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Need help setting default mail client
Sunday, February 18, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Posted by Dianne Taylor (1 messages posted)

While on a web site, when I try to send an email to a person a Microsoft Internet Explorer box comes up: "Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed." Please advise me as what to do. Thanks

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re: Need help setting default mail client
Sunday, February 18, 2007 at 7:05 pm
Posted by Steve (19687 messages posted)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/using/howto/oe/setup.mspx

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re: Need help setting default mail client
Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Posted by danielsden (2 messages posted)

THIS IS FOR THE VISTA OS USING IE7!!!

I had this problem using my new Vista program with IE7.  I went to a website and 
every time I clicked on a link to email someone, I got the error message that "Cannot 
perform this operation because the default mail client is not installed", then, when 
I clicked OK, at least 20-30 windows would pop open.    I checked every setting and 
Windows Mail was the default program.  

So, after exploring, I found the culprit.  If you will go to "Tools" in IE7, then 
click "Internet Options".   Find the Programs tab at the top and click "Set Programs". 
 Then, click on "Set Program Access and Computer Defaults" at the bottom.   Click 
on the doble arrows on the right of the custom radio button and scroll down to "Choose 
a Default Email Program."  Click the radio button next to Windows Mail or OE and 
click OK.

That should work.  The procedure is the same in XP, but might be a bit different. 
 I hope this helps anyone out there having this problem.  Let me know!






On Sunday, February 18, 2007 at 6:51 pm, Dianne Taylor wrote:
>While on a web site, when I try to send an email to a person a Microsoft Internet
>Explorer box comes up: "Could not perform this operation because the default mail
>client is not properly installed." Please advise me as what to do. Thanks

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