Chris said:
Niether Internet explorer or Outlook express will stay my
default e-mail and browsing programs. They are both
version 6 and I am running Windows XP Home. I have tried
uninstalling then reinstalling but after I uninstall them
and restart. They are still there. Heeeeeeeeeelp
Chris
In IE go to Tools | Options | Programs and click the box that it should
check.
For OE, From
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/defaultl.htm
Go to Start | Run and type this command, with the double quotes and spaces:
"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg
and then make sure that OE is selected as the default mail program in both
IE and OE.
If that isn't enough, see this article:
"Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work Using Outlook Express as Default:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098
You might also want to try this:
Restores OE to the E-mail clients list in Internet Options
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/oe_client.htm
To set Outlook 98, 2000 or 2002(XP) 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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