Unable to run outlook when it ceases to be Default Mail Client

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After you have installed and configured Outlook and you run another mail
program which changes the default mail client to something other than
Outlook, you cannot get back into Outlook and you can't get into Mail
properties to change the default mail client.

Malcolm
 
Hi,

These are some suggestions to these issues-

Method 1-

1. Open Internet Explorer.

2. Click Tools -> Internet Options.

3. On Programs tab, choose Microsoft Office Outlook for Email

Method 2-

1. Go to Start -> Run

2. Type "outlook.exe /checkclient" (Quotation marks are not included and
there is a

space between Outlook and /checkclient) and click OK.

3. Click "Yes" when you are prompted to setup Outlook as the default email
client.

Method 3-

1. Right click the 'Start' button and select Properties.

2. In the Start Menu tab, select Start menu, click Customize button.

3. In the General tab, please select "Internet" and "E-mail" checkboxes and
select

"Microsoft Office Outlook" in the "E-mail" drop down list and select
"Internet
Explorer" in the "Internet" drop down list.

4. Click OK twice.

Method 4 -

1. Select Start -> Run

2. Type "regedit" (without quotation marks) in the Open box and click OK.

3. Please locate the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail

4. Double click the (Default) value in the right pane.

5. Please make sure "Microsoft Outlook" is input in the "Value data" box and
click
OK

6. Close Registry Editor and restart computer and click an email address and
check if Outlook is launched.

Thanks,

Mittu
 
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