KB184070 - XCLN: URL Opened in Outlook Today Starts Internet Explorer

Article ID: 184070

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

Microsoft Outlook 98 Deployment Kit
Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q184070

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Outlook 98, when you open a Web link that is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) added to the Outlook Today view, the link appears to open Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, even though you use another program as your default Web browser.

CAUSE

This behavior for Outlook 98 is by design. Although it appears that Internet Explorer 4.0 is opened, the link is actually being accessed using an embedded HTML rendering control that is based on Internet Explorer 4.0 technology.

The use of this browser control within Outlook 98 does not change your default browser for accessing Web links in other situations.

STATUS

Currently there is no procedure for using another browser within the Outlook Today view.

WORKAROUND

To open the Web link in your default browser, type it directly in to the browser's command window, or access it from a source other than Outlook Today.

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