hi folks operating OE as default mail but when using send to (to take
advantage of photo insertion sizes) outlook opens.

have followed info on these pages and have made sure all is ok even changed
registry (which already said right thing) but changed anyway.

have also changed details in folder options and file types.

when i now use send to, fresh mailbox opens which belongs to OE and all
seems ok, but if use send to again in same session outlook opens??????

is there a way to reduce photo size for email via OE when using file insert?

plus what is advantage or disadvantage of using outlook only?

regards, Alby

Make OE the default e-mail client:
http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx

For links in e-mail:
http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx

And:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

If you have MS Outlook installed, also see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#13

If you insert a graphic into a new message you have to resize it first. If
you do not have a photo imaging program, you can download InfranView (free)
at:
www.irfanview.com
or:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Alby" wrote in message
...
hi folks operating OE as default mail but when using send to (to take
advantage of photo insertion sizes) outlook opens.

have followed info on these pages and have made sure all is ok even
changed
registry (which already said right thing) but changed anyway.

have also changed details in folder options and file types.

when i now use send to, fresh mailbox opens which belongs to OE and all
seems ok, but if use send to again in same session outlook opens??????

is there a way to reduce photo size for email via OE when using file
insert?

plus what is advantage or disadvantage of using outlook only?

regards, Alby

"Alby" wrote in message
hi folks operating OE as default mail but when using send to (to take
advantage of photo insertion sizes) outlook opens.

Try this HTA(Html Application).

!-- FileName : MyMailerEn.hta --
htmlhead
meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"
titleSelection of Mail Client/title
hta:application scroll="no"/
script language=vbs
Option Explicit
Const ClientKey = "Software\clients\mail\"
Const W = 300, H = 200: Dim Form
With window
.resizeTo W, H
.moveTo (screen.availWidth - W) \ 2, (screen.availHeight - H) \ 2
End With
'
Sub Initialize()
Dim Client, SubKeys, aSubKey, aOption
Set Form = document.all
With CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
On Error Resume Next
Client = .RegRead("HKCU\" & ClientKey)
If Err Then Client = .RegRead("HKLM\" & ClientKey)
On Error GoTo 0
End With
If EnumKey("HKLM\" & ClientKey, SubKeys) 0 Then Me.Close
For Each aSubKey In SubKeys
Set aOption = document.createElement("option")
Form.Clients.options.add(aOption)
aOption.innertext = aSubKey: aOption.value = aSubKey
If aSubKey = Client Then aOption.selected = True
Next
End Sub
'
Sub SetClient
With CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
.RegWrite "HKCU\" & ClientKey, Form.Clients.value
If Form.CB1.Checked Then _
.RegWrite "HKLM\" & ClientKey, Form.Clients.value
End With
End Sub
'
Function EnumKey(ByVal MainKey, SubKeys)
Const HKCR = "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT", HKCU = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER"
Const HKLM = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", Tmp = "Temp.reg"
Dim Buf, Pat, cRes, aRes, aKey
Select Case Left(MainKey, 4)
Case "HKCR": MainKey = HKCR & Mid(Mainkey, 5)
Case "HKCU": MainKey = HKCU & Mid(Mainkey, 5)
Case "HKLM": MainKey = HKLM & Mid(Mainkey, 5)
End Select
With CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
.Run "Regedit /e " & Tmp & " """ & MainKey & """", 0, True
End With
With CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If Not .FileExists(Tmp) Then EnumKey = 1: Exit Function
With .OpenTextFile(Tmp, 1, False, -2)
Buf = .ReadAll: .Close
End With
.DeleteFile Tmp
End With
Pat = "\[" & Replace(MainKey, "\", "\\") & "\\([^\]\\]+)"
With New RegExp
.IgnoreCase = True: .Global = True
.Pattern = Pat: Set cRes = .Execute(Buf)
End With
If cRes.Count = 0 Then EnumKey = 1: Exit Function
With CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
For Each aRes In cRes
aKey = aRes.SubMatches(0)
If Not .Exists(aKey) Then .Add aKey, ""
Next
SubKeys = .Keys(): EnumKey = 0
End With
End Function
'
/script/headbody onload=Initializeform
pChange Mail Client invoked by br
   'SendTo - MailRecipient'br/p
pClient : select id=Clients/selectbr
input type=checkbox id=CB1Change also Default Client/p
p align=centerinput type=button value=Set onclick=SetClient
    input type=button value=Quit onclick=close/p
/form/body/html

--
Miyahn (Masataka Miya****a) JPN
Microsoft MVP for Microsoft Office - Excel(Jan 2006 - Dec 2006)

1. http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx; then...

2a. http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx

2b. (WinXP) [Control Panel Add/Remove Programs ] Set Program Access and
Defaults Email ...

