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Subscribe l l FOLLOW US TWITTER GOOGLE+ FACEBOOK GET UPDATES BY EMAIL Enter your email below to get exclusive access to our best articles and tips before everybody else. RSS ALL ARTICLES FEATURES ONLY TRIVIA Search How-To Geek Troubleshooting: Prevent "Locate Link outlook 2003 locate link browser windows 10 Browser" Popup Dialog when Clicking on Links in Outlook This is a guest post by Aseem Kishore, outlook 2003 links not working windows 10 a technology enthusiast and lead blogger for Online-Tech-Tips. If you're using Firefox as your default Internet browser and Outlook as your email client, then you may outlook locate link browser windows 10 have noticed that when you click on a URL link in an Outlook email, you get a popup dialog box titled "Locate Link Browser" and then Firefox will load normally. It doesn't seem to cause any problems, but it's certainly very annoying
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having to close that dialog box every time! Note: You will not get this dialog box if you already have Firefox open on your computer. It only occurs when you click on a link and Firefox is not already open. Also, if you're using IE, you won't have this issue at all. So how you can get rid of this annoying dialog once and for all? Follow these simple steps to fix the issue on Windows XP: Step 1: Open My Computer from the outlook links won't open in windows 10 desktop or Start Menu. Step 2: Go to the Tools menu and click on Folder Options. Step 3: Now click on the File Types tab and you'll see a list of registered file types, Extensions and File Types. Under the Extensions column, look for the entries with (NONE) and in that subset, find the entry under File Types that is called URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol. Step 4: Click on the Advanced button at the bottom and then click on the Edit button. Step 5: Go ahead and uncheck the DDE option. It is called "Use DDE" and it's checked by default. We want to make sure it's unchecked. Go ahead and click Ok and then Ok again and then close! Now give it a shot and it should work! You can also do the same for this entry: URL: HyperText with Security. This is for HTTPS links. Worked like a charm on my computer! Note that if the textbox "Application used to perform action" is blank, then you can click Browse and find the Firefox.exe application. If you're using Windows Vista, the method above may not work. In Vista, you have to delete some registry keys in order for the dialog box to go away. Here's how. Step 1: Click on Start, then Run and type in regedit. Or just type in regedit in the Instant Search Box and press Enter. Step 2: Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HTTP\shell\open\ddeexec registry key. Step 3: Delete the "ddexec" registry key Step 4: Repeat for the following keys: "H
SystemsHome / Outlook / Outlook Links Won't Open In Windows 10 Last reviewed on August 23, 2016 —198 Comments We're seeing complaints from users with 32-bit versions of Office 2010, plus Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2003 installed on Windows 10 that hyperlinks in windows 10 hyperlinks not working email won't open after they've set Internet Explorer as the default browser. The user will
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see a dialog that asks what program you want to use to open the link. Clicking the Always use this app box does
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not save the changes - the next time you click a link, the dialog comes up again. Some users will see the Locate Link Browser window, while one Outlook 2003 user reported that Internet Explorer opened to the http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/troubleshooting-prevent-locate-link-browser-popup-dialog-when-clicking-on-links-in-outlook/ site's home page. Only Internet Explorer has a problem opening links, they work fine in Edge or Chrome, just not in Internet Explorer. To fix it, add this value to the registry: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\opennew\command Default value: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" %1 The Default value above will open the link in a new browser window. If you want to use a new tab in an open browser, use cmd /c START "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "%1" instead. Links containing an http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/links-wont-open-in-windows-10/ & should open properly in new tabs using the command line above. The original CMD version offered by Microsoft did not work with & signs in the URL. The registry file was updated with the new command line. You'll need to create both the opennew and command keys then add the url to the default value. (It's the same value found in the open\command key) Do It For Me If you don't want to edit the registry yourself, you can run this prepared .reg file: opennew-win10 (opens New Window) opennew-win10-cmd (opens New Tab) To remove the OpenNew key (and Command subkey), use this reg file: opennew-win10-remove.reg Double click on the link to run it. If it opens as a text file in a new browser window, you'll need to right click on the link and choose 'Save target as' (or 'Save link as' in Chrome). You may need to change the file extension from txt to reg then double click to run it. More Information When you click a link in Outlook 2010 or 2007, you are prompted to specify the app to open it (MSKB) Open All Hyperlinks in an Outlook Email Message
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Arrows July 5, 2016 Guides, Windows Leave a comment While most people are completely accustomed to using newer versions of Microsoft Office programs such as Outlook, many still prefer to use vintage versions such as Outlook 2003, even with Operating Systems that are as advanced and latest as Windows 10. However, the problem here is the fact that Outlook 2003 was never meant for Windows 10 and, officially, Windows 10 only supports Outlook 2007 or later. While Windows 10 users are completely capable of using Outlook 2003 thanks to Compatibility Mode, it is not uncommon to see Outlook 2003 err and malfunction on Windows 10. One of the most common problems that come with the use of Outlook 2003 on Windows 10 is the inability to click on a link to a website or webpage within the application and have it opened in Internet Explorer, resulting in a popup that says “Locate link browser”, basically meaning that Outlook 2003 has no idea what application it should use to open the link. Even if a user affected by this issue points Outlook 2003 to the Internet Explorer application via the “Locate link browser” popup, however, when the affected user clicks on a link within Outlook 2003, Internet Explorer is indeed launched but the user is met with a blank page or their homepage instead of the page that the link points to. This happens because Windows 10 lacks a certain CommandID within its registry that Outlook 2003 uses to correctly process and open links. Thankfully, though, this problem can be fixed quite easily, and the following are the two solutions that you can use to fix it: Solution 1: Upgrade Outlook to a newer version The entire root of this problem is the fact that Outlook 2003 is too outdated an application to use with Windows 10 and wasn’t originally intended for the OS. Thankfully, though, there have been a number of versions of Outlook that have come after Outlook 2003, each of which is completely compatible with Windows 10. That being the case, simply upgrading Outlook to a newer version is enough to fix this problem. In order to upgrade to a newer version of Outlook, you are going to have to uninstall Outlook 2003 and then purchase and install a newer version of the program. While it is true that you are going to have to become accustomed to a whole new version of Outlook should you choose to use this solution, it is also true that this solution is extremely effective at getting rid of this problem. Upgrading to any version of Outlook that came after Outlook 2003 will