Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
January 15th 04, 11:41 PM
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"Mal" > wrote in message
> Hi, I hope somebody can help.
>
> Whenever I try to click a mailto: link I get an error to the effect
> that "No can do, default mail client not installed correctly". I
> have stumbeld around the help pages and believe I need to:
>
>> TOOLS>INTERNET OPTIONS?PROGRAMS>E-mail> (Select)
>
> Problem is, at E-mail: I have a blank box, no options to select and I
> can not type in the desired "Outlook Express"
>
> If anybody can help please copy a response to me at
> as I am not confident I will be able to find
> this forum again!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mal
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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"Mal" > wrote in message
> Hi, I hope somebody can help.
>
> Whenever I try to click a mailto: link I get an error to the effect
> that "No can do, default mail client not installed correctly". I
> have stumbeld around the help pages and believe I need to:
>
>> TOOLS>INTERNET OPTIONS?PROGRAMS>E-mail> (Select)
>
> Problem is, at E-mail: I have a blank box, no options to select and I
> can not type in the desired "Outlook Express"
>
> If anybody can help please copy a response to me at
> as I am not confident I will be able to find
> this forum again!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mal
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
--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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