Hi,

For one application I need to use Outlook for including a mail in that
application. For my normal work I prefer Outlook Express as my mail/news
client.
It seems Microsoft canger something in Outlook Express a (long) while ago
where after each Microsoft Update round it will force Outlook to be the
default mail client no matter which client has been made the default in the
past. So every month I have to tell Windows I still want to use OE and not
Outlook.

Normally OE asks me whether I want it to be the default mail client on
startup but.... it seems I must have disabled that feature somewhere in that
past few months. I've pretty much looked everywhere in OE and in the
registry to see where this setting is but so far no luck. Who can tell me
how I can get this prompt back?

Of course I can still set OE as my default mailclient but I'd like the
prompt back as that alerts me that OE is no longer the default.

Bonno

See:

Microsoft Outlook updates change the default mail handler to Microsoft
Outlook
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#13

[Related: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933450]

MS is not going to change this behavior. All development on OE (and Windows
Mail in Vista) ceased in June 2006. There will never be such a prompt.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
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Bonno Bloksma wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For one application I need to use Outlook for including a mail in that
> application. For my normal work I prefer Outlook Express as my mail/news
> client.
> It seems Microsoft canger something in Outlook Express a (long) while ago
> where after each Microsoft Update round it will force Outlook to be the
> default mail client no matter which client has been made the default in
> the
> past. So every month I have to tell Windows I still want to use OE and not
> Outlook.
>
> Normally OE asks me whether I want it to be the default mail client on
> startup but.... it seems I must have disabled that feature somewhere in
> that
> past few months. I've pretty much looked everywhere in OE and in the
> registry to see where this setting is but so far no luck. Who can tell me
> how I can get this prompt back?
>
> Of course I can still set OE as my default mailclient but I'd like the
> prompt back as that alerts me that OE is no longer the default.
>
> Bonno

Hi Bear

> Microsoft Outlook updates change the default mail handler to Microsoft
> Outlook
> http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#13

Ok, although it is irritating I can live with that.

But what I was interested in is.....

>> Normally OE asks me whether I want it to be the default mail client on
>> startup but.... it seems I must have disabled that feature somewhere in
>> the
>> past few months. I've pretty much looked everywhere in OE and in the
>> registry to see where this setting is but so far no luck. Who can tell me
>> how I can get this prompt back?

On my machine at home I still have this prompt, at work I no longer do. At
both machines I have Office 2003 and Outlook.

--

Groetjes,
Bonno Bloksma

Bonno Bloksma wrote:
>> Microsoft Outlook updates change the default mail handler to Microsoft
>> Outlook
>> http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#13
>
> Ok, although it is irritating I can live with that.
>
> But what I was interested in is.....
>
>>> Normally OE asks me whether I want it to be the default mail client on
>>> startup but.... it seems I must have disabled that feature somewhere in
>>> the
>>> past few months. I've pretty much looked everywhere in OE and in the
>>> registry to see where this setting is but so far no luck. Who can tell
>>> me
>>> how I can get this prompt back?
>
> On my machine at home I still have this prompt, at work I no longer do. At
> both machines I have Office 2003 and Outlook.

If your home machine fully patched at Office Update?

Hi,

>> But what I was interested in is.....
>>
>>>> Normally OE asks me whether I want it to be the default mail client on
>>>> startup but.... it seems I must have disabled that feature somewhere in
>>>> the
>>>> past few months. I've pretty much looked everywhere in OE and in the
>>>> registry to see where this setting is but so far no luck. Who can tell
>>>> me
>>>> how I can get this prompt back?
>>
>> On my machine at home I still have this prompt, at work I no longer do.
>> At
>> both machines I have Office 2003 and Outlook.
>
> If your home machine fully patched at Office Update?

Yes, both machines are. Both use Microsoft Update and are fully patched.
It is a standard prompt for OE and there is a checkbox to mark and I must
have marked it somewhere in the past. I even remember at the time whether I
acidentaly did mark it and now I'm pretty sure I did. ;-)

Bonno

"Bonno Bloksma" <bbloksma@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:48a9087e$0$195$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> Hi,
>
> For one application I need to use Outlook for including a mail in that
> application. For my normal work I prefer Outlook Express as my mail/news
> client.
> It seems Microsoft canger something in Outlook Express a (long) while ago
> where after each Microsoft Update round it will force Outlook to be the
> default mail client no matter which client has been made the default in the
> past. So every month I have to tell Windows I still want to use OE and not
> Outlook.
>
> Normally OE asks me whether I want it to be the default mail client on
> startup but.... it seems I must have disabled that feature somewhere in that
> past few months. I've pretty much looked everywhere in OE and in the
> registry to see where this setting is but so far no luck.

> Who can tell me how I can get this prompt back?


Always disclose your OS when you need help. ; )

FWIW in XP I would experiment with Set Program Access and Defaults
in Add or Remove Programs. E.g. via Run... control appwiz.cpl


>
> Of course I can still set OE as my default mailclient but I'd like the
> prompt back as that alerts me that OE is no longer the default.


