Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed

Have a Vista Home Premium 32 Bit Toshiba Notebook. I keep getting th
following error

"Could not perform this operation because the default email client i
not properly installed.

whenever I try to follow an email link on a web page. I trie
installing Outlook 2007 and Windows Mail Live, and of course I hav
Windows Mail on my computer whether I want it or not. I get the sam
answer no matter what client I try to use. Of course, I can get th
mailto address from properties, and it works just fine if I drop thi
into the address line of an email

Atthe moment I'm using Windows Mail Live as a client

I have looked at some of the threads on this topic, and I must confes
I don't understand what most of this is all about. However I get worrie
about some of the remedies causing the computer to freeze

I would really appreciate it if someone could explain in pretty simpl
language what is wrong, what I need to do, and how to protect my file
etc if the computer locks. I have a continuous background backup to
standalone harddrive, but I'd hate to have to start from scratch

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me

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Have you set a default mail client in Internet Explorer Tools/Internet
Options/Programs?

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>
> Have a Vista Home Premium 32 Bit Toshiba Notebook. I keep getting the
> following error:
>
> "Could not perform this operation because the default email client is
> not properly installed."
>
> whenever I try to follow an email link on a web page. I tried
> installing Outlook 2007 and Windows Mail Live, and of course I have
> Windows Mail on my computer whether I want it or not. I get the same
> answer no matter what client I try to use. Of course, I can get the
> mailto address from properties, and it works just fine if I drop this
> into the address line of an email.
>
> Atthe moment I'm using Windows Mail Live as a client.
>
> I have looked at some of the threads on this topic, and I must confess
> I don't understand what most of this is all about. However I get worried
> about some of the remedies causing the computer to freeze.
>
> I would really appreciate it if someone could explain in pretty simple
> language what is wrong, what I need to do, and how to protect my files
> etc if the computer locks. I have a continuous background backup to a
> standalone harddrive, but I'd hate to have to start from scratch.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me.
>
>
> --
>
>
> Slo2Lrn
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

I have set each of my email clients in turn as the default. And after
setting it as the default, I still get the same message.


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Slo2Lrn
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alright I had this same problem and the fix is pretty easy.

you need to do to the tools tab in IE and then to the internet
options.

then click the programs tab and at the bottom select - *-set
programs-*

then click on *-set program access and computer defaults-*

then select custom and click on the double arrows on the far right.
this will pull down a screen that has the computers current settings...
the second option down should be default email program - make sure you
select a specific program on the list and not just "use my current email
problem" - once you start using multiple mail clients this is a common
problem.

that should fix it!


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Thanks santashelper, I was stupid enought because of work time constraints to
pay somebody to come out and fix this issue. They could not. I found some
time and did a search and found your solution, which once you know the
information is very easy to do.

Thanks for sharing the information. I may not have saved money this time,
but being aware now that there are helpful people out there like yourself , I
look at this website in the future for any similar problems.

"santashelper" wrote:

>
> alright I had this same problem and the fix is pretty easy.
>
> you need to do to the tools tab in IE and then to the internet
> options.
>
> then click the programs tab and at the bottom select - *-set
> programs-*
>
> then click on *-set program access and computer defaults-*
>
> then select custom and click on the double arrows on the far right.
> this will pull down a screen that has the computers current settings...
> the second option down should be default email program - make sure you
> select a specific program on the list and not just "use my current email
> problem" - once you start using multiple mail clients this is a common
> problem.
>
> that should fix it!
>
>
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