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While on www.icynene.com I have been unable to click on their dealer locator
to identify dealers in my area. I get the following message: could not
perform this function because the default mail client is not properly
installed.

Appreciate your help

Al

"Al Charbonneau" <> wrote in message
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> While on www.icynene.com I have been unable to click on their dealer
> locator
> to identify dealers in my area. I get the following message: could not
> perform this function because the default mail client is not properly
> installed.
>
> Appreciate your help
>
> Al

You need to go into Tools>Internet Options>Programs, and select a different
e-mail source. Or, properly configure the e-mail source that's selected.

The Dealer Locater you're clicking on is trying to send an e-mail to the
mothership that collects your level of interest, and other stuff, before it
tells you who to call in your area. This isn't a true dealer locater, by the
way. It could simply be a mistake by the guy that wrote the page, or it
could be something they are doing on purpose. Normally a dealer locater is
something that you plug in your ZIP Code and get a list of places that you
can call or visit.

There's a term for what you are getting stuck with, and Dealer Locater isn't
it. They might send you a phone number and address, but they should not need
to invoke an instance of New Message from your e-mail client to do it.
Personally, unless I really needed whatever they were selling, I'd not
answer a questionaire or send an e-mail to get information on the nearest
source. If they need more than my ZIP Code to tell me where the nearest
dealer is, they aren't really very interested in my business.

Unlike Vista and WinXP, Win7 does not include a default Mail Client so
you'll need to (1) install one (e.g., MS Outlook; Windows Live Mail;
Thunderbird) and then (2) set it as your default for Mail in Set Program
Access and Computer Defaults
(http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...puter-Defaults).

Tip: If you have a account, you can install Yahoo Toolbar and
then have an option to make Yahoo Mail (website) your default.

More questions about this? Post here:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...etwork/threads

[In their infinite wisdom, MS decided that all Win7 support will be
forum-based. There are no Win7-specific newsgroups on the MS newsserver.]
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Al Charbonneau wrote:
> While on www.icynene.com I have been unable to click on their dealer
> locator
> to identify dealers in my area. I get the following message: could not
> perform this function because the default mail client is not properly
> installed.