When clicking email links it goes to outlook not hotmail??

divadee

when i click links now to email etc... it automatically opens outlook and not hotmail. i hate outlook and always just use hotmail so it is a real pain.

I have checked in my internet options/programs and that is clicked for windows live mail not outlook express, i have removed my email addy from outlook but it still keeps popping up when i click on a link.

Any way of getting rid of this as its getting very annoying now.

Little_John

It should be set correctly as you have it. Just humor the software and set it to outlook express reboot try an email link and hopfully it will open OE. next set internet explorer properties to hotmail and close IE then reboot and tr an email again hopfully it will fix the problem.

I have seen this happen in the past but only on IE7 maachines. dropping back to IE6 sorted the problem if you really like IE7 then reinstall and see how it goes.

superscaper

You could uninstall outlook express since you don't use it (add/remove windows components), then it wouldn't be able to open it.

espresso

divadee wrote: »

when i click links now to email etc... it automatically opens outlook and not hotmail.

When you click on a mailto link, it will open your default e-mail client i.e. Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird etc. If you are using IE, try Tools, Internet Options, Programs, E-mail and you may be able the setting to change it to Hotmail.

divadee

Little_John wrote: »

It should be set correctly as you have it. Just humor the software and set it to outlook express reboot try an email link and hopfully it will open OE. next set internet explorer properties to hotmail and close IE then reboot and tr an email again hopfully it will fix the problem.

I have seen this happen in the past but only on IE7 maachines. dropping back to IE6 sorted the problem if you really like IE7 then reinstall and see how it goes.

thanks the above has worked a treat!!!

back to my lovely hotmail

ioscorpio

How do you change it with Vista, as it does not allow you any other options, i want to use mailto thro Firefox and Yahoo

espresso

ioscorpio wrote: »

How do you change it with Vista, as it does not allow you any other options, i want to use mailto thro Firefox and Yahoo

e-mail client?

ioscorpio

e-mail client? ????

On XP I used webmailcompose and it would open up direct in yahoo, but the webpage is no longer available.

How can I get a mailto link to open direct in Yahoo with Vista?

loksat

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154359

espresso

loksat wrote: »

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154359

:doh:

Not a fat lot of use, as OP is using Firefox.

ioscorpio wrote:

e-mail client? ????

Why don't you simply use your chosen e-mail client to access Yahoo for you?

ioscorpio

I prefer to use Yahoo rather than an email client