Gary, thanks very much. how stupid of me not to have noted "Default Program"
and its functions. I'm all set now. thank you so much.
"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
> The Outlook uninstaller is deficient in that it does not restore
> the previous default program associations.
> Regardless of whether Outlook is installed or not, you can
> go to Default Programs and select Windows Mail to have
> all three of its defaults.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
> "Bardia" <Bardia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news
355D1B8-4113-41DB-89B6-B076FA166A13@microsoft.com...
> > In Outlook Express whenever I clicked on an "email address link" , Outlook
> > Ex would automaically open and put the email address in the TO: line allowing
> > me to send email to that address. Now that I use Windows Mail in Vista
> > Ultimate 64bit, when I click on an email address link (wherever this email
> > address link is), the MS Outlook 2007 opens and wants to sent email to that
> > address.
> >
> > I don't use MS Outlook 2007 as my defaul email program so I uninstalled it ,
> > hoping that by clicking on an email address link my default email program
> > (i.e. Windows Mail) will open and I can send email to that address. But after
> > uninstalling MS Outlook 2007, now when I click on an email address link
> > nothing happens - no program opens and no action is carried on.
> >
> > Does anyone know anything about this issue ? Thanks
>