Desktop HTML shortcuts launch Notes - no help from Lotus support

We're working on a Corporate Welcome Page being pushed through R6 
Policies.  Using "Microsoft Internet Explorer," as the desired browser in 
the Location document, does not display the HTML page properly (known fact 
as to how Notes Framesets work with web pages created in another product).

Using "Notes with Internet Explorer" set in the Location document the HTML 
page displays as desired BUT clients' Desktop shortcuts to web pages and 
web apps now open, and some try to open and fail or hangup particularily 
with email links, inside Notes (and will open Notes client first  if it is 
shutdown). 

In Windows Explorer the file association set for HTML is to launch 
Internet Explorer.  Called IBM support and they said there should be "no" 
file association configuration in Notes that would cause this problem - 
that it is an Operating System problem.  Cannot find in Registry or other 
program locations where this could be set.  ANYBODY ELSE SEEN THIS. 
APPRECIATE ANY COMMENTS ASAP.  THANKS.
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Gary L Wade
Lotus Notes Administrator
City of Orlando - City Hall
400 S. Orange Ave.
PO Box 4990
Orlando, FL 32802-4990
(PH) 407.246.3796  (Fax) 407.246.2878
Gary.Wade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx