Can't get my e-mail program preference to work

[Guest]

I've set up my e-mail preference to be Outlook using the >Tools>Internet
Options>Programs menu. Outlook shows on the picklist and it's been selected
on the resulting menu box.

But when I try to send a link by e-mail and/or send a "new message" from the

File menu, Outlook Express opens as the default e-mail program.

How can I get this straightened out?

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
For Outlook 98 or 2000:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers_5.htm#outlook
For Outlook 2002:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223877
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;284367
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296209

There may be other possibilities at
http://support.microsoft.com/select/default.aspx?target=search&c1=505&

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP IE/OE]

 

[Guest]

I'm using Outlook 2002 but none of the three solutions worked for me

Hi,
For Outlook 98 or 2000:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers_5.htm#outlook
For Outlook 2002:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223877
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;284367
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296209

There may be other possibilities at
http://support.microsoft.com/select/default.aspx?target=search&c1=505&

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP IE/OE]

I've set up my e-mail preference to be Outlook using the >Tools>Internet
Options>Programs menu. Outlook shows on the picklist and it's been selected
on the resulting menu box.

But when I try to send a link by e-mail and/or send a "new message" from the

How can I get this straightened out?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I've set up my e-mail preference to be Outlook using the
and it's been selected on the resulting menu box.

But when I try to send a link by e-mail and/or send a "new message"
from the

How can I get this straightened out?

To set Outlook 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

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[JoeGerm]

Just fixed this for someone...

Right-click Start button, select Properties, select Customize Start Menu,
select Show on Start Menu and select your mail client.

All the other solutions I saw on the board didn't work for me. This one did.

 

[Guest]

Afraid that that did not work either. I'm puzzled.

 

[Guest]

Thanks very much -- that did the trick!!

Sure seems like a strange back-roads approach to solving the problem, but it
works and I'll not bother questioning how we got there (grin).

Thanks again.