If still no joy, see:

SendTo and E-mail Links Do Not Work Using Outlook Express as Default
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

Multiple browser windows open when you click on a mailto: link:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MailtoProtocol.htm

Microsoft Outlook updates change the default mail handler to Microsoft
Outlook
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#13

DefaultMail v2.1
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/defaultmail.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

Alby wrote:
hi folks operating OE as default mail but when using send to (to take
advantage of photo insertion sizes) outlook opens.

have followed info on these pages and have made sure all is ok even
changed registry (which already said right thing) but changed anyway.

have also changed details in folder options and file types.

when i now use send to, fresh mailbox opens which belongs to OE and all
seems ok, but if use send to again in same session outlook opens??????

is there a way to reduce photo size for email via OE when using file
insert?

plus what is advantage or disadvantage of using outlook only?

regards, Alby

Hi bruce thanks for your info unfortunatly i have seriously buggered up my
system by changing a file type and cannot now use system restore, can't open
safe mode, or command prompt or even as last resort re-install windows.

if you or anyone has any advise on how get around this.
this problem occured when i changed "mail to protocol" it didnt work so i
deleted it
or so i thought as i deleted something else tried to resolve but just made
matters worse.

if some can advise on how to access or enable system restore without having
to go through help and support.
or
assist in enabling help and support by changing help and support file type.
many thanks
Alby


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Make OE the default e-mail client:
http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx

For links in e-mail:
http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx

And:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

If you have MS Outlook installed, also see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#13

If you insert a graphic into a new message you have to resize it first. If
you do not have a photo imaging program, you can download InfranView (free)
at:
www.irfanview.com
or:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Alby" wrote in message
...
hi folks operating OE as default mail but when using send to (to take
advantage of photo insertion sizes) outlook opens.

have followed info on these pages and have made sure all is ok even
changed
registry (which already said right thing) but changed anyway.

have also changed details in folder options and file types.

when i now use send to, fresh mailbox opens which belongs to OE and all
seems ok, but if use send to again in same session outlook opens??????

is there a way to reduce photo size for email via OE when using file
insert?

plus what is advantage or disadvantage of using outlook only?

regards, Alby

At this point, I think you need to post to the newsgroup for your OS. You
are well out of any OE help I can provide.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Alby" wrote in message
...
Hi bruce thanks for your info unfortunatly i have seriously buggered up my
system by changing a file type and cannot now use system restore, can't
open
safe mode, or command prompt or even as last resort re-install windows.

if you or anyone has any advise on how get around this.
this problem occured when i changed "mail to protocol" it didnt work so i
deleted it
or so i thought as i deleted something else tried to resolve but just made
matters worse.

if some can advise on how to access or enable system restore without
having
to go through help and support.
or
assist in enabling help and support by changing help and support file
type.
many thanks
Alby


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Make OE the default e-mail client:
http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx

For links in e-mail:
http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx

And:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

If you have MS Outlook installed, also see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#13

If you insert a graphic into a new message you have to resize it first.
If
you do not have a photo imaging program, you can download InfranView
(free)
at:
www.irfanview.com
or:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Alby" wrote in message
...
hi folks operating OE as default mail but when using send to (to take
advantage of photo insertion sizes) outlook opens.

have followed info on these pages and have made sure all is ok even
changed
registry (which already said right thing) but changed anyway.

have also changed details in folder options and file types.

when i now use send to, fresh mailbox opens which belongs to OE and all
seems ok, but if use send to again in same session outlook opens??????

is there a way to reduce photo size for email via OE when using file
insert?

plus what is advantage or disadvantage of using outlook only?

regards, Alby

Hi bruce and others thanks for your recent info, my problem with my system
not allowing me to restore, format or generally do anything was only resolved
by re-installing xp, i was only able to do this via my bios and change the
boot from setting to boot from cd-rom.

the re-installing allowed a "semi re-install" rather than clean install so
all files not pertaining to xp would be kept, however as the registry was
rewritten all other software ie office, printers etc had to be reinstalled
also.

the send to mail recipient i also resolved by not installing outlook in the
office install therefore the only mail prog is now outlook express and the
send to works fine and more than once.

if other folks are having probs with "send to" forget rewritting the
registry or doing anything with file types (thats the road to misery)i
suggest uninstalling outlook either via control panel/add remove progs,
highlight your office prog and click add remove componets box to left of panel
or
insert office cd rom and use remove components from there.

outlook express should make itself the default mail prog by err default,
test it by using send to mail recipient and use your own address to send to.
you will find that the email is full of crap about the safety of email
attachments it will always be there, just highlight it and delete there is
away of removing this but again its to do with rewritting the registry, my
advice is dont do it!

alternatively if you have a photo editing prog that comes with printers,
scanners, cameras etc, check it out to see if it will send your pics to the
mail prog in a compressed format. i just done it with my HP printer
software, it did it but the pics on return where of a much larger viewing
size than the ones done via send to but compression was same.

many thanks again folks
Alby

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Make OE the default e-mail client:
http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx

For links in e-mail:
http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx

And:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

If you have MS Outlook installed, also see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#13

If you insert a graphic into a new message you have to resize it first. If
you do not have a photo imaging program, you can download InfranView (free)
at:
www.irfanview.com
or:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Alby" wrote in message
...
hi folks operating OE as default mail but when using send to (to take
advantage of photo insertion sizes) outlook opens.

have followed info on these pages and have made sure all is ok even
changed
registry (which already said right thing) but changed anyway.

have also changed details in folder options and file types.

when i now use send to, fresh mailbox opens which belongs to OE and all
seems ok, but if use send to again in same session outlook opens??????

is there a way to reduce photo size for email via OE when using file
insert?

plus what is advantage or disadvantage of using outlook only?

regards, Alby