exporting contacts from outlook2000 to access2000

[Karl]

Hi! When I try to import my contact information from
Outlook2000 into Access2000, I get the message, "Either
there is no default email client or the current email
client cannot fulfill the messaging request. Please run
Microsoft Outlook and set it as the default mail client."

I don't know how to set Outlook as the default mail client,
nor does the Help know, nor does, apparently, the Knowledge
Base. I did find a registry value for "default email
client" (as well as one that contains that entire error
message) and I set it to "Outlook" and then to
"Outlook2000", but neither did the trick. I don't want to
screw with it more without knowledge.

So any ideas? I would appreciate direct email to me at
karlchwe at apdc . org (spaces taken out, "at" replaced
with @, in case it helps.)

TIA,

Karl