"Suz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi there, each time I try to email from an Internet
> Explorer (version 6) website I get the following message:-
> "unable to perform function as default mail client not
> properly installed", so I have to copy and then paste the
> address into my own service provider. Also I uninstalled
> version 6 yesterday on the intention of reinstalling it to
> maybe recitify this problem and it wiped out all of my
> programme files!! and lots more besides!! Had to resort
> to System Restore to get everything back. Really big help
> needed here. Any suggestions, please.
From
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/defaultl.htm
To set Outlook Express as the default mail program:
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
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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