I bet I can solve this problem for you/us.

What (I think) is wrong is that you have entered into your “HOSTS� file all those url’s that send all those annoying ads to your computer when you surf,...

but instead of getting a clean looking, uncluttered, easy to read page like you thought you’d get,....

there are a bunch of stupid looking “action cancelled� pages wherever there used to be an ad.


I tried the registry edit/hack and had no luck with it.

So I Googled around a little and figured out that the “navigation cancelled� page is .html, but can’t be accessed via normal means. That is, you can’t just do a search for the file and just edit the code to be a blank page. And as I mentioned, it wasn't possible for me to just enter a different value into the registry to change it either, as this link suggests: http://windows.about.com/library/tips/bltip568.htm


The way to fix this, that is, to have blank fields where all the ads which your computer does not even have to download anymore, and which look much cleaner than the alternative, is to do something called a “Resource Hack�.

I found some freeware on CNET’s download site by searching on that term,

"Resource Hacker" : http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.ht...rce+hacker&tg=
dl-2001&search.x=0&search.y=0&search=+Go%2521+

....and installed and ran the program.

With this program, I am able to access an .html page “inside� of a .dll file.

The .dll of interest here I believe is (res://)C:\WINDOWS\System32\shdoclc.dll, and the .html code is navcancl.htm.

If you right-click where the ad used to be and the ‘navigation cancelled� message/.html is,.... and then access the properties from the drop-down menu, you can see this information, as well as the ad’s url.

So, once you have the resource hacking freeware installed and running, navigate within it to the .dll and open the navcancl.htm up. Cut or delete the .html code in the ‘file’ and replace it with your own favorite code or do what I did and just replace it with the (simple) .html code for a blank page.

Then save the new navcancl.htm to the .dll and close the program and...

voila.

The regedit didn't work for me either, so I googled around a bit, and found a sure way to do it.

Please see my post, and if you like it, tell me what you think.

Thanks
Renfield

I've been reading the posts here and am interested. My problem is slightly different.

My weeb pages come up fine, but some times I get the "action canceled" message where the ads are supposed to be (this even happens on the daniweb.com page. Is that a problem with the HOSTS file? If so, how cann I correct it?

No, not true, your problem is exactly the same as what I describe.

If you can follow/understand written instructions, (see my post just one up from yours, and I hope that's not too far) then you can find the .dll (canned .htm/.html) page that shows up where your ads used to be.

The IE program loads a default page where the hosts file tells it not to look. If you use a resource hacking program to find and modify that default page ("Action Cancelled"/navcancl.htm) to a blank page, then there will be just nice white (or any color or pattern you like) backgrounds where the "Action Cancelled" page was previously loaded.

It (navcancl.htm) may not be the exact same .dll resource, but you should still be able to find any of them somewhere in that same directory.

Good Luck, but somehow I don't think it's going to make much difference in your case.

I used Renfield's method with Resource Hacker and it worked just fine.

I also found this to be quite funny. http://www.actioncanceled.net

(I clicked the ads, figured he deserved it) suprisingly the ads actually matched what I was looking for.

Is there anyone who knows what causes the "action cancelled" ? It seems to be random..... and will activate while I'm right in the middle of reading a page or doing something else. It's becoming a major inconvenience and drivning me crazzyyyyyyyyyy !! Can anyone help me get rid of this bugger ???