Re: IE crashes when accessing email links

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From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/09/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 19:13:46 -0600

"Ron" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:87e701c404b2$e0a228f0$a301280a@phx.gbl
> I tried all the solutions. None worked. When I tried to
> set OE to the default in Internet options, it is not even
> listed - Only MS Outlook is listed, and I can't add OE.
> When I tried to fix the registry, OE is not listed in the
> registry of clients. It is listed in News, but not mail.
> Any other ideas would be appreciated.
> Thanks
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 1. http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx; then...
>>
>> 2. http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx
>>
>> If still no joy, see:
>>
>> SendTo and E-mail Links Do Not Work Using Outlook Express as Default
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098
>> --
>> HTH - Please Reply to This Thread
>>
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>>
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>>
>> Ron wrote:
>>> I'm using IE 6.0. Everytime I click on an email link from
>>> a website, IE seems to go nuts and tries to open up as
>>> many as 21 new instances of IE then crashes. The only
>>> message I get is that the default mail client is not
>>> properly installed. I use Outlook Express, but have had
>>> it for years and never had a problem with it. Is this an
>>> IE problem or an Outlook express problem? How do I fix
> it?
>> .

>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
Please respond in Newsgroup.  Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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