Its due to arrogance on the part of the Outlook team. I had to put a link
on my website for the poor OE users.
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#13
steve
"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
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> Not only that, but each time you do an Office update, or
> Windows Update applies an Office patch, it resets Outlook
> as the default email program. Very user unfriendly!
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
> "DGuess" <majik@mindspring.oops> wrote in message
> news:O1ZmeblYHHA.3984@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Just FYI, when you install Office and any with Outlook available, Outlook
>> will become the default e-mail client whether you want it that way or
>> not. This is by design from the Office Team and has been that way for
>> quite some time. It's also something we've complained about and was
>> ignored.
>