Can't send mail from Internet Explorer 7

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Gudmund Liebach Nielsen

When I click on a mail link (or a email adress) in Internet Explorer 7 I get
an error message saying something like this

"The action could not take place as the standard client for mail is not
installed correct"

It is very annoying as I then have to mark up the email adress and use
copy-paste to send the mail from within Windows mail.

Anybody has suggestion about this error?
 
Gudmund Liebach Nielsen said:
When I click on a mail link (or a email adress) in Internet Explorer 7 I
get an error message saying something like this

"The action could not take place as the standard client for mail is not
installed correct"

It is very annoying as I then have to mark up the email adress and use
copy-paste to send the mail from within Windows mail.

Anybody has suggestion about this error?
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Go to Control Panel>Classic View> (top left),>Default Programs and ensure
that WM as all its defaults selected.
 
Thank you for your response; I have done that but the problem still
persists. Do you have any other suggestions?

....Gudmund
 
Gudmund Liebach Nielsen said:
Thank you for your response; I have done that but the problem still
persists. Do you have any other suggestions?
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Go back to Control Panel etc, and click on the bottom option 'set program
access and computer defaults, check out the available options there?
Sometimes, though not always, a reboot can kick some changed settings into
action.
 
Very peculiar. It sounds like WM is not registered with the OS.

Type or paste the following into a Command Prompt and hit Enter:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WinMail.exe" OCInstallReinstallOE

(include the quotation marks)

Then reboot and see if MailTo links on web pages work.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS MVP-WLM]


Gudmund Liebach Nielsen said:
Yes, it has all 3 of its defaults, exactly as shown in the link.

...Gudmund


Gary VanderMolen said:
Did you confirm that it says Windows Mail has all 3 of its defaults?
There is an illustrated guide here:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/83185-windows-mail-default-associations.html
--
Gary VanderMolen [MS MVP-WLM]


Gudmund Liebach Nielsen said:
Thank you for your response; I have done that but the problem still
persists. Do you have any other suggestions?

...Gudmund

" mac" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelelsen

When I click on a mail link (or a email adress) in Internet Explorer 7
I get an error message saying something like this

"The action could not take place as the standard client for mail is not
installed correct"

It is very annoying as I then have to mark up the email adress and use
copy-paste to send the mail from within Windows mail.

Anybody has suggestion about this error?

Go to Control Panel>Classic View> (top left),>Default Programs and
ensure that WM as all its defaults selected.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
It works. Thank you very much.

....Gudmund


Gary VanderMolen said:
Very peculiar. It sounds like WM is not registered with the OS.

Type or paste the following into a Command Prompt and hit Enter:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WinMail.exe" OCInstallReinstallOE

(include the quotation marks)

Then reboot and see if MailTo links on web pages work.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS MVP-WLM]


Gudmund Liebach Nielsen said:
Yes, it has all 3 of its defaults, exactly as shown in the link.

...Gudmund


Gary VanderMolen said:
Did you confirm that it says Windows Mail has all 3 of its defaults?
There is an illustrated guide here:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/83185-windows-mail-default-associations.html
--
Gary VanderMolen [MS MVP-WLM]


Thank you for your response; I have done that but the problem still
persists. Do you have any other suggestions?

...Gudmund

" mac" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelelsen

When I click on a mail link (or a email adress) in Internet Explorer
7 I get an error message saying something like this

"The action could not take place as the standard client for mail is
not installed correct"

It is very annoying as I then have to mark up the email adress and
use copy-paste to send the mail from within Windows mail.

Anybody has suggestion about this error?

Go to Control Panel>Classic View> (top left),>Default Programs and
ensure that WM as all its defaults selected.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
It works now, thank you.

....Gudmund

Gary VanderMolen said:
Very peculiar. It sounds like WM is not registered with the OS.

Type or paste the following into a Command Prompt and hit Enter:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WinMail.exe" OCInstallReinstallOE

(include the quotation marks)

Then reboot and see if MailTo links on web pages work.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS MVP-WLM]


Gudmund Liebach Nielsen said:
Yes, it has all 3 of its defaults, exactly as shown in the link.

...Gudmund


Gary VanderMolen said:
Did you confirm that it says Windows Mail has all 3 of its defaults?
There is an illustrated guide here:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/83185-windows-mail-default-associations.html
--
Gary VanderMolen [MS MVP-WLM]


Thank you for your response; I have done that but the problem still
persists. Do you have any other suggestions?

...Gudmund

" mac" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelelsen

When I click on a mail link (or a email adress) in Internet Explorer
7 I get an error message saying something like this

"The action could not take place as the standard client for mail is
not installed correct"

It is very annoying as I then have to mark up the email adress and
use copy-paste to send the mail from within Windows mail.

Anybody has suggestion about this error?

Go to Control Panel>Classic View> (top left),>Default Programs and
ensure that WM as all its defaults selected.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Glad to hear it. Thanks for the feedback.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS MVP-WLM]


Gudmund Liebach Nielsen said:
It works now, thank you.

...Gudmund

Gary VanderMolen said:
Very peculiar. It sounds like WM is not registered with the OS.

Type or paste the following into a Command Prompt and hit Enter:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WinMail.exe" OCInstallReinstallOE

(include the quotation marks)

Then reboot and see if MailTo links on web pages work.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS MVP-WLM]


Gudmund Liebach Nielsen said:
Yes, it has all 3 of its defaults, exactly as shown in the link.

...Gudmund


"Gary VanderMolen" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelelsen
Did you confirm that it says Windows Mail has all 3 of its defaults?
There is an illustrated guide here:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/83185-windows-mail-default-associations.html
--
Gary VanderMolen [MS MVP-WLM]


Thank you for your response; I have done that but the problem still
persists. Do you have any other suggestions?

...Gudmund

" mac" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelelsen

When I click on a mail link (or a email adress) in Internet Explorer
7 I get an error message saying something like this

"The action could not take place as the standard client for mail is
not installed correct"

It is very annoying as I then have to mark up the email adress and
use copy-paste to send the mail from within Windows mail.

Anybody has suggestion about this error?

Go to Control Panel>Classic View> (top left),>Default Programs and
ensure that WM as all its defaults selected.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I had tried those other suggestions of
default programmes with no luck as it said it was the default, I went to the
one you suggested, which had custom selected and in there it didn't have
windows mail having access, so I clicked it, and all fixed :-)
Yay!!
 
Ali-cat said:
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I had tried those other suggestions of
default programmes with no luck as it said it was the default, I went to
the
one you suggested, which had custom selected and in there it didn't have
windows mail having access, so I clicked it, and all fixed :-)
Yay!!
Click to expand...

Pleased to hear your WM is OK now.
 
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