Brad:

Just tried this with Win95 B and it works ok. Using Netscape 4.5
not running it brings up Netscape and loads the page.
Here is the URL to my web site that I used " http://www.GoTDS.com "
If you used a fresh install perhaps it is not supported in the "A" version.
Good luck

At 02:11 AM 11/10/98 , you wrote:
>Hello:
>
>I have recently had some trouble with the copernic98
>application, and one suggestion I got from tech support was
>to enter a URL in the --Start--Run--  box. The idea was that
>if I couldn't connect to a web page this way, that I should
>reinstall Netscape.
>
>When I enter a URL in the RUN box, I get an error message
>saying that the file could not be found. I tried entering
>the URL when connected to the internet, when not connected,
>and when Netscape was running and not running. I tried
>pasting the URL directly into the box, with http:, without
>http:, using www, leaving www out, ect.
>
>I also tried entering a URL that ends in a filename, not
>just a directory, so that I could have an html extension on
>it, hoping that it would be associated with Netscape. Htm
>and html files are both associated with Netscape in the
>"file types" box.
>
>Does anyone know what might be the problem, or what settings
>I could look at?
>
>I also tried doing this on a "clean"  hard drive that I had
>just set up, with the same results. I had Netscape 4.04 on
>one drive and Netscape 4.05 on the "clean" hard drive.
>
>In both cases, I am using win95a--that is, with service pack
>1 as well as a few other updates and patches.
>
>I do remember reading that you should be able to connect to
>the internet by entering a URL in the RUN box, but I can't
>get it to work.
>
>Thanks.
>Brad Britton


Bob Thrasher

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