Different Default HTML Editor Appears When You Click Edit

ID: Q224393

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you try to edit a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) file with Microsoft Word 97 for Windows by clicking Edit in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word 2000 may start instead. Note that this may occur even if you have previously configured Word 97 for Windows to be your default HTML editor.

CAUSE

This issue can occur because Word 2000 becomes your default HTML editor when you install it.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, open HTML files in Word 97 for Windows.

Additional query words: 2000 5.0 5.00


Keywords          : kbtool kbui msiew95 msient msiew98 
Version           : WINDOWS:5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 28, 1999