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Q306814: Bookshelf: Cannot Connect to a Site When You Click Web Link

Article: Q306814
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbimu
Last Modified: 29-JAN-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Bookshelf 2000 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you click a Web link in Microsoft Bookshelf, your browser is redirected to
a Microsoft Encarta Web site that contains links to Encarta.msn.com sites and
the following message:

  web links

  We're sorry! This Internet resource is no longer available.

As a result, you cannot connect to a Web site when you click the Web link for
that site in Bookshelf.

CAUSE
=====

This problem occurs because the Bookshelf Web site, http://bookshelf.msn.com, is
no longer available. Bookshelf has been replaced by Encarta World English
Dictionary and other Encarta reference products and services such as Microsoft
Encarta Encyclopedia Standard, Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe, Microsoft
Encarta Reference Suite, Microsoft Encarta Online, and Microsoft Encarta Online
Deluxe.

WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this behavior, copy the Web address of the link from the
Bookshelf web links page to the Address bar of your browser, and then use your
browser to connect to the Web site. To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the web links page in Microsoft Bookshelf, select the link of the Web site
  that you want to visit, right-click your selection, and then click Copy.

2. Start Microsoft Internet Explorer, right-click anywhere in the Address bar,
  and then click Paste.

3. Press the ENTER key to connect to the Web site.

REFERENCES
==========

For additional information about how to troubleshoot Encarta and other Microsoft
reference products, click the article number below to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q253693 Encarta and Reference Products Troubleshooter Available

For more information about how to troubleshoot Bookshelf 2000 issues, see the
following Microsoft Web site:

  Microsoft Reference 99 Products and Bookshelf 2000 Troubleshooter
  (http://support.microsoft.com/support/reference/Tshoot99/default.asp)

For more information and support on Microsoft reference products, see the
following Microsoft Web site:

  Visit the Microsoft Reference Products Technical Support Home Page
  (http://support.microsoft.com/directory/content.asp?PR=ref&FR=0&SD=GN&LN=EN-US&CT=SD&SE=NONA)

The World English Dictionary is an online dictionary that is a feature of the
Encarta Online Web site at the following Web site:

  http://encarta.msn.com (http://encarta.msn.com)

The Encarta Online Web site is free and available to all Web site visitors.
Access to the encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, language lessons, and other
services is available to all with the exception of articles that are marked with
a star. These articles are only available to Encarta Online Deluxe subscribers.

For more information about Encarta Online Deluxe, see the following Microsoft Web
site:

  http://encarta.msn.com/products/deluxe/signup.asp
  (http://encarta.msn.com/products/deluxe/signup.asp)

For more information about current Encarta reference products, see the following
Microsoft Web site:

  http://encarta.msn.com/shop/encproducts.asp
  (http://encarta.msn.com/shop/encproducts.asp)

Additional query words: weblinks sbp office

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Keywords          : kbimu 
Technology        : kbHomeMMsearch kbBookshelfSearch kbBookShelf2000
Version           : :
Issue type        : kbprb

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