OE won't stay the default e-mail program
 

I have something screwed up and need help.

Outlook Express has been my default e-mail program and has been working well
until I had to uninstall and reinstall Office 97. Now, every time I load OE,
I get a small window asking if I want to make OE the default e-mail client. I
always click "Yes" and leave the box checked that says "Always perform this
check....". Even so, I get this window every time I load OE.

I also went into OE/Tools/Options/ and clicked "Make Default" (for e-mail
handler), then "Apply". Still doesn't work.

I load "Set Program Access and Defaults" from the start menu and the only
option available in the "Custom" section is "Use my current e-mail program".

OE is the only e-mail client on my computer. I did not install Outlook when
I installed Office 97.

In addition, every time that I click on an e-mail link in a browser window,
I immediately get about 25 blank Internet Explorer windows opening.

I should also mention that by uninstalling and reinstalling Office 97, I was
trying to fix the OE spell checker. Ultimatley, I found that the file
"csapi3t1.dll" was missing from my directory "C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof". I unpacked and installed this file from the
WinXP CD and the speller now works but I have this weird OE behaviour.

Can anyone help me get rid of this annoyance?

Thanks,
G

OE won't stay the default e-mail program
 

"cottage" wrote in message
...
I have something screwed up and need help.

Outlook Express has been my default e-mail program and has been working
well
until I had to uninstall and reinstall Office 97. Now, every time I load
OE,
I get a small window asking if I want to make OE the default e-mail
client. I
always click "Yes" and leave the box checked that says "Always perform
this
check....". Even so, I get this window every time I load OE.

Read that again, if you have the box checked that says "Always perform this
check" then it is only doing what you told it, always performing the check.

Charlie

OE won't stay the default e-mail program
 

Yeah but......
When I click on an e-mail link in a browser window, OE does NOT open.
Instead, 20 or 30 IE blank windows open.



"Charlie Tame" wrote:


"cottage" wrote in message
...
I have something screwed up and need help.

Outlook Express has been my default e-mail program and has been working
well
until I had to uninstall and reinstall Office 97. Now, every time I load
OE,
I get a small window asking if I want to make OE the default e-mail
client. I
always click "Yes" and leave the box checked that says "Always perform
this
check....". Even so, I get this window every time I load OE.

Read that again, if you have the box checked that says "Always perform this
check" then it is only doing what you told it, always performing the check.

Charlie

OE won't stay the default e-mail program
 

This link will sort you out.
http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx

--
Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (Outlook Express)

cottage wrote:
Yeah but......
When I click on an e-mail link in a browser window, OE does NOT open.
Instead, 20 or 30 IE blank windows open.



"Charlie Tame" wrote:


"cottage" wrote in message
...
I have something screwed up and need help.

Outlook Express has been my default e-mail program and has been
working well
until I had to uninstall and reinstall Office 97. Now, every time I
load OE,
I get a small window asking if I want to make OE the default e-mail
client. I
always click "Yes" and leave the box checked that says "Always
perform this
check....". Even so, I get this window every time I load OE.

Read that again, if you have the box checked that says "Always
perform this check" then it is only doing what you told it, always
performing the check.

Charlie

OE won't stay the default e-mail program
 

Thanks Kath,
That did the trick!

"Kath Adams" wrote:

This link will sort you out.
http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx

--
Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (Outlook Express)

cottage wrote:
Yeah but......
When I click on an e-mail link in a browser window, OE does NOT open.
Instead, 20 or 30 IE blank windows open.



"Charlie Tame" wrote:


"cottage" wrote in message
...
I have something screwed up and need help.

Outlook Express has been my default e-mail program and has been
working well
until I had to uninstall and reinstall Office 97. Now, every time I
load OE,
I get a small window asking if I want to make OE the default e-mail
client. I
always click "Yes" and leave the box checked that says "Always
perform this
check....". Even so, I get this window every time I load OE.

Read that again, if you have the box checked that says "Always
perform this check" then it is only doing what you told it, always
performing the check.

Charlie

OE won't stay the default e-mail program
 

Glad to have helped. Thanks for posting back.
Kath

cottage wrote:
Thanks Kath,
That did the trick!

"Kath Adams" wrote:

This link will sort you out.
http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx

--
Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (Outlook Express)

cottage wrote:
Yeah but......
When I click on an e-mail link in a browser window, OE does NOT
open. Instead, 20 or 30 IE blank windows open.



"Charlie Tame" wrote:


"cottage" wrote in message
...
I have something screwed up and need help.

Outlook Express has been my default e-mail program and has been
working well
until I had to uninstall and reinstall Office 97. Now, every time
I load OE,
I get a small window asking if I want to make OE the default
e-mail client. I
always click "Yes" and leave the box checked that says "Always
perform this
check....". Even so, I get this window every time I load OE.

Read that again, if you have the box checked that says "Always
perform this check" then it is only doing what you told it, always
performing the check.

Charlie