Nothing Happens When You Click a Link in Internet Explorer

ID: Q175775

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you click a link on a Web page, nothing may happen. You may also notice that the mouse pointer does not change as it hovers over the link.

CAUSE

Web pages use Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) to mark tags and links to other Web pages or other sections within the same page. The <ul> and </ul> tags are used to mark the beginning and end of a bulleted list.

The behavior described in this article can occur if only a comment is placed between the <ul> and </ul> tags above a link.

For example, the following section of sample HTML code may not work:

   <ul><!--this is a sample comment--></ul>
   <a href="abcd.htm">hyperlink</a>

   <ul>Any text<!--this is a sample comment--></ul>
   <a href="abcd.htm">hyperlink</a>

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain Internet Explorer 4.01. To do so, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

   http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download/ 

Keywords          : kbui msiew95 msient 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: March 18, 1999