Very strange IE7 behaviour

ssilverm · 10-28-2008, 03:45 AM

I'm running IE7 on Vista 64-bit. It is definitely set as my default
browser.

As of a couple of days ago, URLs will not longer work outside of the
browser.

If I type a URL directly into the Start Menu's "Run" box I am told
that:

"This file does not have a program associated with it for
performing this action. Create an association in the Set Association
control panel".

If I click on a link within Windows Live Mail, the
same thing happens.

The problem manifests itself slightly differently within Outlook 2007.
I get prompted to choose the program I want to use to open the link.
Naturally I choose IE and ensure that the "always use this program"
box is checked. However, the next time I click a link within an email,
the same thing happens.

If I set Firefox as my default program, everything works perfectly,
but I only want to use that browser as an exception, not as my normal
browser. I tried uninstalling it to see if it would help, but it
didn't. I also tried installing IE 8 beta 2 to see if that would clear the problem. It didn't.

Any and all suggestions gratefully received.

Steve S.

GingerScouse · 11-01-2008, 07:33 AM

my internet explorer (IE 7) is coming up with "there is not enough free memory to run this program, quit one or more programs and try again" and "windows cannot access the specified device, path or file you may not have the appropriate permissions to access this item"....

- what does this mean????? Also the CPU is freaking out, its always at 100% when IE7 is running and cannot have any other programs running otherwise the typing takes ages to do (supprisingly its quite fast now, but im really fed up of my IE slowing my pc down and the pc being slow in general. I have run anti-virus and anti spyware programs and it says that my system is clean. I was worried I had a key logger but when i scanned my system I did not. :) its very strange...!!!!

Also it's saying I dont have full permissions - but I am the admin on my laptop and should have full permissions?!

Any and ALL suggestions would be very gratefully received right now! am ready to put the laptop in the bin and buy a new one!!!!!!! :@

Regards,

Sarah x

10-28-2008, 03:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
ssilverm Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 17 OS: Vista Home Premium	Very strange IE7 behaviour I'm running IE7 on Vista 64-bit. It is definitely set as my default browser. As of a couple of days ago, URLs will not longer work outside of the browser. If I type a URL directly into the Start Menu's "Run" box I am told that: "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Association control panel". If I click on a link within Windows Live Mail, the same thing happens. The problem manifests itself slightly differently within Outlook 2007. I get prompted to choose the program I want to use to open the link. Naturally I choose IE and ensure that the "always use this program" box is checked. However, the next time I click a link within an email, the same thing happens. If I set Firefox as my default program, everything works perfectly, but I only want to use that browser as an exception, not as my normal browser. I tried uninstalling it to see if it would help, but it didn't. I also tried installing IE 8 beta 2 to see if that would clear the problem. It didn't. Any and all suggestions gratefully received. Steve S.

11-01-2008, 07:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
GingerScouse Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 1 OS: Vista SP1	Re: Very strange IE7 behaviour my internet explorer (IE 7) is coming up with "there is not enough free memory to run this program, quit one or more programs and try again" and "windows cannot access the specified device, path or file you may not have the appropriate permissions to access this item".... - what does this mean????? Also the CPU is freaking out, its always at 100% when IE7 is running and cannot have any other programs running otherwise the typing takes ages to do (supprisingly its quite fast now, but im really fed up of my IE slowing my pc down and the pc being slow in general. I have run anti-virus and anti spyware programs and it says that my system is clean. I was worried I had a key logger but when i scanned my system I did not. :) its very strange...!!!! Also it's saying I dont have full permissions - but I am the admin on my laptop and should have full permissions?! Any and ALL suggestions would be very gratefully received right now! am ready to put the laptop in the bin and buy a new one!!!!!!! :@ Regards, Sarah x