need help sending pics through windows mail

My account is set for windows mail...however, any time i try send pictures,
they end up going through microsoft outlook. I have Vista (not very happy
with it). I originally had my e-mail set up for microsoft outlook but got
tired of using a password everytime i tried to send/receive mail. So i
changed to windows mail.

Thank you

You want to assign the "mailto:' protocol to WinMail. Control Panel, Default
Programs, click "Associate a filetype or protocol..", scroll to the bottom
for the protocols.

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"RumNcoke" <> wrote in message
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> My account is set for windows mail...however, any time i try send
> pictures,
> they end up going through microsoft outlook. I have Vista (not very happy
> with it). I originally had my e-mail set up for microsoft outlook but got
> tired of using a password everytime i tried to send/receive mail. So i
> changed to windows mail.
>
> Thank you

Change your default email client in control panel, default programs.


"RumNcoke" <> wrote in message
news:B5B624EF-570A-4066-8789-...
> My account is set for windows mail...however, any time i try send
> pictures,
> they end up going through microsoft outlook. I have Vista (not very happy
> with it). I originally had my e-mail set up for microsoft outlook but got
> tired of using a password everytime i tried to send/receive mail. So i
> changed to windows mail.
>
> Thank you

"RumNcoke" <> wrote:

> My account is set for windows mail...however, any time i try send
> pictures, they end up going through microsoft outlook.

Change default programs:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...b1ca21033.mspx

> I originally had my e-mail set up for microsoft outlook but got
> tired of using a password everytime i tried to send/receive mail.
> So i changed to windows mail.

Then you had the account set up wrong when you used Outlook. If you prefer
Outlook to Windows Mail, go to your email provider's support pages and see
what settings you should use (POP, password, ports etc.). Most providers
have simple tutorials for how to set up an email account with all the major
email clients.

Introduction to email account types:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...316671033.aspx

Charlie42

Charlie42 wrote:
> "RumNcoke" <> wrote:
>
>> My account is set for windows mail...however, any time i try send
>> pictures, they end up going through microsoft outlook.
>
> Change default programs:
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...b1ca21033.mspx
>
>
>> I originally had my e-mail set up for microsoft outlook but got
>> tired of using a password everytime i tried to send/receive mail.
>> So i changed to windows mail.
>
> Then you had the account set up wrong when you used Outlook. If you
> prefer Outlook to Windows Mail, go to your email provider's support
> pages and see what settings you should use (POP, password, ports etc.).
> Most providers have simple tutorials for how to set up an email account
> with all the major email clients.
>
> Introduction to email account types:
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...316671033.aspx
>
> Charlie42

Maybe not. Anything less than Outlook 2003 will prompt for the password
every time. It's a known issue. OP doesn't say which version.

gls858

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:13:05 -0700, RumNcoke <> wrote:

> My account is set for windows mail...however, any time i try send pictures,
> they end up going through microsoft outlook. I have Vista (not very happy
> with it). I originally had my e-mail set up for microsoft outlook but got
> tired of using a password everytime i tried to send/receive mail. So i
> changed to windows mail.


See Mark Ferguson's answer to your question. But regarding your
changing from Outlook because you "got tired of using a password
everytime [you] tried to send/receive mail," let me point out that
that is not the nature of Outlook. If that's what was happening, you
simply had your E-mail account set up incorrectly in Outlook.

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:24:54 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<> wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:13:05 -0700, RumNcoke <> wrote:
>
>> My account is set for windows mail...however, any time i try send pictures,
>> they end up going through microsoft outlook. I have Vista (not very happy
>> with it). I originally had my e-mail set up for microsoft outlook but got
>> tired of using a password everytime i tried to send/receive mail. So i
>> changed to windows mail.
>
>
>See Mark Ferguson's answer to your question. But regarding your
>changing from Outlook because you "got tired of using a password
>everytime [you] tried to send/receive mail," let me point out that
>that is not the nature of Outlook. If that's what was happening, you
>simply had your E-mail account set up incorrectly in Outlook.

"gls858" may have it right: it's possible the OP is using an
incompatible version of Outlook.

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:28:42 -0500, Nonny <>
wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:24:54 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
> <> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:13:05 -0700, RumNcoke <> wrote:
> >
> >> My account is set for windows mail...however, any time i try send pictures,
> >> they end up going through microsoft outlook. I have Vista (not very happy
> >> with it). I originally had my e-mail set up for microsoft outlook but got
> >> tired of using a password everytime i tried to send/receive mail. So i
> >> changed to windows mail.
> >
> >
> >See Mark Ferguson's answer to your question. But regarding your
> >changing from Outlook because you "got tired of using a password
> >everytime [you] tried to send/receive mail," let me point out that
> >that is not the nature of Outlook. If that's what was happening, you
> >simply had your E-mail account set up incorrectly in Outlook.
>
> "gls858" may have it right: it's possible the OP is using an
> incompatible version of Outlook.


Yes, you are both probably right. I had forgotten about that. If it's
Outlook 2000, it's not really incompatible, but it won't save
passwords under Vista. That is likely what he is referring to,
although he didn't make it clear what version of Outlook he was
running.

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"gls858" <> wrote:

> Maybe not. Anything less than Outlook 2003 will prompt for the
> password every time. It's a known issue. OP doesn't say which
> version.

Whoops. You are right.

Charlie42