Vista - Help making outlook the mail default in Vista?

Arg! I can't seem to set Outlook as my default mail client. I've checked the default box in Outlook but it keeps reverting to Windows Mail. Outlook is NOT listed in the default programs section of the Vista control panel, nor is it listed as a program in "Program and Features." And yet it is on my computer and has been working just fine for 9 months.

Help? I need to make Outlook the default so I can sync it with my iPhone. Any solutions out there?

Presumably you have done both of these things.

Outlook - Tools - Options - Other - General - tick "Make Outlook the default program etc - click ok.


Outlook - Help - Office Diagnostics


You may even have to consider uninstalling Outlook & reinstalling to see if that corrects your problem.

Let us know how you go.

Thanks. Yes, I've tried those steps and it still won't work. I'll see if I can locate the set up material to re-install. I'm hoping it won't come to that.

Thanks again.

Good luck, I hope it gets sorted out.

Have you tried Control Panel -> Programs -> Default Programs -> Set your default program?

I think that you may have overlooked the highlighted part above Submarine.

Woops, sorry. That sort of explains the problem. Yes, easiest is probably to export the pst file, re-install Outlook, and then import the pst back gain.

You may also want to make sure you have registered the program, yet I do not really think that could be the problem..