Vista - Uninstalling Outlook breaks Windows Mail as default mail program

After reading this:
http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=675971

I too have discovered that uninstalling Outlook breaks email integration.
Even fixing the "Control->Panel->Default Programs" settings doesn't fix
everything.

If I Start->Run and type " mailto:eric@interplas.com ", the new message
window still comes up as usual.

However, Emailing from Acrobat Reader 7.0, I get a "Acrobat is unable to
connect to your email program" error.

Beforehand, with Outlook still install, everything seems to work. I guess
that's what I get when I choose not to buy the 60 eval version of MS Office!
Ouch!

-eric wood

Update: I installed Thunderbird, set the default email program back to
Windows Mail again and un-installed Thunderbird.

LOW AND BEHOLD, emailing from other applications works again! The new
message windows pops up like normal again.

I have many brand new broke Windows Mail machines. Therefor, I will do a
registry dump on another machine, install/uninstall Thunderbird and compare
the registry changes. Let's see what happens.


-eric wood


"Eric Wood" <eric@interplas.com> wrote in message
news:%23t7zB53eHHA.596@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> After reading this:
> http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=675971
>
> I too have discovered that uninstalling Outlook breaks email integration.
> Even fixing the "Control->Panel->Default Programs" settings doesn't fix
> everything.
>
> If I Start->Run and type " mailto:eric@interplas.com ", the new message
> window still comes up as usual.
>
> However, Emailing from Acrobat Reader 7.0, I get a "Acrobat is unable to
> connect to your email program" error.
>
> Beforehand, with Outlook still install, everything seems to work. I guess
> that's what I get when I choose not to buy the 60 eval version of MS
> Office!
> Ouch!
>
> -eric wood
>
>
>
>

You probably can just follow the advice for OE when that happens. See
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#13

steve

"Eric Wood" <eric@interplas.com> wrote in message
news:%23kLyyH7eHHA.2332@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Update: I installed Thunderbird, set the default email program back to
> Windows Mail again and un-installed Thunderbird.
>
> LOW AND BEHOLD, emailing from other applications works again! The new
> message windows pops up like normal again.
>
> I have many brand new broke Windows Mail machines. Therefor, I will do a
> registry dump on another machine, install/uninstall Thunderbird and
> compare the registry changes. Let's see what happens.
>
>
> -eric wood
>
>
> "Eric Wood" <eric@interplas.com> wrote in message
> news:%23t7zB53eHHA.596@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> After reading this:
>> http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=675971
>>
>> I too have discovered that uninstalling Outlook breaks email integration.
>> Even fixing the "Control->Panel->Default Programs" settings doesn't fix
>> everything.
>>
>> If I Start->Run and type " mailto:eric@interplas.com ", the new message
>> window still comes up as usual.
>>
>> However, Emailing from Acrobat Reader 7.0, I get a "Acrobat is unable to
>> connect to your email program" error.
>>
>> Beforehand, with Outlook still install, everything seems to work. I
>> guess that's what I get when I choose not to buy the 60 eval version of
>> MS Office!
>> Ouch!
>>
>> -eric wood
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>