I found a bug in my new Vista Home Basic laptop. When I click a mail link in
either Explorer or Firefox, I get a popup box with the message "Could not
perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly
installed."

In Firefox, it opens an Internet Explorer tab and then I get the message, so
it seems that the problem may lie with Explorer.

I've set (on separate occasions) both Microsoft Mail and Thunderbird as my
default email program, in the default email settings in start, and also in
the Options box in Internet Explorer, and rebooted, but I still get the
same.

It smells like a messy registry to me, but I would welcome any advice.

Thanks.

Rob

Just because an email program has been designated the default
does not mean that all protocols have been assigned to it. Do this:
Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
"Set your default programs."
After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on "Windows
Mail". If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green arrow.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


<rstanley@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:urXFO8lAJHA.908@xxxxxx

>I found a bug in my new Vista Home Basic laptop. When I click a mail link in
> either Explorer or Firefox, I get a popup box with the message "Could not
> perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly
> installed."
>
> In Firefox, it opens an Internet Explorer tab and then I get the message, so
> it seems that the problem may lie with Explorer.
>
> I've set (on separate occasions) both Microsoft Mail and Thunderbird as my
> default email program, in the default email settings in start, and also in
> the Options box in Internet Explorer, and rebooted, but I still get the
> same.
>
> It smells like a messy registry to me, but I would welcome any advice.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rob
>
>