Windows mail default handler

[Melinda]

When I use Internet Explorer 7 (Vista) and double click a link on the page to
send an email via Windows Mail, it doesn't work. Message is "This application
is not the Default Mail Handler." When I go into Windows Mail Tools, Options
and click "Make Default" where it says "This application is not the Default
Mail Handler", it doesn't work. The button goes from black to gray and then
when I exit and come back in, the change has not been made.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
"Set your default programs."
After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on Windows
Mail. If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green arrow.

 

[Deb]

I'm having the same problem, I went the the default settings but Windows Mail
is not listed -- Windows News is listed but not "Mail". Any other
suggestions? It was working fine one day and now I get the pop up window
every time I want to check my email. Thanks.

 

[Melinda]

Maybe that is the issue - that windows mail is not listed but windows news is
listed and the mail isn't. We need to know how to list the mail. I've tried
what Gary V suggested, and this doesn't resolve the problem.
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mkh

I'm having the same problem, I went the the default settings but Windows Mail
is not listed -- Windows News is listed but not "Mail". Any other
suggestions? It was working fine one day and now I get the pop up window
every time I want to check my email. Thanks.

 

[Deb]

Yep exactly, I hope Gary V or someone can tell us how to get Windows Mail
back on the default list. This is aggravation - I hope we can get this
resolved.

 

[Deb]

BRINK -- THANK YOU!!! It worked!!!!

Deb

Hello Deb,

This tutorial will show you how to set Windows Mail back as the default
email program, and how to add it back to the Default Programs list if it
is not listed.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/83185-windows-mail-default-associations.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn


--
Brink

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
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*Please post feedback to help others.*

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Melinda, are you saying that (like Deb), Windows Mail is not listed
in your Default Programs list? Responder Brink already posted one
solution, but if you'd rather not have to join a membership, you can
get the same fix here without any strings attached:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...issing-from-the-default-programs-listing.html

 

[Melinda]

What is listed in the Default programs list is: Windows Mail (News). Does
this cover both mail and news?

 

[Melinda]

Thanks Brink! this worked.
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mkh

Hello Deb,

This tutorial will show you how to set Windows Mail back as the default
email program, and how to add it back to the Default Programs list if it
is not listed.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/83185-windows-mail-default-associations.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn


--
Brink

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com)
*Please post feedback to help others.*

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

No, that's only for the Usenet news module of Windows Mail.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP

What is listed in the Default programs list is: Windows Mail (News). Does
this cover both mail and news?

 

[Guest]

Have you tried this yet?

<http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...issing-from-the-default-programs-listing.html>

I'm having the same problem, I went the the default settings but Windows
Mail
is not listed -- Windows News is listed but not "Mail". Any other
suggestions? It was working fine one day and now I get the pop up window
every time I want to check my email. Thanks.