"Vijay" wrote in message
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ok i guess this one should work
- start-run-regedit
- browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Microsoft Outlook
right click on Microsoft Outlook and export to a desktop as backup.
now right click on the same key and delete it.
goto internet properties and select the option outlook express and you
must also notice that outlook would no longer show as a Email in the
programs tab.

Vijay,

This is absolutely unbelievable! I did exactly as you said -- I exported
that section of the Registry, and then deleted it. I went into Internet
Options, and looked under Programs. And sure enough, Outlook Express was my
default E-mail client, and Microsoft Outlook did not even appear in the
drop-down list. So far, so good.

So now, I closed Outlook Express, and tried to bring up Microsoft Outlook
(so that I could look at my calendar). As soon as Outlook opened, I got the
following error message:

"Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client
cannot fulfill the messaging request.
Please run Microsoft Office Outlook and set it as the default mail
client."

What's even more surprising, I then went back into Internet Options, and
looked under Programs. The E-mail program (which had been Outlook Express)
was BLANK! Outlook apparently couldn't set *itself* as the default E-mail
client (which it was doing before), so it REMOVED Outlook Express as the
default E-mail client!!!

This is absurd! What is it about Outlook that wants to completely take over
my E-mail function -- when I do NOT want it to?!?!?!? I'd be just as happy
if the "Mail" option in Outlook didn't even appear -- if it just "went
away". But it apparently won't.

I'm going to restore that section of the Registry (from the exported file),
just so I don't keep getting this error message each time I try to open
Outlook and look at my calendar.

I'm still open to other suggestions... :)
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Frank D. Nicodem, Jr.