Help! Email Default in IE6 wont stay on Outlook; keeps reverting back to OE

[Teresa Arendt]

Help!
If I change my email defaul in Internet Explorer 6 by going into Tools,
Internet Options, Programs, Email default and changing the default program
from Outlook Express to Outlook and apply the changes, the next time a start
my computer or go into a new IE window and reverts back to OE as the default
email program. Does anyone know why this happens?
Thank you,
Teresa

 

[LuckyStrike]

Hi. Have you tried opening Outlook>Tools menu>Options>Other tab>General
dialogue> Check "make outlook the default...."> Apply> OK out?
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[Teresa Arendt]

Yes, that box is checked and everytime I reboot my computer the option in IE
reverts back to Outlook Express as the default. I can't figure out why this
is happening.

 

[LuckyStrike]

Gee, I dunno' either....
It is also assumed that in Outlook Express> Tools menu>Options>General tab
is not set to make Outlook Express the default mail handler. Although I
would tend to think that enabling Outlook as the default e-mail client would
disable OE from being selected as such.

Probably a better idea to ask here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.general
or:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress

Also, it's not a good idea to post a real e-mail address in public
Newsgroups, Forums, etc. unless you want lots of spam or worse.
Munging Your Email Address
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

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[PA Bear]

Are you using a separate instance of OE to access newsgroups, Teresa,
instead of using the Outlook Newsreader (OL View>Go to>News)?

Windows version? OL version?
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