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Can not open download link, mouse keeps clicking, dialog box never opens?

Hello All

WHen I click a link to download a file. My cursor keeps clicking and blinking and never opens a dialog box to let me download. Happens on all pages with a download. It even happens when trying to get updates in microsoft. I Can not find any information. I have checked for viruses, my XP is up to date. I have spybot and have scaned. I have a cable modem and use internet explorer as my default modem. Please help.

Jax

Fatal_Exception

have you scanned your system for spyware? If you do not have one of these utilities (Adaware or Spybot), you will need to download them on another machine and transfer them to this system for scanning.. :(

But I have a feeling you will need to repair your browser.

Repairing Internet Explorer
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Start > Run rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Setup\SETUP.EXE" /g

or

Start > Run rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 C:\windows\inf\ie.inf

Reinstall IE:
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Description of the Internet Explorer Repair Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q194/1/77.asp&NoWebContent=1

How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378

or

Repair Internet Explorer 6
http://www.theeldergeek.com/repair_ie6.htm

How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293907

How Pete Long Does It:

Repairing Internet Explorer

First check that no-one has been playing with the settings! Launch Internet Explorer and select Tools >Internet Options >Advanced >Restore Defaults. Then close and reopen internet explorer. If its still playing up read on...

1. (NB This will not work on windows 2000) CLick start > run >type sfc /scannow {enter} and have your windows CD handy.

2. Search your hard drive for the "ie.inf" file (Usually in windows\inf\ or winnt\inf) When you have found it right click it and select install. Then reboot. [Running this from command line does the same "rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 %windir%\Inf\ie.inf"]

3. Still not working? CLick Start > settings >control Panel >Add/Remove Programs > internet explorer. Press the Change/Remove button (In windows 9X the button is Add/Remove). If youve upgraded IE you can revert to the previous version by selecting "Restore the previous Windows COnfiguration" but more often you will need "Repair Internet Explorer", then click OK. Reboot.

4. Still not working? CLick Start >Run >type regedit {enter} Navigate to the following key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Active Setup \ Installed Components \ {89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383} In the right hand pane find the value "IsInstalled" right click it, select modify, then change it to 0 (thats a Zero!).
You can now download and reinstall Internet Explorer (Links below).
NB. If you want to reinstall Outlook Express at the same time perform the same action on this registry key. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Active Setup \ Installed Components \ {44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C}

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sramesh2k

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LeeTutor

It sounds to me from your question that you are not getting a dialog box asking you to specify where to download the file to. Go to Control Panel, then Folder Options. Click on the File Types tab. Scroll down to the file type you don't get a file download dialog box for and highlight it. Click the Advanced button. Put a check mark next to "Confirm open after download". Click OK twice.

hemmerj

ASKER

None of this worked. I even uninstalled IE and rebooted and reinstall IE and it did not work any other suggestions

rbkumaran

Hi,

Just a small thought, do you by chance have a Popup blocker?? or msn/google toolbars...

try CTRL+ click on link and check if it helps.

Kumaran

hemmerj

ASKER

I uninstalled all toolbar and popup blocker. shut off all norton (viris and firwall) . Turned themback on when this did not work. Ran Spybot and Ad-aware. uninstalled reinstall ie as above. Tryed to reset all ie setting to default. Ctrl-link does the same thing. I did notice that on some if I right click it will allow me to open in new window. Not all though. These were all good sugestions. Help!!!!

tosh9iii

Try loading up in "Safe mode with Network." And then let us know if that works. It'll help us to determine where the problem is.

hemmerj

ASKER

Thank You Sramesh2k. After playing with your prgram and reading the tutoral it fixed it thank you

Fatal_Exception

Great... Ramesh does a fine job on these seemingly inocuous problems.. :)

FE

sramesh2k

You're welcome hemmerj. Thanks for the compliments, William :-)

Segment

Hello

What did you do with the program to solve your problems? I'm also "playing" :) with it but can't get it to work.

I'm so tired of this problem...hehe