Computer Help, Network Services and Technical Support

Every time Firefox Updates herself and I attempt to open a link from within
an Outlook email I get an error message where the dialog says:
“Windows cannot find URL to Path or File“. However Firefox does open the
Page Ok. The error message dialog however is annoying.

To prevent the Firefox dialog error in Outlook URL links from occurring in
Windows Vista, here is the solution:

Click on:

“Start”
“Run” and
Type in REGEDIT
Hit the OK Button

When in your Registry Editor navigate to and then delete the following 4
keys:

(To delete, just highlight/select/click on the ddeexec word/folder and spank
your delete key)

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxHTML\shell\open\ddeexec
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxURL\shell\open\ddeexec
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HTTP\shell\open\ddeexec
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HTTPS\shell\open\ddeexec

That solution will prevent the Firefox error dialog from reoccurring.

When you’ve successfully done that then save this blog as a Firefox Bookmark
and return to it when Firefox requires yet another update with the same bug
requiring the same solution!

Or, Just copy and paste this entire article into your Notepad
(Click on: “Start” “Run” “Notepad” - OK) and save it with an appropriate name to your
Desktop.

Geez, It’s as bad as IE6 and 7 not adhering to W3C Standards. Do these
people think that we have nothing better to do with our time than to chase
around looking for solutions to sloppy, arrogant programming errors and/or
oversights?

What do you think?
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Michael Eayds ba mcse
http://www.northcoastcomputerservices.com

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