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

From: Robert Aldwinckle (robald_at_techemail.com)
Date: 03/12/04 

Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:34:34 -0500

> I checked my file types and there were no such type as URL:Mailto,
> and I can't add it because I dont have administrator's rights.

Your administrator may have done some lock down actions.

See if you can check on your settings from a command window.

In the command window command line type:

    ftype | findstr /i "mail news"

If you see something other than msimn.exe in each action string
that will be your problem.

HTH

Robert Aldwinckle 

---
"Svilen Pachedjiev" <Pachedjiev.S@bnbank.org> wrote in message
news:OXh4btmBEHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> 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?
> :-(
> Svilen
>
>
>
> "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
> -- 
> HTH - Please Reply to This Thread
>
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>
> AumHa Forums
> http://forum.mvps.org/
>
> Protect Your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect
>
> 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
>
>

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