Windows Mail Mailto problem

If I click a mailto link in an email message IE opens and I then get a
message that "could not perform this operation because the default mail
client is not installed properly"

Why is it not recognizing "mailto:" as a mail link and opening IE?
I looked at the options and WM is the default email program.

Any ideas?

"Jay" <> wrote in message
news:...
> If I click a mailto link in an email message IE opens and I then get a
> message that "could not perform this operation because the default mail
> client is not installed properly"
>
> Why is it not recognizing "mailto:" as a mail link and opening IE?
> I looked at the options and WM is the default email program.
>
> Any ideas?

Start | Default Programs
Make sure Windows Mail has all three of its defaults.

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Control Panel (Classic view) > Default Programs > Set your default programs --
assure that IE and Windows Mail have all their defaults (press upper green
arrow).


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"Jay" <> wrote in message
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> If I click a mailto link in an email message IE opens and I then get a message
> that "could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not
> installed properly"
>
> Why is it not recognizing "mailto:" as a mail link and opening IE?
> I looked at the options and WM is the default email program.
>
> Any ideas?

Click Start, select Default Programs
Click Set program access and computer defaults
Click Custom, and select Windows Mail
Click OK

Then, follow these steps:

Click Set your default programs
Select your mail client from the list
Click Set this program as default
Click OK
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"Jay" <> wrote in message
news:...
> If I click a mailto link in an email message IE opens and I then get a
> message that "could not perform this operation because the default mail
> client is not installed properly"
>
> Why is it not recognizing "mailto:" as a mail link and opening IE?
> I looked at the options and WM is the default email program.
>
> Any ideas?

"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <> wrote in message
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> "Jay" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> If I click a mailto link in an email message IE opens and I then get a
>> message that "could not perform this operation because the default mail
>> client is not installed properly"
>>
>> Why is it not recognizing "mailto:" as a mail link and opening IE?
>> I looked at the options and WM is the default email program.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> Start | Default Programs
> Make sure Windows Mail has all three of its defaults.

All of those listed (IE, email, news, contacts, calendar) say this has all
it's defaults... of words to that effect.
I clicked the green arrow (make this default) on every app. Closed IE and
WM.
Clicked a mailto link in WM and IE opens with the same error.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MailtoProtocol.htm
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"Jay" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <> wrote in message
> news:F71F5D24-FAF4-4E46-809C-...
>> "Jay" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> If I click a mailto link in an email message IE opens and I then get a
>>> message that "could not perform this operation because the default mail
>>> client is not installed properly"
>>>
>>> Why is it not recognizing "mailto:" as a mail link and opening IE?
>>> I looked at the options and WM is the default email program.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Start | Default Programs
>> Make sure Windows Mail has all three of its defaults.
>
> All of those listed (IE, email, news, contacts, calendar) say this has all
> it's defaults... of words to that effect.
> I clicked the green arrow (make this default) on every app. Closed IE and
> WM.
> Clicked a mailto link in WM and IE opens with the same error.