Outlook Express won't remain default email

I have been using OE for years and just recently incurred this problem.
Running XP home edition. I have gone to Add/Remove programs and clicked on
the set defaults and set Windows as the default, etc. That didn't work.
Then I selected custom and set Outlook Express as the default email. That
didn't work. I have also gone to OE tools and options and selected "set OE
as default. That doesn't seem to work. Everytime I start OE, I get the
message that OE is not my default email and would I like to make it the
default. Any suggestions for a fix would be appreciated.

This would be better placed in the Outlook Express group.
See if the bottom post here helps:
http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=43313

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
"John K." <> wrote in message
news:02F9A4F6-2CE4-42D6-87FA-...
>I have been using OE for years and just recently incurred this problem.
> Running XP home edition. I have gone to Add/Remove programs and clicked
> on
> the set defaults and set Windows as the default, etc. That didn't work.
> Then I selected custom and set Outlook Express as the default email. That
> didn't work. I have also gone to OE tools and options and selected "set
> OE
> as default. That doesn't seem to work. Everytime I start OE, I get the
> message that OE is not my default email and would I like to make it the
> default. Any suggestions for a fix would be appreciated.

"Peter" wrote:

> This would be better placed in the Outlook Express group.
> See if the bottom post here helps:
> http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=43313
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> "John K." <> wrote in message
> news:02F9A4F6-2CE4-42D6-87FA-...
> >I have been using OE for years and just recently incurred this problem.
> > Running XP home edition. I have gone to Add/Remove programs and clicked
> > on
> > the set defaults and set Windows as the default, etc. That didn't work.
> > Then I selected custom and set Outlook Express as the default email. That
> > didn't work. I have also gone to OE tools and options and selected "set
> > OE
> > as default. That doesn't seem to work. Everytime I start OE, I get the
> > message that OE is not my default email and would I like to make it the
> > default. Any suggestions for a fix would be appreciated.
>
Thanks for the response. I tried the suggestion. When I did a search for
"C: etc. I came up dry. A couple of weeks ago I tried to move OE to my E
drive to free up space on my C drive. It didn't work and so I thought I had
moved it back. When I went to OE on the E drive I found the msimn file and
so I moved it to the C drive. It just says msimn and not msimn.exe. Then I
went and did everything suggested and also went to add/remove and reset the
defaults and also went to OE tools/options and set the default and rebooted.
I still get the message that OE is not the default when I open OE.
>

I don't know what to suggest except keep Googling and maybe post in
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...outlookexpress

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
"John K." <> wrote in message
news:A7773A75-842D-4A8B-AA53-...
>
>
> "Peter" wrote:
>
>> This would be better placed in the Outlook Express group.
>> See if the bottom post here helps:
>> http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=43313
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> "John K." <> wrote in message
>> news:02F9A4F6-2CE4-42D6-87FA-...
>> >I have been using OE for years and just recently incurred this problem.
>> > Running XP home edition. I have gone to Add/Remove programs and
>> > clicked
>> > on
>> > the set defaults and set Windows as the default, etc. That didn't
>> > work.
>> > Then I selected custom and set Outlook Express as the default email.
>> > That
>> > didn't work. I have also gone to OE tools and options and selected
>> > "set
>> > OE
>> > as default. That doesn't seem to work. Everytime I start OE, I get
>> > the
>> > message that OE is not my default email and would I like to make it the
>> > default. Any suggestions for a fix would be appreciated.
>>
> Thanks for the response. I tried the suggestion. When I did a search for
> "C: etc. I came up dry. A couple of weeks ago I tried to move OE to my E
> drive to free up space on my C drive. It didn't work and so I thought I
> had
> moved it back. When I went to OE on the E drive I found the msimn file
> and
> so I moved it to the C drive. It just says msimn and not msimn.exe.
> Then I
> went and did everything suggested and also went to add/remove and reset
> the
> defaults and also went to OE tools/options and set the default and
> rebooted.
> I still get the message that OE is not the default when I open OE.
>>