"kevin forsythe" <kevinfor@noemail.postalias> wrote in message
news:uNo7Kv7CHHA.2176@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> along the same lines.. before upgrading to Vista I was able to type
> news://msnews.microsoft.com into IE and it would fire up my default news
> reader (outlook express) is there some way of doing this now with Windows
> Mail (which I only use for reading news .. as I have outlook)
>
> thanks Kevin
Go to Control Panel > Default Programs > Set Associations
This dialogue box is a massive improvement on the XP Folder Options box.
Right at the bottom there are the Protocols. Make sure NEWS is set to
Windows Mail.
ss.