Re: Using OE after Outlook 2003 is installed

From: Michael Santovec (michael_santovec_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 09/11/04


Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:18:53 -0700

Being the Default mail client is a Windows File Association. File Associations are global
and apply to all users.

This doesn't prevent different users from using different mail programs. The default mail
program only comes into play when another program wants to send a message.

In that case, when a user signs in they could start their preferred mail program and use
its options to make itself the default. Or else to use the non-default mail program for
sending, they'll need to manually start a message and then either attach the desired file
or copy/paste the e-mail address from a web site.

-- 
Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
"LightPhantastic" <duud3@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ed87c8aa.0409101055.1c53d87@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> When Outlook 2003 was installed on my WinXP Pro SP1 machine, OE is no
> longer default mail client. In IE i set OE back to be the default mail
> client again for one of two users logging on to WinXP. But I want only
> one of them to have OE as default mail program, but it apparently
> changes to OE for all users... anyone know a solution to set different
> default mail clients for different users on same XP PC?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Duud3


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