Q185088: Web Links on Favorites Menu Connect You to Random Web Pages

Article: Q185088
Product(s): The Microsoft Network
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kbmsn
Last Modified: 14-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- The Microsoft Network version 2.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you click a Web link on the Favorites menu in MSN, The Microsoft Network,
Program Viewer, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms:

- You may connect to a random Web page you previously visited.

- If you click any Web link on the Favorites menu, you connect to the same
  random Web page during the current MSN session.

- You cannot type Web page addresses in Program Viewer's address box.

Note that none of these symptoms occur when you click a Web link on the Favorites
menu in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

CAUSE
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This behavior can occur if more than 400 files and folders are located inside
the Windows\Favorites folder.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, reduce the number of files and folders located inside
the Windows\Favorites folder to less than 400.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in The Microsoft Network, version
2.5.

Additional query words: msnet msnetwork microsoft-net m.s.n.

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Keywords          : kbenv kbmsn 
Technology        : kbMSNSearch kbMSN250
Version           : WINDOWS:2.5
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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