10 January 2008 - 10:57 AM

A method I've used to deal with this is to open another browser (in my case, Opera), set it to be the default browser, then go back to Fireshizzle and make it the default again.

Ben Lacy

17 January 2008 - 04:10 PM

Thanks for the help. I had this problem with Outlook 2007 and Windows Vista.

Under Vista, go to Control Panel -> Programs -> Default Programs -> Set program access and computer defaults.

You need to be logged in as an administrator.

It didn't work immediately for me. I'm not sure if it worked after the next time I logged in, or after I had rebooted the computer.

Thanks again,

Chris

Chris Hayashida

23 January 2008 - 05:35 AM

Worked fine for me without any other browser installed - just changed from Default Browser to IE !
Cheers

Antman

23 January 2008 - 09:26 AM

you'd think I could remember this happening to you last week so I could fix it on my computer. anyhow, my system required a reboot in order for these changes to work, but they did.

Steve

14 February 2008 - 05:04 PM

Just to follow up:

I had to re-apply this fix when I updated to Mozilla Firefox 3 Beta 3. I did need to log out and log back in after making a change with an administrator account, but I did not need to reboot.

HTH,

Chris

Chris Hayashida

6 March 2008 - 09:17 PM

Worked like a charm. Thanks!

Brian

20 March 2008 - 09:05 PM

The instructions from Chris above that relate to Outlook 2007 and Windows Vista are THE ANSWER. jUST TO ADD SOME DETAIL: Be sure to go into 'Set program access and defaults' and NOT 'Set your program defaults' (it doesn't work going through the latter). Then, once in 'Set program access and defaults,' expand the Custom tab and change from 'Use my current Web browser' to Firefox (or IE, depending on which you prefer) and click OK. Close Outlook and reopen and links in email should now open your preferred browser. THANKS CHRIS.

Steve

22 March 2008 - 10:20 AM

I solved this problem by clicking on this site:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
Just choose HTM/HTML Associations (Restore the default associations for htm/html files)
Very quick and useful!

Ivan Idjo

4 April 2008 - 10:29 AM

Worked fine for me without any other browser installed - just changed from Default Browser to IE !
Thanks for the help...

Lynne

10 April 2008 - 07:09 AM

Wicked! Thanks muchly, I went through Steve's route and fixed this issue. can't believe this was bugging me for weeks and now it's gone, thanx so much, I didn't need to go to the registry afterall!

mowens

25 April 2008 - 06:36 AM

I solved it using the link

www.cnblogs.com/.../496187.html

Outlook 2007 and Vista Ultimate

Jeppe Vestertjele

15 May 2008 - 10:47 AM

I am using Win 2k3 server, which doesnt have Program Access and Defaults, at least not like XP does, but it did work for me just by changing default browser and closing and reopening outlook.

Thx for the help
Kyi

Kyi

23 May 2008 - 02:35 PM

Thanks your fix worked fine for me. I had exactly the same problem - tried out Firefox 3 then decided to uninstall to go back to version 2.0.0.14 .

For info I'm using Win XP spk3 v3244 with MS Outlook 2003 SP3.

Thanks again!

Neil
Cumbria
UK

Neil

27 May 2008 - 11:21 AM

Wow glad I found this. Microsoft's knowledge base has complete nonsense. I believe I installed FireFox 3 beta and uninstalled it.

Jason

4 June 2008 - 06:29 AM

Just wanted to say thank for the info. It saved me hours of hassle and frustration.

Cheers once again!

BB

beanbag

4 June 2008 - 12:55 PM

Worked for me!

Frank

22 June 2008 - 09:41 AM

Thanks so very much..

Searched on the web & every other site pointed me to a Microsoft page that said a registry entry had been corrupted & to import and replace the corrupted entry. Tried that & no change.. Tried system restore to the oldest restore point available, tried system file checker, tried uninstalling any new programs installed in the last few weeks and nothing worked.

Guess the problem happened when I tried to upgrade to Firefox 3 from 2.0.0.14, program wouldn't load properly, browser page was displaying corrupted, so I decided to go back to 2.0.0.14. (another NIGHTMARE). Took me almost 6 hours to finally get Firefox working again and back to the state it was in before I tried the upgrade. (apparently FF 3 changes and adds other files to your profile & FF 2 can't remove or overwrite the new info).

So, after pulling my hair out and starting to think "rebuild", your simple solution fixed the problem without even needing a re-boot.

again, thanks!!

Joanna

24 June 2008 - 06:54 PM

Thank you! This worked wonderfully for me when Outlook failed to initialize Firefox 3 after I had installed it.

melissa

6 July 2008 - 10:24 PM

I have Win XP pro and had this trouble after uninstalling Firefox 3 It worked, thanks for the tip.

Jeff

7 July 2008 - 04:52 AM

There is a god! Thanks for this - it worked first time. What is Mozilla thinking about, here?

Tim Trent

8 July 2008 - 10:46 AM

BEAUTIFUL!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!

Cristian Pardo

16 July 2008 - 09:27 PM

Thank you very much for this solution. I hate to say it that I think my outlook was broken with respect to clicking hyperlinks after I installed the latest version of Foxfire.

I really am not pleased with software that takes over aspects of my pc without asking, for self serving reasons no less.

Be that as it may. THANK YOU, I have been hunting for this solution for days.

Bye.

hbash

17 July 2008 - 08:17 PM

This link was the only thing that worked for me using Vista SP1 and Office 2007:
www.dougknox.com/.../html_association_fix.zip

Peter

18 July 2008 - 02:05 PM

my desktop folders including mydocument and any other folder i makes on the desktop when I click over it "Operation has been cancelled due to restriction" is displays please help me to recover from this problem

Singhs

2 August 2008 - 09:17 PM

Thank you! That message was irking the h*ll out of me!

Jay

10 August 2008 - 07:15 AM

I love your work!

The Doosh

14 August 2008 - 11:52 AM

This happened right after installing all the new MS security updates, and so I was already blaming them (which sounded a lot like "$%#^@* Microsoft!!!!!"). But I did also revert to Firefox 2 this week, and so it turns out that this was what I had to do. I restarted Outlook, and everything is okay! Thanks!

swaan

15 August 2008 - 01:14 PM

Thank You, After spending too much time with dipsticks on the phone you solved it on 20 seconds. I don't know why it switched but it works good now

Roger