Unable to open URL hyperlinks in Outlook Express

[Darren Rye]

I am running Microsoft Outlook Express 6 on a Windows XP
machine. For some reason when I click on the hyperlinks
that are included in my mail messages I get errors that
the page cannot be found, etc.


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When I look at the web address, the desired address is
appended onto it self. For example, If I try to click on
a www.cnn.com hyperlink, it tries to open the web browser
with the following:

http://www.cnn.com/ "http://www.cnn.com/"

So no wonder I get errors that the page cannot be found.


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The above even happens if I go to Microsoft Outlook
Express's pulldown menus. For example, Help->Microsoft on
the Web->Frequently Asked Questions

I get that there is no Microsoft web page matching my
entry.
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Does anyone have any idea on how to correct this? I have
downloaded all of the patches from Microsoft and cannot
find any option in the pull-down menus to fix this.

Thanks in advance,

Darren