IE6.0 won't send link/page by email

[Crustyoldbloke]

I seem to recall that when I first started using IE6.0 (when it first came out), the option to send a page or link by email would open OE6.0 and you would choose the recipient etc.

I was tryng to send a link the other day and nothing happened. I've done some research and have found that this is a known problem in WINXP but not WIN98 as I am using. I did have a look at the Microsoft site for answers and followed their suggested routine of altering my WIN.INI file, but that has not helped either.

The only thing that I have added of late is ZoneAlarm, but I haven't read anything on their site addressing this problem, so I must assume that ZA is not the culprit.

Any ideas anyone? Regards
Phil
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

 

[Jerry625]

Might try using the IE 6 repair ?

 

[Crustyoldbloke]

Done that already Jerry. It didn't work, neither did reverting back to an earlier edition of IE6.0 which definitely did work. I did go on to Microsoft site and attempted to download the latest version but a dialogue box told me that the only thing that needed downloading was text support for a host of Asian languages, everything else was OK.
Regards
Phil
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

 

[Jerry625]

Sorry! The E mail link option is still working on my IE 6. Hope someone out there has a solution otherwise you may have to un-install & re-install UGH!!

 

[tviman]

Just for S & G's, disable ZoneAlarm and give it a try. Sometimes ZA will block internet access to some programs, depending on your ZA settings. There's always a better way...

 

[Crustyoldbloke]

Just disabled ZA but that didn't work either. I've just looked at my son's WIN.INI file which the same as line 1 only of the one below. He doesn't have lines 2-7 at all, but his works OK.

This is a copy of my NEW (as specified by Microsoft) WIN.INI file (Mail section):

[Mail]
MAPI=1
CMC=1
CMCDLLNAME=mapi.dll
CMCDLLNAME32=mapi32.dll
MAPIX=1
MAPIXVER=1.0.0.1
OLEMessaging=1

What do your WIN.INI files look like for comparison.
Regards
Phil
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

 

[Titleist]

In your Internet Options under the Programs tab do you have a default Email program listed?

 

[Crustyoldbloke]

Titleist, yes I do and it's OE6.0. I guess from your handle that you're a golfer. Good result at the Belfry for the European Ryder Cup Team wasn't it? Play it again Sam!
Regards
Phil
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

 

[Crustyoldbloke]

OK I take it all back, you were unlucky!

Now that I've rescinded (it was only a joke honestly) perhaps you would be kind enough to post some ideas.
Regards
Phil
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

 

[ANFPS26]

This is my WIN.INI fileMine works)
[Mail]
MAPI=1
MAPIX=1
OLEMessaging=1
CMC=1
CMCDLLNAME=mapi.dll
CMCDLLNAME32=MAPI32.DLL
Exchange=C:\Progra~1\Window~1\exchng32.exe "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing....."

 

[Crustyoldbloke]

Hi Nobrain

The last line in your WIN.INI indicates that you're using exchange, am I correct in that asumption?

I use Outlook 97(tried Outlook in Office XP professional, but it just wants to take over your pc totally, so I went back to the previous version).

If your WIN.INI works and OE boots into life when you click, FILE, SEND, LINK-BY-EMAIL, I might copy yours without the last line.

I'll leave this message for a few days before instigating so that anyone can tell me if I am about to make a mistake.
Regards
Phil
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

 

[ANFPS26]

I Use Outlook Express, but I also have Exchange installed and don't use it. I've got Win98. "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing....."

 

[Crustyoldbloke]

Well would you Adam & Eve it (believe it), last night in attempting to copy a link for WMP7.1 for a friend, the Microsoft Windows Update programme informed me that I should update OE to OE6.0 (I thought I was already on that version since it clearly showed that in HELP, ABOUT), I guess it must have become corrupted somehow.

I downloaded and the send link/page by email from IE6.0 now works perfectly. Weird isn't it?


Regards
Phil
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.