Internet Options

[Guest]

I have Windows XP Home operating and use Microsoft Office 2000. Under
Internet Options I have selected Outlook Express for my email service and
this has been working satisfactorily for over 2 years. Recently when choosing
to send a photo file as an email attachment, I get directed to Microsoft
Outlook which has no "send" option. Two other users on my computer have no
problems and automatically get Outlook Express for the same procedure. Why
doesn't Outlook Express come up for me?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Under Internet Options, select a different mail client, click Apply and OK.

Redo the procedure again, but this time, set Outlook Express as the default.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the tip, but sadly it did not work. Any other offers. I'm v
frustrated!!

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Try this:

Click Start, Run and type the following commands one by one:

%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\MSIMN.EXE /REG

regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msoe.dll"

 

[Guest]

Hi Ramesh, when I click on OK for the first one I get the message "Windows
cannot find C:\Program'

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Sorry, you need to include the quotes:

"%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\MSIMN.EXE" /REG

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Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Hi Ramesh, when I click on OK for the first one I get the message "Windows
cannot find C:\Program'

 

[Guest]

Ramesh, well the process you outlined worked, but I'm still being sent to
Microsoft Outlook when I try to send a pic from My Computer/My Pictures/Email
this file. Thanks for trying so hard. You are a sweetie.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

akl,

The only other possibility that I can think of is that a per-user override
is in place, and you can try my DefaultMail utility to reset that.

Download DefaultMail from http://windowsxp.mvps.org/defaultmail.htm
Click the "Clear per-user setting..." button.
Close the utility.
Logoff and login back.

If not, you may try setting Outlook Express as the default, using
"DefaultMail" utility itself.

 

[Guest]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. It worked!!!! You are a gem.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Excellent! You're very welcome.