Re: Cannot Make Outlook 2003 Default Email in Windows XP Pro SP2
- From: Bilbo <wlp<faux>fake<at>rubbish.domain.org>
- Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:54:38 -0500
Yes, I've even removed all the Windows Live stuff except for the Write
(which will NOT remove) and then re-installed Office from the saved
installation files.
Microsoft Outlook 2003 is not offered in Internet Options | Programs
for either Email, Calendar or Contacts applications. There's still
some vestige of Windows Live that simply will not go away as an email
selection..
I can't do a restore -- there aren't any restore points that go back
to December of last year when some former secretary installed the
Windows Live stuff.
I'm tempted to use MSIUU2 to try to remove the Windows Live Write
application.
I'm really floundering here though. The registry entries I've seen
(and I'm no expert on Outlook's registry entries) seem awfully sparse.
Tomorrow, I'll go into the office and do a complete un-install then
re-install of office to see if that'll help. I'm not real optimistic
though.
A bit of history may be appropriate: Deleting some defunct local
profiles on the workstation or Windows Live (don't know which) may
have damaged Outlook and I wasn't able to re-install it. So I had to
use MSICUU2 to remove Office entirely, then re-install it. But
Windows Live had been installed AFTER the original Office Install and
who knows what that did to the registry.
Guidance appreciated...
Bilbo
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:56:17 -0700, "neo [mvp outlook]"
<neo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Have you tried running a detect/repair of Office/Outlook 2003? (Go thru the
add/remove programs applet in the control panel. Choose detect/repair or
reinstall. Hopefully that is enough to restore the necessary registry
keys.)
"Bilbo fake rubbish.domain.org>" <wlp<fauxat> wrote in message
news:jk7rb4ha0cc5n4v5h7gono3l29hp7urfs1@xxxxxxxxxx
Upon login, get a message that there is no default email program that
can handle the messaging requirements.
When I go to Internet Options in Control Panel, I cannot set the EMAIL
program default to Outlook 2003.
When I try to use "Set Program Access and Defaults", Outlook 2003
isn't offered as a selection.
Outlook 2003 Does allow the Option to be set to Make Outlook the
default but doesn't seem to have any effect.
I have removed the Windows Live EMail program (don't know who
installed all that Windows Live stuff anyway). Hasn't seemed to have
helped.
Guidance appreciated...
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BilBo
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