When trying to email from a web page I am presented with a dialogue stating:
"Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not
properly installed". When I click OK, circa 60 web pages are generated
stating "Action Cancelled".

I have carried out all the normal checks and tests:
- Internet Options / Programs states OE as the email client.
- I have run "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg

However when I try to set OE as the default mail provider in
Tools/Options/General in Outlook Express by clicking the button, accepting it
and closing the tab, it does not keep the setting.
Likewise when I select Outlook Express in Set Program Access and Defaults it
reverts back to "Use my current email program".

I am running XP SP2 and this only happens on one of my accounts. The other
account operates ok and I cannot see the difference between the two.

Any advice would be gratefully received.

Take a look at

OLEXP: "Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work with Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

Besides the
"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg
which usually fixes the problem, is a specific registry update.

As for the Set Program Access, it saying "Use my current email
program".is normal. That just means that you don't want to (need to)
change that setting).


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"wairds" wrote in message
...
When trying to email from a web page I am presented with a dialogue
stating:
"Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is
not
properly installed". When I click OK, circa 60 web pages are generated
stating "Action Cancelled".

I have carried out all the normal checks and tests:
- Internet Options / Programs states OE as the email client.
- I have run "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg

However when I try to set OE as the default mail provider in
Tools/Options/General in Outlook Express by clicking the button,
accepting it
and closing the tab, it does not keep the setting.
Likewise when I select Outlook Express in Set Program Access and
Defaults it
reverts back to "Use my current email program".

I am running XP SP2 and this only happens on one of my accounts. The
other
account operates ok and I cannot see the difference between the two.

Any advice would be gratefully received.

I have a somewhat similar problem. When I send an excel spreadsheet directly
to an e-mail recipient, within Outlook Expesss, they don't receive the
message. However it shows up in my Outlook Express "sent" file. This just
started happening and I think I recently downloaded some Microsoft upgrades
that might have something to do with it. Any ideas?
--
Tom OBrien


"wairds" wrote:

When trying to email from a web page I am presented with a dialogue stating:
"Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not
properly installed". When I click OK, circa 60 web pages are generated
stating "Action Cancelled".

I have carried out all the normal checks and tests:
- Internet Options / Programs states OE as the email client.
- I have run "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg

However when I try to set OE as the default mail provider in
Tools/Options/General in Outlook Express by clicking the button, accepting it
and closing the tab, it does not keep the setting.
Likewise when I select Outlook Express in Set Program Access and Defaults it
reverts back to "Use my current email program".

I am running XP SP2 and this only happens on one of my accounts. The other
account operates ok and I cannot see the difference between the two.

Any advice would be gratefully received.

"Tom OBrien" wrote in message
...
I have a somewhat similar problem. When I send an excel spreadsheet
directly
to an e-mail recipient, within Outlook Expesss, they don't receive the
message. However it shows up in my Outlook Express "sent" file. This just
started happening and I think I recently downloaded some Microsoft
upgrades
that might have something to do with it. Any ideas?

This problem is not at all similar.

This is usually caused by an anti-spam program or an anti-virus set to scan
email.

Turn off email scanning in your anti-virus. It provides no added
protection. After doing so it may be necessary to reset the server names in
OE.

The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express
Published: November 18, 2004
By Tom Koch
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

Email scanning slows down Sending and Receiving, sometimes enough that OE
times out. Since some of the received messages have large (often virus)
attachments, which exasperates the problem.
Some Comcast users have found it necessary to totally uninstall Norton and
switch to the free AVG with mail scanning off. Norton invented email
scanning and here's what they say:

"Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses
that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...256c7500723cf0

"...your computer is protected if Auto-Protect is enabled. Auto-Protect
scans any incoming files, including email attachments, when the files are
saved to your hard drive."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...01100907323806

"NAV provides multiple layers of protection. Email scanning is just one of
those layers. Even if you are not running Email Scanning, your computer is
protected against viruses that are distributed as email attachments by NAV
Auto-Protect. Auto-Protect will scan any incoming files, including email
attachments, as they are saved to your hard drive. To make sure that
Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep Auto-Protect enabled
and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have the most recent virus
definitions."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...= bar_sch_nam

See also
http://help.expedient.com/mailnews/n...ntivirus.shtml

So Symantec used to say this often and clearly. The newer stuff doesn't
have the statement included as it was considered an embarrassment. If you
know anyone who programs for Norton try to get them to talk about it.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.

Resolved. I used the utility found he
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/defaultmail.htm

"wairds" wrote:

When trying to email from a web page I am presented with a dialogue stating:
"Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not
properly installed". When I click OK, circa 60 web pages are generated
stating "Action Cancelled".

I have carried out all the normal checks and tests:
- Internet Options / Programs states OE as the email client.
- I have run "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg

However when I try to set OE as the default mail provider in
Tools/Options/General in Outlook Express by clicking the button, accepting it
and closing the tab, it does not keep the setting.
Likewise when I select Outlook Express in Set Program Access and Defaults it
reverts back to "Use my current email program".

I am running XP SP2 and this only happens on one of my accounts. The other
account operates ok and I cannot see the difference between the two.

Any advice would be gratefully received.

"wairds" ...
When trying to email from a web page I am presented with a dialogue
stating:
"Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not
properly installed". When I click OK, circa 60 web pages are generated
stating "Action Cancelled".

I have carried out all the normal checks and tests:
- Internet Options / Programs states OE as the email client.
- I have run "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg

However when I try to set OE as the default mail provider in
Tools/Options/General in Outlook Express by clicking the button, accepting
it
and closing the tab, it does not keep the setting.
Likewise when I select Outlook Express in Set Program Access and Defaults
it
reverts back to "Use my current email program".

I am running XP SP2 and this only happens on one of my accounts. The other
account operates ok and I cannot see the difference between the two.

Any advice would be gratefully received.