Outlook 2000 for MAILTO Link and shown as DEFAULT PROGRAM

[Guest]

I'm using MS Outlook 2000 under Windows Vista. Everything is o.k. beside 2
points:

1. Outlook 2000 isn't shown under the DEFAULT PROGRAMs

2. Outlook 2000 cannot be defined as default program for MAILTO (only
WindowsMail is offered). Therefore all links of E-mail addresses are linked
to WindowsMail and not to my default E-mail program Outlook 2000.

How ca I solve these issues?

 

[Chad Harris]

Hi Gerd--

Technically Vista doesn't fully support Win 2K. From
http://www.slipstick.com/ see:

Outlook and Vista
Which versions of Outlook work with Vista?

Outlook 2007, naturally, along with Outlook 2003.

Outlook 2002 works fine but email account passwords are not saved. This is
because Outlook stores passwords in protected storage interface and Vista
does not support it.

Outlook 2000 in Internet only mode (IMO) loads but the address book does not
work - it needs the Windows Address Book files (wab.dll), which is not found
in Vista. Corporate mode seems to work fine in my limited tests, once you
get past the Outlook Start Up screen and verify it should be the default
mail client. (This dialog comes up every time I restart Outlook.) Either
switch to Corporate mode or upgrade to Outlook 2007. Vista's Mail and
Calendar applications are viable alternatives to Outlook for many home
users.

Outlook 98 IMO will not work correctly due to the missing wab.dll. I haven't
yet tested Outlook 98 Corp or Outlook 97 with Vista, but frankly, if you are
still using either version you need to either upgrade to Outlook 2007 or
switch to Vista's Mail and Calendar applications. Both have security issues
and need to be retired.

Don't look for Microsoft to release patches to fix any issues that may come
up with Outlook2002 and older, as they are all well past their mainstream
support lifecycle.

CH