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When i click links I get an error message that Windows cannot find.. then puts the link i clicked... then a bunch of garbled stuff... how can i fix this?

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When I click external links, (not in a page i have open) like from other programs... I get an error that Windows cannot find ( then puts the link that I clicked) then a bunch of garbage... after this errors comes up, the page i was trying to load comes up. The error message sometimes sticks and have to ctrl alt del to close it. This didn't start until i updated to the current version. (4.0.1) Please help.... this is seriously frustrating me!

When I click external links, (not in a page i have open) like from other programs... I get an error that Windows cannot find ( then puts the link that I clicked) then a bunch of garbage... after this errors comes up, the page i was trying to load comes up. The error message sometimes sticks and have to ctrl alt del to close it. This didn't start until i updated to the current version. (4.0.1) Please help.... this is seriously frustrating me!

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