Outlook Express not in Default Mail in IE 6

[two_2_feathers]

I cannot select Outlook Express as the default Mail in IE
6 or through Outlook Express. It is not on the list. When
I try and set it in Outlook Express it seems to do
something but does not change IE setting. It worked for
setting Newsgroups to Outlook Express but not mail. Is
there a registry entry?

Thanks

 

[Hyung Jin Ro [MSFT]]

I believe the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail is the regkey entry for setting a
default mail client in IE. Try editing 'defalt' value to Outlook Express.
If IE/OE is installed correctly there should be "Outlook Express" regkey.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/defaultl.htm

Go to Start | Run and type this command, with the double quotes and spaces:

"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg

and then make sure that OE is selected as the default mail program in both
IE and OE.

If that isn't enough, see this article:
"Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work Using Outlook Express as Default:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

You might also want to try this:

Restores OE to the E-mail clients list in Internet Options
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/oe_client.htm

To set Outlook 98, 2000 or 2002(XP) as the default mail client,- Go to
Start, Run - Type in the following with quotation marks and press OK
"C:\program files\microsoft office\office\outlook.exe" /checkclient
For more information on Outlook see:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/defaultmailer.htm

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