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ive just gone onto windows7 from vista and i cant seem to open outlook express using the little envelope in the explorer bar it just keeps saying:-

could not preform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed

can anyone tell me what i am doing wrong

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  • iltisman
    iltisman Posts: 2,589 Forumite
    Outlook express is not in win 7,it advises you to download windows live mail which is similar.
  • david78
    david78 Posts: 1,654 Forumite
    Windows live is the way to go. You may be able to get from Windows updates.
  • mcw1965
    mcw1965 Posts: 10 Forumite
    thanks for that
  • Cliddy
    Cliddy Posts: 229 Forumite
    I have a similar problem. I am on Windows xp using Outlook 2000 (not Express) I want to migrate everything to Windows Live Mail. How can I get my mail etc over. I've managed the contacts with export/inport and I've got day to day new emails running OK. But I can't find a way of getting my hundreds of filed "old but relevant" mails over. Going via Outlook Express gets suggested elsewhere, and I can understand this might work as there is a transfer process within Live. But I'm on ie8 where it's not provided.
    Any ideas ?
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