# Help: Hyperlinks embedded in my e-mail bring up blank pages

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-hyperlinks-embedded-in-my-e-mail-bring-up-blank-pages/306081>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 30, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-hyperlinks-embedded-in-my-e-mail-bring-up-blank-pages/306081 "2005-05-30T12:21:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-hyperlinks-embedded-in-my-e-mail-bring-up-blank-pages/306081/1 "2005-05-30T12:21:14Z")

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I’ve read through the helpful sticky above, but can’t find a discussion re this.

A few months ago, I installed Mozilla as my browswer. For various reasons, I uninstalled it weeks later. I then changed my internet settings to launch a blank page as my home page because it took so long for Yahoo to download.

Now, undoubtedly because I screwed up something with all my fiddling, I cannot use the hyperlinks which come embedded in my e-mails. It launches Explorer but has nothing in the address field. At times I can circumvent this by right clicking and copying the target into the blank Explorer field. Other times I am not given the option to copy target and I’m screwed. I can see the address in my task bar, but I cannot copy it.

Any ideas of what I’ve done to screw my computer up and, better yet, how I can solve it?

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**Author:** ![larsenmtl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@larsenmtl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/larsenmtl)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-hyperlinks-embedded-in-my-e-mail-bring-up-blank-pages/306081/2 "2005-05-30T14:39:41Z")

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It could be this:

[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281679](http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281679)

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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-hyperlinks-embedded-in-my-e-mail-bring-up-blank-pages/306081/3 "2005-05-30T15:08:44Z")

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I tried the fixes, larsenmtl, but it didn’t help. However, I went to Yahoo and typed in “hyerlinks not working” and voila! It linked to some web page and I found my answer.

FYI, I had to go to my Control Panel, Internet Options, Programs, Reset Web Settings (to the IE defaults).

Thanks, as always, for your time and expertise.