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How do you manually set up Microsoft Oulook 2000 as your default mail?
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lrwalsh: not expert but not a beginner
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If you have installed multiple e-mail programs on the same computer, when you send mail from any non-mail program the mail may not be sent from Outlook. For example, if you have Outlook, Outlook Express, and Netscape Communicator all installed on the same computer, and you send a message in Microsoft Excel, Outlook may not be used to send the mail. Also, if you click a Mailto: link on a web page, your system may not open an e-mail message, or may use a mail program other than Outlook.
When you send a document from a program by clicking Send on the File menu, or by pointing to Send To on the File menu, and then clicking Mail Recipient , the e-mail program that is set as your default Simple MAPI client is used to send the document.
To change the default mail client in Microsoft Internet Explorer:
Internet Explorer 5
Start Internet Explorer.
On the Tools menu, click Internet Options .
Click the Programs tab.
In the E-mail list, click Microsoft Outlook .
Click OK .
OR.....
In the Run dialog box, type "regedit" (without the quotation marks), and then click OK.
Click to select the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Softwar
Right-click the default key, and then click Delete on the shortcut menu.
Exit the Registry Editor.
Re-selecting Outlook as Your E-mail Client in Internet Explorer
To use Outlook as your default e-mail client in Internet Explorer, follow these steps:
Start Internet Explorer.
On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
On the Programs tab, click to select Microsoft Outlook as your E-mail service.
Click OK and close Internet Explorer.
NOTE: If this procedure does not result in opening an Outlook form when you click Reply on an e-mail message, you should repeat the steps in "Removing the Stray Registry Entry" above, but this time, at step 5, change the value of the default key to:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OUTLOOK.EXE"
If necessary, change the path to the OUTLOOK.EXE file to match that on your computer.