Changing default email program

[Guest]

I have an annoying problem on Windows XP, which suddenly popped up some
months ago. I use outlook express for email, but when I have a word or adobe
document open and click Send to mail recipient as attachment, an Outlook
message comes up. On several occasions I have not noticed this and couldn't
understand why my message didn't go out (the reason being that I never open
outlook.)

Now I have opened "Set Program Access and Defaults," but you can't set
those defaults unless you are logged in as the Administrator, and I don't
have any login for windows at all. I saw in Help that you can open a program
as the Administrator by using the RunAs command, but this isn't about opening
a program. Can some one tell me what to do? Thanks very much.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

I have an annoying problem on Windows XP, which suddenly popped up some
months ago. I use outlook express for email, but when I have a word or
adobe
document open and click Send to mail recipient as attachment, an Outlook
message comes up. On several occasions I have not noticed this and
couldn't
understand why my message didn't go out (the reason being that I never
open
outlook.)

Now I have opened "Set Program Access and Defaults," but you can't set
those defaults unless you are logged in as the Administrator, and I don't
have any login for windows at all. I saw in Help that you can open a
program
as the Administrator by using the RunAs command, but this isn't about
opening
a program. Can some one tell me what to do? Thanks very much.

Every time Office updates it will set Outlook as the default mail program.
Restart the computer and keep tapping F8 unit you get a menu. Choose Safe
Mode, logon as Administrator and change the default.

Note: if it asks for the Administrator password and you never assigned one
leave the field blank.

 

[Guest]

Thanks! Worked like a dream.

Every time Office updates it will set Outlook as the default mail program.
Restart the computer and keep tapping F8 unit you get a menu. Choose Safe
Mode, logon as Administrator and change the default.

Note: if it asks for the Administrator password and you never assigned one
leave the field blank.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Thanks! Worked like a dream.

Thanks for the feedback.