Louis, This issue may occur if the Outlook registry key is corrupted. When other programs try to use the Outlook Simple MAPI interface, they cannot retrieve the required information from the registry.
You must first remove the corrupted Outlook registry key, and then perform a Detect and Repair operation to have Outlook rebuild the key. To do this, follow these steps: • Click Start, and then click Run. Teoriya veroyatnosti reshebnik chudesenko. • In the Open box, type regedit, and then press ENTER. • In Registry Editor, locate the following subkey in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Clients Mail Microsoft Outlook • Select the subkey, and then press DELETE. • Quit Registry Editor. • Start Outlook.
• On the Help menu, click Office Diagnostics. • Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the repair. Important: Above section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.
Jul 29, 2014 Setting Default Program/Protocol Associations without Windows Store. We can find the progID (you want to change to) under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Classes in regedit. For more information about ProgID. (e.g:default mail client for MailTo protocol). Aug 30, 2016 - To open a Write new e-mail using mailto association. REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion.
For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. That did not turn out to be the answer. I found a simpler solution but I am still not impressed with Outlook. Kind of like the comment often heard socially TMI.
I installed Outlook in XP and then imported my WAB and messages into outlook 2003 from OE. Copied the appropriate files to to a hold location. Rebooted into W7 and then copied the.pst and other appropriate files into the corresponding directories in W7 version of Outlook. Much difficultiy with UAC and permissions along the way but not part of this issue.
I am now happily using Outlook for an email client although I still do not understand why the simplicity of Express was not an included client in W7. I have been in the IT field since the days of EAM equipment in 1958 (50 years). It has been a rule of mine through my early days in punched cards to today to follow the KISS method and it has always worked for me. Douglas Grace.
It would appear that the question refers to Outlook and not Outlook Express, I do not have an answer either, I have installed Office 2003 with Outlook. I am trying desperately to import my OE old messages etc. Each time it tells me that it can not open the file because some one else is using them. I have copies to Flash Drive, another hard drive etc., all to no avail. Does W7 have some attribute of which I am unaware to prevent this. I have even gone into Permissions and change permissions to allow Everyone Full control on this directory. Still can not open the data files to import into Outlook.
Live mail by the ways SUX the big hawsepipe for an email client. Louis, This issue may occur if the Outlook registry key is corrupted. When other programs try to use the Outlook Simple MAPI interface, they cannot retrieve the required information from the registry. You must first remove the corrupted Outlook registry key, and then perform a Detect and Repair operation to have Outlook rebuild the key. To do this, follow these steps: • Click Start, and then click Run. • In the Open box, type regedit, and then press ENTER.