A common issue with Microsoft Internet Explorer is controlling the e-mail program used when you click on a mail address on a web page. If it's not set correctly, you may get a "Can't create object" error message. In Windows 7, 8 and 10, you can set the default mail client in the Control Panel's Default Programs applet. Select Outlook from the list of applications on the left and click the button to Set this program as default.
When you use the bit versions of Outlook or Outlook , some applications will report that there is no default email client when they try to send email. The problem is not that there is no default email client, but that the application can't access the bit version. You'll need to use the bit version of Outlook for the Send to menus to work.
Click the top link then find Outlook in the list of programs. If you don't see a change, even after restarting Internet Explorer or restarting Windows, then you can make this change manually. In Windows Explorer, choose View Options. Outlook 8. Some examples:. She also created video training CDs and online training classes for Microsoft Outlook. After a non-destructive OS recovery of my Windows 10 system the default system feature does not work. I changed the default email to Thunderbird and now applications like Adobe Acrobat no longer recognize Thunderbird or any email client.
This is an urgent problem. How did you make the change? When a client switched to eM client, we checked Control panel, Defaults and Settings, default but also had to set it in eM's options before other programs could see it as a mapi client.
However, none of the suggestions for Outlook Express [msimn. Please describe how to successfully set OE as default - with no Windows gotchas - or registry reversions. Thank you. OE is not supported on Windows 10 and is not very secure - you really need to use a more modern client. Surely, selection of ANY related functioning program should be possible. Please reply with a working solution for Windows 10 to allow default selection of a functioning program: e.
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Started by craze1cars , Jan 06 PM. Please log in to reply. Posted 06 January - PM. Answer questions and improve our knowledge base. Search Support Search. Home Firefox Manage preferences and add-ons Change the program used to open email links. This article explains how you can change the program that is launched when you click on: The Email Link… menu item in the Firefox Page actions 3-dot menu. The Email link menu item in the Firefox Menu bar File menu. Table of Contents 1 Setting the mail client used by Firefox 2 Setting your operating system's default mail program 2.
Open the PC Settings application press and release the Windows Start button, then click the gear icon. Select Search and apps from the sidebar. Select Defaults from the sidebar. Click the icon under the heading Email to show your choices. Select the email program you want to use. File Folder Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed. Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program.
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