Cannot Find Program.exe Needed for Opening Files... [win98x]

- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows 95
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SYMPTOMS
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When you click a Web address in a document in a non-browser program such
as an e-mail program, Internet Explorer may not start, and you may receive
the following error message:

Cannot find program.exe needed for opening files of type URL:hypertext
transfer protocol

CAUSE
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This issue can occur if the "URL:hypertext transfer protocol" file
association is no longer associated with Internet Explorer.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this behavior, edit the "URL:hypertext transfer protocol" file
association to associate this type of file with Internet Explorer. To do
so, use the following steps:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Folder Options.

2. Click the File Types tab, click URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol in the
Registered File Types box, and then click Edit.

3. In the Actions box, click Open, and then click Edit.

4. Click Browse, navigate to the \Program Files\Internet Explorer folder,
click the Iexplore.exe file, click Open, click OK, click Close, and
then click Close.

This page Last updated: Monday, 24. May 1999 09:46:59 -0500