Changing default email program

[DL]

I'm having trouble making Outlook my default email program. It does not
appear as an option in setting default programs even though it's definitely a
registered program. And Windows Mail cannot be uninstalled since it's part of
the OS.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
DL

 

[John Inzer]

I'm having trouble making Outlook my default email program. It does
not appear as an option in setting default programs even though it's
definitely a registered program. And Windows Mail cannot be
uninstalled since it's part of the OS.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
DL

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Have a look at the following articles:

Windows Vista -
Change The Default E-mail Program
http://tinyurl.com/3drkfw

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/b74eea3f-8769-428d-ab19-7a92db1637041033.mspx

Windows Vista -
Setting the Default Email Client
http://tinyurl.com/2ygtyt

http://freeemailtutorials.com/microsoftWindows/setDefaultEmailClientOnWindowsVista.cwd


And maybe Windows Live Mail would be worth a try:

Windows Live Mail
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
released 11-06-2007

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John Inzer
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Solutions that work for
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[DL]

That does not seem to work since outlook does not appear as an option. It
says I have to change it in the registry, but I don't know how to do that.
Does anyone know how to make sure outlook is in the registry?
DL

 

[Dave]

People more often seem to have the problem with Outlook taking over the
default...
It may be easier to reinstall Outlook.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

You will get more help for Outlook problems in the Outlook newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.general

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

For Outlook 2003, see:

Outlook 2003 not listed under Default Programs:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/259/1/Outlook-2003-not-listed-under-Default-Programs.html

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I'm having trouble making Outlook my default email program. It does not
appear as an option in setting default programs even though it's definitely a
registered program. And Windows Mail cannot be uninstalled since it's part of
the OS.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
DL