Windows XP, FrontPage 2000, IE7, OE6
There is a link in a web page that when clicked should open Outlook Express.
Instead, it apparently opens OUTLOOK, and then pops up an error that
OUTLOOK.EXE has encountered a problem...

I do not use OUTLOOK, never have. How did it get there? What's wrong?

Earl

Ahhh, found it. Apparently in IE | Internet Options | Programs, the default had
gotten changed somehow.
Earl

"Earl Partridge" wrote in message ...
Windows XP, FrontPage 2000, IE7, OE6
There is a link in a web page that when clicked should open Outlook Express.
Instead, it apparently opens OUTLOOK, and then pops up an error that
OUTLOOK.EXE has encountered a problem...

I do not use OUTLOOK, never have. How did it get there? What's wrong?

Earl

Is Outlook installed? Be sure to see that link.

Make OE the default e-mail client:
http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx

Restores OE to the E-mail clients list in Internet Options
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/oe_client.htm

If you have MS Outlook installed, also see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#13

--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Earl Partridge" wrote in message ...
Windows XP, FrontPage 2000, IE7, OE6
There is a link in a web page that when clicked should open Outlook Express.
Instead, it apparently opens OUTLOOK, and then pops up an error that
OUTLOOK.EXE has encountered a problem...

I do not use OUTLOOK, never have. How did it get there? What's wrong?

Earl

"Earl Partridge" wrote in message
...
Windows XP, FrontPage 2000, IE7, OE6
There is a link in a web page that when clicked should open Outlook
Express.
Instead, it apparently opens OUTLOOK, and then pops up an error that
OUTLOOK.EXE has encountered a problem...

I do not use OUTLOOK, never have. How did it get there? What's
wrong?

Earl



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Links do not open any specific application. They specify a protocol
and whatever client is assigned to that protocol gets opened. You
have Outlook designated as the MAPI client so that is what opens when
you click on a mailto:// link (you never bothered to specify what
protocol was specified in the link that you choose not to provide an
example).

"Earl Partridge" wrote in message
...
Windows XP, FrontPage 2000, IE7, OE6
There is a link in a web page that when clicked should open Outlook Express.
Instead, it apparently opens OUTLOOK, and then pops up an error that
OUTLOOK.EXE has encountered a problem...

I do not use OUTLOOK, never have. How did it get there? What's wrong?

Earl


You probably did a default install of Office. Now every time Outlook
updates you will have to reset OE as the default. Put the following line as
the only line in a Batch file and run it every time this happens:

"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
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