email (outlook express)

[Guest]

When I wish to email somthing from ,say,word I r/clik on 'send to mail
recipient 'and a box pops up with 'outlook ' . this is no good to me as I use
o/l express . Big question , how do I get that box to say OUTLOOK EXPRESS .
and therefore letting me send to whoever??? as it is at the moment I fail to
be able to send to anybody!!! tony

 

[Guest]

I'm not sure bout this tonycp
but have you checked your file types for msg seems to me if you put that on
outlook express that it should work fine

 

[Merlin]

When I wish to email somthing from ,say,word I r/clik on 'send to mail
recipient 'and a box pops up with 'outlook ' . this is no good to me as I
use
o/l express . Big question , how do I get that box to say OUTLOOK EXPRESS
.
and therefore letting me send to whoever??? as it is at the moment I fail
to
be able to send to anybody!!! tony

Control Panel > Internet Options > Programs tab Where it says E-mail change
the dropdown to Outlokk Express.

 

[PA Bear]

1. http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx; then...

2a. http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx

2b. (WinXP) [Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs >] Set Program Access and
Defaults > Email > ...

If still no joy, see:

SendTo and E-mail Links Do Not Work Using Outlook Express as Default
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

Multiple browser windows open when you click on a mailto: link:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MailtoProtocol.htm

Microsoft Outlook updates change the default mail handler to Microsoft
Outlook
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#13

DefaultMail v2.1
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/defaultmail.htm
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OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)