Making Window Mail default mail handler??

[Timothy Wright]

Ever since I installed Office 97 (yes I know it's old ) Windows Mail has
changed from being my default handler. I removed Outlook and then removed
Office 97 but still I cannot get Windows Mail to be my default mail program.
When I click on "make default" and then go right back in to check, it has
already changed back to not being the default handler. What can I do?

 

[Steve Cochran]

How did you make it default?

Try Control Panel | Default Programs and then set WinMail there as default.

If that doesn't work then try going to Start | Search and copy and paste the
line below. Then check Control Panel | Default Programs again.

"c:\program files\windows mail\winmail.exe" /reg

steve

 

[Timothy Wright]

Originally I tried making Winmail my default under Tools/Options (inside
WinMail). When I go under Default Programs it show only Win Mail (News)
which only lets me change the news handler. There is no program listed for
WinMail (Mail) When I go to "Set Program Access and Computer Defaults" it
only shows "Use my current email program" with no options to change it. I
tried using "c:\program files\windows mail\winmail.exe" /reg but it did not
work either. It's like it does not recognize WinMail. It will not let me
email webpages, that option is greyed out.

Is there a way of reinstalling just WinMail? Perhaps I corrupted some files
when installing Office 97. Or should I just reinstall Vista?

tim

 

[Timothy Wright]

Problem solved! I reinstalled Vista and it is back to normal.

Thanks for your input Steve.

Tim

 

[Steve Cochran]

Glad you fixed it. I think Office 97 is not for Vista.

steve

 

[Guest]

When you reinstalled, did you lose anything? I have the same problem with
Outlook 2003 I installed but don't want to lose all of the work I have done,
programs I have installed, contact and address books I have input, etc.

Thanks for the response.

 

[Guest]

This is helful but my problem is that direct sending of WORD Documents (and
EXEL) defaults to Outlook, when Windows Mail is my default e-mail. Docs and
EXCEL do not list in my list of default programs and, as I only installed
Office 2007 yesterday, I am a bit nervous over how to load them.