Steve, with Gary's hint I made Windows Mail my default email prgoram and
everything works just fine. I also took note of your hint regarding the need
to do it all over again after each Outlook junk mail updates. Thank you very
much indeed.
"Steve Cochran" wrote:
> And you have to do it again after each Outlook junk mail update:
> www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#13
>
> steve
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23X1YqjMcHHA.4684@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > 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
>