Re: Troubles with setting OE6 as a default email client in XP

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From: Svilen Pachedjiev (Pachedjiev.S_at_bnbank.org)
Date: 03/12/04


Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:06:38 +0200

I cant log as an administrator.
Windows version: XP Professional 2002 SP1
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"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
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"Svilen Pachedjiev" <Pachedjiev.S@bnbank.org> wrote in message
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> This machine is my personal at work.
>
> -svilen-
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> "PA Bear" <PABear@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Is this your personal machine or one at work?
>
> Svilen Pachedjiev wrote:
>> I know that Outlook (OL) and Outlook Express (OE) are not the same.
>> What I wanted to say is that I can't make my default client neither
>> OE nor OL. The links that you sended didn't help much.
>> I checked my file types and there were no such type as URL:Mailto,
>> and I can't add it becouse I dont have administrator's roights. But
>> if I dont have administrator's roights and there were such type
>> URL:Mailto , the question is where it disappeared?
>>
>> "PA Bear" <PABear@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:ewkQPGgBEHA.3284@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Outlook (OL) and Outlook Express (OE) are /not/ the same application.
>>
>> For OE:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> For OL: http://www.slipstick.com/config/defaultmailer.htm
>>
>> Svilen Pachedjiev wrote:
>>> The links that you posted are very interesting but nothing of it
>>> helped to fix the problem.
>>> I even can't set my Outlook as a default client.
>>> As I read the references, it appears to me that the problem is
>>> maybe in IE6 and in particular MAILTO function which doesn't work
>>> but also crashes IE6 when I click on email addresses.
>>> Unfortuatly I am not an administrator on my computer and I can't
>>> run this tool XP_RestoreOE.exe. But how could I broke my OE if I
>>> don't have administrator rights?!!!
>>>
>>> Do you have another suggestions on this problem?
>>> Tnx
>>>
>>> "Svilen Pachedjiev" <Pachedjiev.S@bnbank.org> wrote in message
>>> news:%23QnjaEfBEHA.1140@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> I have problem with setting OE6 as a default email client.
>>> It was ok till a few days ago. But now every time I start
>>> OE it asks whether it should be my default email client
>>> or not. I ask YES to this question, but next time when I
>>> start it it asks me again the same.
>>> I checked my Internet Options and OE was my default
>>> client there.
>>> Also I noticed that when I click on whatever email
>>> address something wrong happens. This action starts ~30
>>> new windows of IE. And no window of OE for new mail.
>>> My windows is XP Professional SP1
>>>
>>> I'll be happy if someone tells me how to fix it.
>>> Tnx!
>>>
>>> Svilen

Log on as the default Administrator account.
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