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Outlook overrides Outlook Express default contact list after updat
Hi all!
I help out a senior with his computer occasionally, here is an annoying situation I need to solve for him He is not computer savvy at all ,what he uses his PC for is to send off a copy of his 'weekly journal' to his relatives and friends. First he composes it daily in Word then, & then at the end of each week he opens up IE6 and does a copy of document ,clicks on the 'letter' icon to brings up a new email message, selects his contacts,and then pastes the document into the body of the message. I recommended to him simply open OUTLOOK EXPRESS directly, select his contacts , and paste his message and send it out from there. I told him that was a smple way of doing it and opening the browser up to send a message was an unnecessary step, but apparently he is fixed in his ways and won't do it because it 'confuses him'. Moving right along with my problem, apparently I had him try using his OUTLOOK istead of OUTLOOK EXPRESS for a few weeks, but the user interface was confusing for him so I deleted his address book,etc. in OUTLOOK and set the default email in IE6 back to OUTLOOK EXPRESS. The problem: Every month after Patch Tuesday, the email default in IE6 defaults back to the OUTLOOK address book so I go in and reset the default email program back to Outlook Express every month- It totally makes him upset and even after showing him many times to simply go to the selection box and choose the other Contacts selection it befuddles him. My Question : Is there a way to do a registry hack or something to prevent the Outlook address siezing control month after month permanently? The other alternative is to remove OUTLOOK , how can that be accomplished? Any suggestions???? Thanks Mike -- mIKE |
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Outlook overrides Outlook Express default contact list after updat
"mIKE" wrote in message
... My Question : Is there a way to do a registry hack or something to prevent the Outlook address siezing control month after month permanently? The other alternative is to remove OUTLOOK , how can that be accomplished? If he doesn't use Outlook at all, then uninstall it. -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s) |
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Outlook overrides Outlook Express default contact list after u
Thank you for the suggestion, I deleted Outlook ( only as last resort)
It also cleared a related problem which affected Outlook Express- When you created a blank Email message, the CREATE message toolbar had the icons missing i.e. Send,Font,Check Spelling,Attach (greyed out) using the view select for standard view had no effect -- mIKE "Gordon" wrote: "mIKE" wrote in message ... My Question : Is there a way to do a registry hack or something to prevent the Outlook address siezing control month after month permanently? The other alternative is to remove OUTLOOK , how can that be accomplished? If he doesn't use Outlook at all, then uninstall it. -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s) |
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