Re: Default e-mail

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I went through all the steps that you suggested. I think I see the problem
but don't know how to remedy it. In the registry the two files (Default &
DLLPath) are in the Mail folder. There is no Outlook Express folder, only a
Microsoft Outlook folder

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

> Make OE the default e-mail client:
> http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx
>
> See this if it still does not set as default:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098
>
> Bruce Hagen
> MS MVP - (IE/OE)
> ~IB-CA~
>
>
> "BFoster" <BFoster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3B5AB680-9A46-4C0D-8BBF-4C7CEEF1A566@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > use Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6 as my e-mail. Yet under
> > "Internet Options", e-mail is blank. Clicking on the dropdown list, the
> > only
> > choice available to me is Microsoft Outlook, which I don't have. Under
> > "Set
> > Program Access & Defaults", the only option available is "Use my current
> > email program." When I check "Add or Remove Windows Components" Internet
> > Explore and Outlook Express are checked, but the file sizes are 0.0.
> > Other
> > than not being able to use Outlook Express as the default (for instance,
> > using file & folder tasks to e-mail file) it operates just fine.
> >
> > Thanks for any help!
>
>
.

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