MS Office Outlook vs. MS Mail when clicking on a web email link

[Joe]

I'm new to Vista and so far so good- one little thing I don't like- I'm
using Windows Mail, not MS Office Outlook. I haven't used the wizard to set
up Office Outlook and don't care to.

When I click on a web page's email link- it always brings up Office Outlook
instead of Windows Mail- how can I force those links to bring up Mail
instead?

Thanks,
Joe

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Go to the Start menu, Default Programs, then
click the first item: "Set your default programs."
After a few seconds a list of programs comes up.
Click on Windows Mail. To the right you should then see
"This program has all its defaults."
If it has less than ALL of its defaults, fix it by clicking on
"Set this program as default."

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Note: You will have to fix this every time Office installs an update for
Outlook.