file - send - page or link by E-mail problem

[Herman]

When in IE, when try to send file or link by E-mail, the
program only opens up Netscape's e-mail mechanism, rather
than Outlook Express 6, which is what I use exclusively
for e-mail. And it doesn't send it anyway because it
is 'blocked by administrator'. How do I set the file -
send - page (or link) by e-mail so that it simply uses
outlook express rather than netscape? No such problem
when have, say, Word open, and want to send the document
by e-mail, it goes right to outlook express.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

When in IE, when try to send file or link by E-mail, the
program only opens up Netscape's e-mail mechanism, rather
than Outlook Express 6, which is what I use exclusively
for e-mail. And it doesn't send it anyway because it
is 'blocked by administrator'. How do I set the file -
send - page (or link) by e-mail so that it simply uses
outlook express rather than netscape? No such problem
when have, say, Word open, and want to send the document
by e-mail, it goes right to outlook express.

Thanks for your help.

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

 

[Herman]

Also, thanks for the unbelievably fast response.

HG