Then, in that dialog it would be relevant to know what you see under:
Choose a default e-mail program:

I don't particularly want to do the test myself but what I would try
in your situation is seeing if all the products listed there could be
checked Enable access to this program simultaneously.
I suspect that would provide a chance for each of those programs
having to stop and ask, if you really wouldn't rather have it
exclusively as the default e-mail client... ; )


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
----

As long as you have Outlook installed, any updates will steal the default
from OE.

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

If you accidentally checked a "Do not show this again" box in OE and want it
back, do the following.

Navigate to this key:

Start | Run and type in:

regedit

OK | HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Identities | GUID (Long series of letters &
numbers) | Software | Microsoft | Outlook Express | 5.0 | Don't Show
Dialogs.

Find the correct one in the right hand pane and delete it, or change the
value to 0, (zero).
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Bonno Bloksma" <bbloksma@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:48b24b99$0$196$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> Hi,
>
>>> But what I was interested in is.....
>>>
>>>>> Normally OE asks me whether I want it to be the default mail client on
>>>>> startup but.... it seems I must have disabled that feature somewhere
>>>>> in
>>>>> the
>>>>> past few months. I've pretty much looked everywhere in OE and in the
>>>>> registry to see where this setting is but so far no luck. Who can tell
>>>>> me
>>>>> how I can get this prompt back?
>>>
>>> On my machine at home I still have this prompt, at work I no longer do.
>>> At
>>> both machines I have Office 2003 and Outlook.
>>
>> If your home machine fully patched at Office Update?
>
> Yes, both machines are. Both use Microsoft Update and are fully patched.
> It is a standard prompt for OE and there is a checkbox to mark and I must
> have marked it somewhere in the past. I even remember at the time whether
> I acidentaly did mark it and now I'm pretty sure I did. ;-)
>
> Bonno
>
>

Hi,

> If you accidentally checked a "Do not show this again" box in OE and want
> it back, do the following.
>
> Navigate to this key:
>
> Start | Run and type in:
>
> regedit
>
> OK | HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Identities | GUID (Long series of letters &
> numbers) | Software | Microsoft | Outlook Express | 5.0 | Don't Show
> Dialogs.
>
> Find the correct one in the right hand pane and delete it, or change the
> value to 0, (zero).

That is how this thread started. You gave someone else that advise about an
other OE prompt so I went to that key and tried to find which was the prompt
for that feature I wanted. ;-)

At home OE does ask me, at work it doesn't. At both machines I have:
Reply to News Warning value 6
Send News Warning value 1
Unsubscribe warning value 1
At home I also have
Digital Signature Help value 1

None of them seem to be related to the OE prompt at startup to check is OE
is still the default mail client. :-(


> --
>
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP Outlook Express
> Imperial Beach, CA
>
>
> "Bonno Bloksma" <bbloksma@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
> news:48b24b99$0$196$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>> Hi,
>>
>>>> But what I was interested in is.....
>>>>
>>>>>> Normally OE asks me whether I want it to be the default mail client
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> startup but.... it seems I must have disabled that feature somewhere
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> past few months. I've pretty much looked everywhere in OE and in the
>>>>>> registry to see where this setting is but so far no luck. Who can
>>>>>> tell me
>>>>>> how I can get this prompt back?
>>>>
>>>> On my machine at home I still have this prompt, at work I no longer do.
>>>> At
>>>> both machines I have Office 2003 and Outlook.
>>>
>>> If your home machine fully patched at Office Update?
>>
>> Yes, both machines are. Both use Microsoft Update and are fully patched.
>> It is a standard prompt for OE and there is a checkbox to mark and I must
>> have marked it somewhere in the past. I even remember at the time whether
>> I acidentaly did mark it and now I'm pretty sure I did. ;-)
>>
>> Bonno
>>
>>
>

"Bonno Bloksma" <bbloksma@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:48a9087e$0$195$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> Hi,
>
> For one application I need to use Outlook for including a mail in that
> application. For my normal work I prefer Outlook Express as my mail/news
> client.
> It seems Microsoft canger something in Outlook Express a (long) while ago
> where after each Microsoft Update round it will force Outlook to be the
> default mail client no matter which client has been made the default in
> the past. So every month I have to tell Windows I still want to use OE and
> not Outlook.
>
> Normally OE asks me whether I want it to be the default mail client on
> startup but.... it seems I must have disabled that feature somewhere in
> that past few months. I've pretty much looked everywhere in OE and in the
> registry to see where this setting is but so far no luck. Who can tell me
> how I can get this prompt back?
>
> Of course I can still set OE as my default mailclient but I'd like the
> prompt back as that alerts me that OE is no longer the default.
>
> Bonno
>
>

OE only asks you if you want it to be the default if it thinks it is not the
default. How are you sure that it isn't.

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
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