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Have you recently downloaded a new/updated an exsiting web browser? &nbsp;If so, you should try to go into the program defaults and make sure that you set it so that that particular browser is to be the default app for everything web related.<br />
For example, if you use IE 7, select Tools | Internet Options | Programs tab and look under the Default web browser section<br />

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Have you recently downloaded a new/updated an exsiting web browser?  If so, you should try to go into the program defaults and make sure that you set it so that that particular browser is to be the default app for everything web related.
For example, if you use IE 7, select Tools | Internet Options | Programs tab and look under the Default web browser section


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IE is set as my default browser &nbsp;IE 7, &nbsp;Everything else seem OK, however my NEWSGROUPS is set as OUTLOOK EXPRESS, which I took off this system when I loaded OFFICE 2007...
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IE is set as my default browser  IE 7,  Everything else seem OK, however my NEWSGROUPS is set as OUTLOOK EXPRESS, which I took off this system when I loaded OFFICE 2007...

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That seems to have worked..a file type &quot;URL LAPD&quot; was set to open with Outlook Express, instead of IE....all the rest were set to IE, but this may be the file typ of embedded URL or something....working so far.....thanks a million....
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That seems to have worked..a file type "URL LAPD" was set to open with Outlook Express, instead of IE....all the rest were set to IE, but this may be the file typ of embedded URL or something....working so far.....thanks a million....

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Getting General Failure. &nbsp;The URL was ....<br />
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Why am I now getting this &quot;general Failure&quot; message when I click on a URL within email, outlook or RSS feeds...didn't get it before, but am getting it now, and it drives me crazy
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Getting General Failure.  The URL was ....

Why am I now getting this "general Failure" message when I click on a URL within email, outlook or RSS feeds...didn't get it before, but am getting it now, and it drives me crazy

Why am I now getting a &quot;general Failure. the URL was ......when I click on a URL within my email or RSS feeds in outlook????

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.

Outlook

Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.

Why am I now getting a &quot;general Failure. the URL was ......when I click on a URL within my email or RSS feeds in outlook????

Why am I now getting a "general Failure. the URL was ......when I click on a URL within my email or RSS feeds in outlook????