default mail client not installed - never fixed!

[reiner]

All of a sudden when I click on an email link in IE7 on a web page I get this
error message "default mail client not installed". Running Windows XP Home
sp2, Outlook 2003, IE7

WHAT I'VE ALREADY TRIED:
1) I reinstall IE7 and it worked, but the first time I re-booted it stopped
working again.

2) I went into IE7\Tools\Options\Programs and changed to Outlook Express,
then back to Outlook.

3) I went into Explore\Tools\Options\File Types and checked and re-set the
URL:MailTo Protocol.

4) I went into the Registry\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto and re-created the URL
Protocol.

5) I ran Detect & Repair in Outlook but it did not fix the problem.

I don't see anything different before and after re-boot, but after re-boot
it doesn't work.

help!!!

 

[SteveC]

Try uninstalling office completely from your system... reboot and then
reinstall... I had the same problem and this fixed it for me...

Steve

 

[reiner]

How will this effect my outlook contacts, calendar, follow-up alarms, ...etc?

 

[Arun]

This doesnot affect any of them. Once you reinstall and start outlook, it
will automatically recognise all these.

 

[Progyn]

It's actually easier than one thinks.

Go in IE to Tools / Internet Options / programs

Here you will normally see under Mail "Outlook". Change it for Outlook Express, or any other programme that shows up under the pull-down list. Press Apply, and redo the whole procedure now again with Outlook 2003 as preferred programme. This will do the job.

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