever I re-install the Leap FTP program, it makes itself the default browser for a minute or two.)
Something else to consider is that many over-protective system utilities/pop-up blockers can occasionally prevent a new window from opening.