Re: Read Mail Button does not Work

[Crossposted to Vista (Windows) Mail newsgroup]

Also see
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...s-listing.html
--
~PA Bear


prewch wrote:
> I have done that and still the problem persists. That is the Windows Mail
> is still not hte Default Mailhandler and neither does the Read Mail button
> work . I think I need to go a bit deeper into this to get it sorted.
>
>> Courtesy of MVP Gary VanderMolen:
>>
>> Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
>> the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
>> "Set your default programs."
>>
>> After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on Windows
>> Mail. If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
>> then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green arrow.
>> --
>> Windows Mail-specific newsgroup:
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ows.vista.mail
>>
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>>
>>
>> prewch wrote:
>>> I have set the Read mail button onto the Command bar but it does not
>>> bring
>>> up Windows mail.
>>>
>>> I have also tried to set Windows mail as the default email handler from
>>> Tools --> Options --> General --> Default Messaging Programs, but each
>>> time
>>> I have pressed the "Make Default" button the next time I go back it
>>> still
>>> says "This application is NOT the default mail handler"
>>>
>>> It seems to me the two problems are connected but how do I get them
>>> fixed?

Superb job. The problem is now sortd out and everything works. Many many thanks
--
prewch


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> [Crossposted to Vista (Windows) Mail newsgroup]
>
> Also see
> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...s-listing.html
> --
> ~PA Bear
>
>
> prewch wrote:
> > I have done that and still the problem persists. That is the Windows Mail
> > is still not hte Default Mailhandler and neither does the Read Mail button
> > work . I think I need to go a bit deeper into this to get it sorted.
> >
> >> Courtesy of MVP Gary VanderMolen:
> >>
> >> Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
> >> the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
> >> "Set your default programs."
> >>
> >> After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on Windows
> >> Mail. If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
> >> then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green arrow.
> >> --
> >> Windows Mail-specific newsgroup:
> >> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ows.vista.mail
> >>
> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> >>
> >>
> >> prewch wrote:
> >>> I have set the Read mail button onto the Command bar but it does not
> >>> bring
> >>> up Windows mail.
> >>>
> >>> I have also tried to set Windows mail as the default email handler from
> >>> Tools --> Options --> General --> Default Messaging Programs, but each
> >>> time
> >>> I have pressed the "Make Default" button the next time I go back it
> >>> still
> >>> says "This application is NOT the default mail handler"
> >>>
> >>> It seems to me the two problems are connected but how do I get them
> >>> fixed?
>
>

When you go to Default Programs, does it acknowledge that
Windows Mail has all its defaults?

Sometimes it helps to go to the "Set program access and computer defaults"
section in Default Programs, select 'Custom' and expand it. Go to the
section "Choose a default e-mail program", select Windows Mail, click OK.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message news:eQ$0TN25IHA.3784@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> [Crossposted to Vista (Windows) Mail newsgroup]
>
> Also see
> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...s-listing.html
> --
> ~PA Bear
>
>
> prewch wrote:
>> I have done that and still the problem persists. That is the Windows Mail
>> is still not hte Default Mailhandler and neither does the Read Mail button
>> work . I think I need to go a bit deeper into this to get it sorted.
>>
>>> Courtesy of MVP Gary VanderMolen:
>>>
>>> Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
>>> the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
>>> "Set your default programs."
>>>
>>> After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on Windows
>>> Mail. If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
>>> then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green arrow.
>>> --
>>> Windows Mail-specific newsgroup:
>>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ows.vista.mail
>>>
>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>>>
>>>
>>> prewch wrote:
>>>> I have set the Read mail button onto the Command bar but it does not
>>>> bring
>>>> up Windows mail.
>>>>
>>>> I have also tried to set Windows mail as the default email handler from
>>>> Tools --> Options --> General --> Default Messaging Programs, but each
>>>> time
>>>> I have pressed the "Make Default" button the next time I go back it
>>>> still
>>>> says "This application is NOT the default mail handler"
>>>>
>>>> It seems to me the two problems are connected but how do I get them
>>>> fixed?
>

[Been there, done that. See my first reply, Gary. Thanks.]

