Nothing Happens When You Click a Link in Internet Explorer
Article ID: 175775
Article Last Modified on 6/5/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 1.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 128-Bit Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 128-Bit Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
This article was previously published under Q175775
SYMPTOMS
When you click a link on a Web page, nothing may happen. You may also
notice that the mouse pointer does not change as it hovers over the link.
CAUSE
Web pages use Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) to mark tags and links to
other Web pages or other sections within the same page. The <ul> and </ul>
tags are used to mark the beginning and end of a bulleted list.
The behavior described in this article can occur if only a comment is
placed between the <ul> and </ul> tags above a link.
For example, the following section of sample HTML code may not work:
<ul><!--this is a sample comment--></ul>
<a href="abcd.htm">hyperlink</a>
However, this section of sample HTML code should work:
<ul>Any text<!--this is a sample comment--></ul>
<a href="abcd.htm">hyperlink</a>
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Internet Explorer 4.01. To do so, visit
the following Microsoft Web site:
Additional query words: activate hypertext 4.00
Keywords: kbui KB175775