Comments on: Fix for URL General Failure errors in Vista, Outlook and Firefox

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:09:03 +0000

I recently installed Windows 7 and was having the described problem of not being able to open links in firefox from outlook. I followed the directions above…

Go to start>run type regedit click ok

Now you need to navigate the following key from left pane

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxURL\shell\open\ddeexec

Now you need to Double click on the Default REG_SZ registry value from right hand side, which should have a value of “”%1?,,0,0,,,,”. Delete that value and leave it blank.

Close and exit registry editor

…and now I no longer get the error message when I click a link from an e-mail but nothing else happens either. Is there another step or something else I need to do?

Thanks in advance.

By: Thomas Steele

Thomas Steele — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:10:08 +0000

Worked! Thanks.

By: lurelyn

lurelyn — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:42:25 +0000

Can anyone help my problem because I couldn’t open the Cpanel of my site… always windows prompt:
Not Found

The requested URL /Cpanel was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8i DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at lpablo.usm-cencom.net Port 80

By: doug hoerr

doug hoerr — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:13:04 +0000

fix error windows mobile iexplore.exe 5.2.0.0

By: TINA DUDLEY

TINA DUDLEY — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:55:57 +0000

I’m unable to open certain e:mails with attachments, it continues to say no url found. Can you help me.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:04:08 +0000

Works on my Vista Home Basic, Outlook 2007, Firefox 2.0.0.14

Thanks

By: admin

admin — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:54:37 +0000

@sue
You need to make sure if you are using IE as your default web browser.Which OS you are using XP or vista

or try this

Open Windows Explorer> Tools> Folder Options> File Types tab. Highlight URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol click Advanced button then Edit button. Under Application used to perform action it should read:
“C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” -nohome

Hope this helps

By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Can anyone help.When opening an email if I click on the web address of a company etc, outlook wont go there unless I have Internet explorer already open, its giving my the irrates. Hope someone can help

By: MuddyG

MuddyG — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:17:40 +0000

Hmmm… I’m having multiple problems with Firefox with the latest update, and cannot get it to run at all. Have unistalled and reinstalled multiple times. I have the same URL general failure happening now with IE, and this fix didn’t help (not surprisingly). Any idea how to fix IE?

By: Terry Parr

Terry Parr — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:04:31 +0000

It worked
1st one that has in Vista
well done