Gary VanderMolen wrote:
> When you go to Default Programs, does it acknowledge that
> Windows Mail has all its defaults?
>
> Sometimes it helps to go to the "Set program access and computer defaults"
> section in Default Programs, select 'Custom' and expand it. Go to the
> section "Choose a default e-mail program", select Windows Mail, click OK.
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eQ$0TN25IHA.3784@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> [Crossposted to Vista (Windows) Mail newsgroup]
>>
>> Also see
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...s-listing.html
>> --
>> ~PA Bear
>>
>>
>> prewch wrote:
>>> I have done that and still the problem persists. That is the Windows
>>> Mail
>>> is still not hte Default Mailhandler and neither does the Read Mail
>>> button
>>> work . I think I need to go a bit deeper into this to get it sorted.
>>>
>>>> Courtesy of MVP Gary VanderMolen:
>>>>
>>>> Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
>>>> the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
>>>> "Set your default programs."
>>>>
>>>> After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on Windows
>>>> Mail. If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
>>>> then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green
>>>> arrow.
>>>> --
>>>> Windows Mail-specific newsgroup:
>>>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ows.vista.mail
>>>>
>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> prewch wrote:
>>>>> I have set the Read mail button onto the Command bar but it does not
>>>>> bring
>>>>> up Windows mail.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have also tried to set Windows mail as the default email handler
>>>>> from
>>>>> Tools --> Options --> General --> Default Messaging Programs, but
>>>>> each
>>>>> time
>>>>> I have pressed the "Make Default" button the next time I go back it
>>>>> still
>>>>> says "This application is NOT the default mail handler"
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems to me the two problems are connected but how do I get them
>>>>> fixed?

I got the impression that the OP may have done the
"Set your default programs" part, but he didn't necessarily
do the "Set program access and computer defaults" part.
Those two procedures have somewhat different effects.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23aoHV495IHA.4468@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> [Been there, done that. See my first reply, Gary. Thanks.]
>
> Gary VanderMolen wrote:
>> When you go to Default Programs, does it acknowledge that
>> Windows Mail has all its defaults?
>>
>> Sometimes it helps to go to the "Set program access and computer defaults"
>> section in Default Programs, select 'Custom' and expand it. Go to the
>> section "Choose a default e-mail program", select Windows Mail, click OK.
>>
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:eQ$0TN25IHA.3784@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> [Crossposted to Vista (Windows) Mail newsgroup]
>>>
>>> Also see
>>> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...s-listing.html
>>> --
>>> ~PA Bear
>>>
>>>
>>> prewch wrote:
>>>> I have done that and still the problem persists. That is the Windows
>>>> Mail
>>>> is still not hte Default Mailhandler and neither does the Read Mail
>>>> button
>>>> work . I think I need to go a bit deeper into this to get it sorted.
>>>>
>>>>> Courtesy of MVP Gary VanderMolen:
>>>>>
>>>>> Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
>>>>> the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
>>>>> "Set your default programs."
>>>>>
>>>>> After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on Windows
>>>>> Mail. If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
>>>>> then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green
>>>>> arrow.
>>>>> --
>>>>> Windows Mail-specific newsgroup:
>>>>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ows.vista.mail
>>>>>
>>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> prewch wrote:
>>>>>> I have set the Read mail button onto the Command bar but it does not
>>>>>> bring
>>>>>> up Windows mail.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have also tried to set Windows mail as the default email handler
>>>>>> from
>>>>>> Tools --> Options --> General --> Default Messaging Programs, but
>>>>>> each
>>>>>> time
>>>>>> I have pressed the "Make Default" button the next time I go back it
>>>>>> still
>>>>>> says "This application is NOT the default mail handler"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It seems to me the two problems are connected but how do I get them
>>>>>> fixed?
>

This solution is one that actually worked for me! Thank you Gary.

