Hi,
Which version of Windows?
Which version of Internet Explorer?
When you right-click the IE icon, does Internet Options open?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Octavio" <inquirer@inquirer.com> wrote in message
news:289CAA24-8709-4C84-B07E-AC1B348A3880@microsoft.com...
> Today for the first time I am getting the following error message when I
try
> to open my Internet Explorer using the icon on my desktop:
>
> Directory Listing Denied
> This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed.
>
> Please advise why I cannot open it (PS: My MSN is working fine, and so is
> my Windows Live Mail that I am using to send this posting)
>