my mail button in I.E won't find my outlook express as my
default e-mailer. How do I fix this

Thanks for all your help

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> my mail button in I.E won't find my outlook express as my
> default e-mailer. How do I fix this
>
> Thanks for all your help

From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/defaultl.htm

Go to Start | Run and type this command, with the double quotes and spaces:

"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg

and then make sure that OE is selected as the default mail program in both
IE and OE.

If that isn't enough, see this article:
"Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work Using Outlook Express as Default:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

You might also want to try this:

Restores OE to the E-mail clients list in Internet Options
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/oe_client.htm

To set Outlook 98, 2000 or 2002(XP) as the default mail client,- Go to
Start, Run - Type in the following with quotation marks and press OK
"C:\program files\microsoft office\office\outlook.exe" /checkclient
For more information on Outlook see:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/defaultmailer.htm

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"RastaVlasta" wrote:

> Hi!
>
> My problem is similar. I want to be able to change the default e-mail client
> to Lotus Notes (network installation). I had local version of LN as the
> default client - no problem there, but IE doesn't let me specify as the
> default mail client the version of LN that I am running on server. Is it
> possible to similarly tweak the registry to include LN in IE's list of mail
> programs?
>
> Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Janez
>
>
>
>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:44ae01c49042$f75dafd0$(E-Mail Removed)
> > > my mail button in I.E won't find my outlook express as my
> > > default e-mailer. How do I fix this
> > >
> > > Thanks for all your help
> >
> > From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/defaultl.htm
> >
> > Go to Start | Run and type this command, with the double quotes and spaces:
> >
> > "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg
> >
> > and then make sure that OE is selected as the default mail program in both
> > IE and OE.
> >
> > If that isn't enough, see this article:
> > "Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work Using Outlook Express as Default:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098
> >
> > You might also want to try this:
> >
> > Restores OE to the E-mail clients list in Internet Options
> > http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/oe_client.htm
> >
> > To set Outlook 98, 2000 or 2002(XP) as the default mail client,- Go to
> > Start, Run - Type in the following with quotation marks and press OK
> > "C:\program files\microsoft office\office\outlook.exe" /checkclient
> > For more information on Outlook see:
> > http://www.slipstick.com/config/defaultmailer.htm
> >
> > --
> > Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
> > Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
> > http://www.fjsmjs.com
> > Protect your PC
> > http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
> >
> >
> >

"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg

worked a treat for mine THANK YOU :-)


It didn't appear to do anything at all, (nothing happened when I put that
line into Run) but then Mailwasher Pro which hadn't recognised a default
email for the last two hours immediately OE up. Unless it was a fluke?