outlook Express in Office XP

[Powell]

I have been running Vista with MS Works for some time. I have never bothered
to install my ols copy of MS Office XP because I only use the word processor
and the one that came installed with Vista was perfectly fine. However, about
a month ago I had to install Office XP because I had to send some papers to
my university tutor and he could only open documents in the .doc format.
However, I now find that when I try to send batches of photos with their size
reduced through Windows Photo Gallery they are routed through Outlook Express
on MS Office XP and there is no way to send them. There is a message bar
telling me the mail has not been sent but there is no send tab. I assume this
is because I no longer have Outlook Express. I can send them one at a time if
I open windows mail and send them as an attachment but that is a bit tedious.
My question is: how do I get the photos to route from Photo Gallery through
Windows Mail rather than Outlook. I would appreciate any help you good folks
can give me.
Regards
Powell Lucas

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

When you install Outlook it tends to grab a bunch of defaults. To restore
all the defaults for Windows Mail:
Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
"Set your default programs."
After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on Windows
Mail. If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green arrow.

 

[Powell]

Hi Gary:
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, I don't have Outlook installed. My
computer came with Windows Mail preinstalled and I couldn't transfer files
from my old XP since Microsoft had stopped me from reinstalling the XP O/S
because I had done it so many times previously. (That's another horror story)
My old MS Office was a purchased one, and after installing it on Vista I have
since learned that I need Outlook if I want to send reduced sized pictures.
So, I'll do it the slow way...in batches as attachments to a Windows Mail
message. I'll be d****d if I'll buy a new version of Office every time I
switch to a new MS O/S. Once again, thanks for your comments.
Regards
Powell Lucas

 

[Gordon]

Hi Gary:
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, I don't have Outlook installed. My
computer came with Windows Mail preinstalled and I couldn't transfer files
from my old XP since Microsoft had stopped me from reinstalling the XP O/S
because I had done it so many times previously. (That's another horror
story)

MS does NOT stop you re-installing on the same machine as many times as you
like. What they Do do is to get you to use telephone activation.

My old MS Office was a purchased one, and after installing it on Vista I
have
since learned that I need Outlook if I want to send reduced sized
pictures.

I don't understand part of that. Office XP contains Outlook, and can be
installed on Vista. So what's the problem?

 

[Dave]

Hi Gary:
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, I don't have Outlook installed. My
computer came with Windows Mail preinstalled and I couldn't transfer files
from my old XP since Microsoft had stopped me from reinstalling the XP O/S
because I had done it so many times previously. (That's another horror
story)
My old MS Office was a purchased one, and after installing it on Vista I
have
since learned that I need Outlook if I want to send reduced sized
pictures.

Where did you hear that? You can send reduced size photos via Windows Mail,
after you get it set to be the default email program. Or switch to the
newer Windows Live Mail. It lets you paste photos, and resize them in the
message window.
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

So, I'll do it the slow way...in batches as attachments to a Windows Mail
message. I'll be d****d if I'll buy a new version of Office every time I
switch to a new MS O/S. Once again, thanks for your comments.

You don't have to... I'm running Office 2003.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

No, you don't need Outlook to send reduced size pictures.
Simply run Windows Photo Gallery, select the pictures, click the E-Mail
button on the toolbar. This will only work if Windows Mail has all
its defaults, which is why I gave you that procedure in my previous response.