Re: Default Email program with XP

Robert wrote: 
Can anyone please help?

How do you configure XP so Outlook Express can be the default email program?



In Internet Explorer (I know, I know...., It's not particularly intuitive.), click Tools > Internet Options > Programs, and then select the default EMail client of choice. (I use Thunderbird, myself.)

I've already tried changing the settings in Outlook Express itself, 


	That's the wrong place, although one certainly wouldn't think so.  ;-}

but that's not working. XP always want to use "Outlook" as the default email program,


Actually, it's the installation of Outlook that automatically sets Outlook as the default, not WinXP, but this is easily changed back to your own preference, as detailed above.


which automatically loads with MS Office.



Only if you select a "Typical" installation of Office. If you select the "Custom" installation, you can choose which Office components to either install or omit.


There must be some way to tweak something in XP so I could send webpages and links from webpages with out XP telling me there is no profile set up in Outlook.



Again, in Internet Explorer (I know, I know...., It's not particularly intuitive.), click Tools > Internet Options > Programs, and then select the default EMail client of choice.


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