Outlook Express and Outlook incompatibility?

[Jeff Malka]

I have XP Home and am a long time user of Outlook Express (now v 6). I
recently installed Outlook 98 to use for its Calendar features. I do not
want to use Outlook as my default or other email reader. So when I installed
Outlook 98, I selected the bottom choice (will use something else for my
email).

However since I installed Outlook 98, I cannot seem to make OE6 my default
emailer! Outlook seems to have hijacked it. If I go in OE6 into
Tools/Options/General and click on "Make default Mail Handler", when I exit
and return to it, OE is still not the default Mail Handler!!!! I even
rebooted with no change. I cannot find in Outlook 98 where to unselect it
being my email handler.

Is there a way to use Outlook 98 for its calendar features and still have OE
6 as my default for email?

Question 2: There does not seem to be anywhere for me to make Outlook 98
change where it stores its "Outlook.pst" file. I want to change the default
location.

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Jeff McPherson
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam
(e-mail address removed)
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free by AVG

 

[PA Bear]

The install of Outlook or Office usually breaks Registry associations for
OE, Jeff. Here's the fix:

1. http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx; then...

2. http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx

Post Q #2 to --
HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

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[CS]

I have XP Home and am a long time user of Outlook Express (now v 6). I
recently installed Outlook 98 to use for its Calendar features. I do not
want to use Outlook as my default or other email reader. So when I installed
Outlook 98, I selected the bottom choice (will use something else for my
email).

However since I installed Outlook 98, I cannot seem to make OE6 my default
emailer! Outlook seems to have hijacked it. If I go in OE6 into
Tools/Options/General and click on "Make default Mail Handler", when I exit
and return to it, OE is still not the default Mail Handler!!!! I even
rebooted with no change. I cannot find in Outlook 98 where to unselect it
being my email handler.

Is there a way to use Outlook 98 for its calendar features and still have OE
6 as my default for email?

Question 2: There does not seem to be anywhere for me to make Outlook 98
change where it stores its "Outlook.pst" file. I want to change the default
location.

Open MSIE, and select Tools, select Internet Options, select Programs.
Use the scroll down and select Outlook Express for E-Mail and
Newsgroups.

That may work. If not, you might have to get into the registry to
reset it. I know that Outlook (any version) will definitely take
over as the E-Mail client.

 

[Jeff Malka]

Thank you. That helped and worked too.

Appreciate it.

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Jeff McPherson
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam
(e-mail address removed)
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free by AVG

 

[PA Bear]

YW, Jeff.

~PAB

Thank you. That helped and worked too.

Appreciate it.