Hi Jim,
Thanks for your help. I had reviewed prior postings and tried your
recommendations before.
But, I tried again from the Run command as you suggested. IE already had OE
as the Default Mail program and I chose it again.
Went to OE Tools, Options and looked under General and found that the option
to set OE as the Default Mail Handler is still greyed out. I will reboot and
take another look.
How do I look at the registery to see what is specified as the default mail
handler?

Ed
"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Re-register Outlook Express as your default mail program.

Go to Start | Run and type the following:

"C:\PROGRAM FILES\OUTLOOK EXPRESS\MSIMN.EXE" /reg
(Check the path to msimn.exe to make sure that is correct)

Make certain to include the quotations marks and the space between the
ending quotation mark and the slash.

Then open Internet Explorer and go to Tools\Internet Options\Programs and
set OE as the default mail (and news) program.

If you only experience a problem when attempting to send a link, then also
look at this KB article for a registry edit that may be of help:

OLEXP: "Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work w. Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q306098
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.



"Ed.Rob" wrote in message
...
All of a sudden, I am unable to have outlook express as the default e-mail
program. The option to name Outlook Express under Tools and Options is
"greyed out".
The option under Internet Explorer under tools and programs shows Outlook
Express as the default mail program.
But, I cannot use the send command under any other application program
including Word, Excel, etc. and also Internet Explorer.

Error message says there is no default mail program and telss me to set up
one under "Outlook". I dont't use Outlook.

Any Ideas how to solve problem?