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> When you go to Default Programs, does it acknowledge that
> Windows Mail has all its defaults?
>
> Sometimes it helps to go to the "Set program access and computer defaults"
> section in Default Programs, select 'Custom' and expand it. Go to the
> section "Choose a default e-mail program", select Windows Mail, click OK.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message news:eQ$0TN25IHA.3784@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > [Crossposted to Vista (Windows) Mail newsgroup]
> >
> > Also see
> > http://www.winhelponline.com/article...s-listing.html
> > --
> > ~PA Bear
> >
> >
> > prewch wrote:
> >> I have done that and still the problem persists. That is the Windows Mail
> >> is still not hte Default Mailhandler and neither does the Read Mail button
> >> work . I think I need to go a bit deeper into this to get it sorted.
> >>
> >>> Courtesy of MVP Gary VanderMolen:
> >>>
> >>> Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
> >>> the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
> >>> "Set your default programs."
> >>>
> >>> After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on Windows
> >>> Mail. If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
> >>> then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green arrow.
> >>> --
> >>> Windows Mail-specific newsgroup:
> >>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ows.vista.mail
> >>>
> >>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> prewch wrote:
> >>>> I have set the Read mail button onto the Command bar but it does not
> >>>> bring
> >>>> up Windows mail.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have also tried to set Windows mail as the default email handler from
> >>>> Tools --> Options --> General --> Default Messaging Programs, but each
> >>>> time
> >>>> I have pressed the "Make Default" button the next time I go back it
> >>>> still
> >>>> says "This application is NOT the default mail handler"
> >>>>
> >>>> It seems to me the two problems are connected but how do I get them
> >>>> fixed?
> >
>

You're welcome, Bob.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Bob Miller" <Bob Miller@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:19D5A7C9-B014-4C63-89E6-61923DDC2AC7@microsoft.com...
> This solution is one that actually worked for me! Thank you Gary.
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
>> When you go to Default Programs, does it acknowledge that
>> Windows Mail has all its defaults?
>>
>> Sometimes it helps to go to the "Set program access and computer defaults"
>> section in Default Programs, select 'Custom' and expand it. Go to the
>> section "Choose a default e-mail program", select Windows Mail, click OK.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message news:eQ$0TN25IHA.3784@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> > [Crossposted to Vista (Windows) Mail newsgroup]
>> >
>> > Also see
>> > http://www.winhelponline.com/article...s-listing.html
>> > --
>> > ~PA Bear
>> >
>> >
>> > prewch wrote:
>> >> I have done that and still the problem persists. That is the Windows Mail
>> >> is still not hte Default Mailhandler and neither does the Read Mail button
>> >> work . I think I need to go a bit deeper into this to get it sorted.
>> >>
>> >>> Courtesy of MVP Gary VanderMolen:
>> >>>
>> >>> Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
>> >>> the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
>> >>> "Set your default programs."
>> >>>
>> >>> After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on Windows
>> >>> Mail. If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
>> >>> then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green arrow.
>> >>> --
>> >>> Windows Mail-specific newsgroup:
>> >>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ows.vista.mail
>> >>>
>> >>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> >>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> prewch wrote:
>> >>>> I have set the Read mail button onto the Command bar but it does not
>> >>>> bring
>> >>>> up Windows mail.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I have also tried to set Windows mail as the default email handler from
>> >>>> Tools --> Options --> General --> Default Messaging Programs, but each
>> >>>> time
>> >>>> I have pressed the "Make Default" button the next time I go back it
>> >>>> still
>> >>>> says "This application is NOT the default mail handler"
>> >>>>
>> >>>> It seems to me the two problems are connected but how do I get them
>> >>>> fixed?
>> >
>>