Setting Outlook to be default email client

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Hall

How do I set Outlook to be the default email client in XP?

I need this to work from both Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers.

I can't figure out where the heck this is set!
 
To set Outlook as your default program for email:

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. Select Tools > Internet Options from the menu.
3. Go to the Programs tab.
4. Make sure Microsoft Office Outlook or Microsoft Outlook is selected under E-mail.
5. Click OK.

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Carey Frisch
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| How do I set Outlook to be the default email client in XP?
|
| I need this to work from both Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers.
|
| I can't figure out where the heck this is set!
 
Control Panel->Internet Options->Programs Tab. Which is your default
browser, IE or Firefox?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Hall asked:

| How do I set Outlook to be the default email client in XP?
|
| I need this to work from both Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers.
|
| I can't figure out where the heck this is set!
 
Then the Control Panel option that worked for you is better when IE is not
the default browser.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Hall asked:

| Perfect. Thank you.
|
| Its actually Firefox.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| || Control Panel->Internet Options->Programs Tab. Which is your default
|| browser, IE or Firefox?
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Hall asked:
||
||| How do I set Outlook to be the default email client in XP?
|||
||| I need this to work from both Internet Explorer and Firefox
||| browsers.
|||
||| I can't figure out where the heck this is set!
 
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