This article describes how to make Outlook your default
mail client.
If you have installed multiple e-mail programs on the same
computer, the e-mail messages may not be sent
from Outlook when you send e-mail messages from any non-e-mail program.
For example, if you have Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, and Netscape
Communicator installed on the same computer, and if you send a message in
Microsoft Excel, Outlook may not be used to send the mail.
Also, if you click a
Mailto: link on a Web page, your system may not open an e-mail message. Or, the system may
use a mail program other than Outlook.
When you send a document from
a program by clicking
Send on the
File menu, or by pointing to
Send To on the
File menu, and then clicking
Mail Recipient, the e-mail program that is set as your default Simple MAPI
client is used to send the document.
To change the default mail
client in Microsoft Internet Explorer, follow these steps, as appropriate for the version of Microsoft Internet Explorer that you are running.
Internet Explorer 5 and later versions of Internet Explorer
- Start Internet Explorer.
- On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
- Click the Programs tab.
- In the E-mail list, click Microsoft Office Outlook.
- Click OK.
Internet Explorer 4.x
- Start Internet Explorer.
- On the View menu, click Internet Options.
- Click the Programs tab.
- In the Mail list, click Microsoft Office Outlook.
- Click OK.
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
154359Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=154359/
)
How to change the default mail client for Internet Explorer