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Don't want Outlook express

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by dennisbv

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My wife was visiting some Web pages and tryed to send Emails by clicking a link and Outlook Express kept opening instead of Outlook. I could see nothing in the Web pages code and I checked the programs in my internet options and everthing points toOutlook.

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by thechas

2 options.

If you do not use Outlook Express, you can un-install it.
If it is not listed seperately in add-remove programs, or windows components, re-install IE and deselect OE.

Look at the general tab of the options menu for OE, and make sure it is not set as the default mail handler.
Conversly, go into Outlook, and verify that it is set as the default mail application for new mail.

Chas

by dennisbv

I made the mistake once of removing Outlook Express and it caused my Outlokk to stop working. The fix was to reinstall Outlook express.

by Member 35711908

If you go to the Internet Options control panel (or choose Internet Options from the Tools menu of Internet Explorer), the Programs tab allows you to choose what application is used for a variety of features. If both Outlook and Outlook Express areinstalled on the computer, you can select the one you want from the drop down list for Email.

by vorsossion

Have you tried deleting outlook express and then reinstalling outlook? It sounds like when you are deleting the express version you are deleting some shared file that the full version needs to run. By deleting express and then reinstalling the full version you should solve that problem.

I wish you the best of luck.

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