Problems trying to replace Pegasus as the default e-mail program in IE 8

[Tim J.]

Running Pegasus 4.21c on XP Home, SP 3 w/ IE 8. Long ago, I had set
Pegasus as the default e-mail program for IE, and it has worked fine
for a long time, even through IE updates. Now, I need to set either
Outlook or Windows Live Mail as the default mail program in IE 8. The
options for these two appear when I go to Tools | Internet Options |
Programs. But when I select either as the default, IE still tries to
open Pegasus when I click on the 'Read Mail' icon. And it's not even
trying to open it from the correct location. It's trying to open it
from a different drive and giving me an error box saying it cannot
find Pegasus.

I still will use Pegasus for most of my e-mail, but need Outlook or
WLM set as default in IE so I can send invoices by e-mail using
QuickBooks. Any suggestions?

 

[John Wunderlich]

Running Pegasus 4.21c on XP Home, SP 3 w/ IE 8. Long ago, I had
set Pegasus as the default e-mail program for IE, and it has
worked fine for a long time, even through IE updates. Now, I need
to set either Outlook or Windows Live Mail as the default mail
program in IE 8. The options for these two appear when I go to
Tools | Internet Options | Programs. But when I select either as
the default, IE still tries to open Pegasus when I click on the
'Read Mail' icon. And it's not even trying to open it from the
correct location. It's trying to open it from a different drive
and giving me an error box saying it cannot find Pegasus.

I still will use Pegasus for most of my e-mail, but need Outlook
or WLM set as default in IE so I can send invoices by e-mail using
QuickBooks. Any suggestions?

Were you logged in as "Administrator" ?

See:
"How To Change Default Email Client"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555566>

"Unable to Set Different E-Mail Programs for Different Users"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315240>

HTH,
John

 

[Tim J.]

Were you logged in as "Administrator" ?

See:
"How To Change Default Email Client"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555566>

"Unable to Set Different E-Mail Programs for Different Users"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315240>

Yes, I did all of the above as an adminstrator.

 

[Tim J.]

Yes, I did all of the above as an adminstrator.

This fixed it.

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/read-mail-button-does-not-work-in-internet-explorer/