Office 2007 & outlook express

[MyWorld]

I recently got someone a copy a of Office 2007 Home and student version (need it for pascal or something), but it has been 4 years since I last worked on something Windows related and I have never seen the interface of Office 2007 before so I'm a bit lost atm.

What we are trying to get right is to enable Outlook Express to send an email from within Word or Excel, but atm when you click on the email icon somewhere in all the clutter that is now the new icon bar interface, it just does nothing.

There is no other email client installed and for some reason Outlook Express is not seen as the default email client. When you use explorer and click on tools, internet options and programs, it just shows "system default" and there is no way that I could find to FORCE it to see that as Outlook Express.

I spend a couple of hours going through a few Windows bug reports, tried one or two that seemed relevant but on the whole the problem still persists. Even if you click an email link in Firefox it just shouts back at you that there is no email client installed.

Downloaded Outlook Express 6 again and reinstalled it, updated the PC to XP SP3, no joy.

Apart from reinstalling everything, has someone had such a problem before and how did you get around to fixing it?
I'm inclined to "think" (just my opinion) that some software messed up the system settings regarding the email client, but have no idea even as to where to begin to look for the culprit.

Software that MAY have skewed the settings:
Pascal
VIP Payroll
Office 2007 Home and Student

And that is all they use, nothing else.
Any advice would be super, thanks!

PS:
Before jumping down on my head about the office version, it is for a non-profit organisation and I had a chat about it with MS SA, so it IS legal.

 

[NetSpike]

To set Outlook Express as your default in Windows XP you must open the Control Panel, go to Add/Remove Programs, click on the left bar on Set Programs Access and Defaults, click on the Custom radio button (even if it is selected), and set your default email program.

Hope that helps.

Edward

 

[MyWorld]

I did try that, but it is not even listed there under email client...

 

[NetSpike]

To add the data string to the default mail client key: 1. Start Registry Editor; click Start, click Run, and then type regedit.
2. Locate the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Outlook Express
3. In the left pane, click Outlook Express. Two values should be displayed in the right pane: one is Default, which has a value of Outlook Express, and the other is DLLPath, which contains the path to Msoe.dll on your computer.
4. If the DLLPath value is not present, click Edit, point to New, and then click String Value.
5. New Value #1 is displayed, with the text selected. Type DllPath, and then press the ENTER key.
6. Double-click the new DLLPath value to open it. In the Value Data box, type the path to the Msoe.dll file on your computer, for example:
drive:\PROGRAM FILES\OUTLOOK EXPRESS\MSOE.DLL
7. Click OK, and then quit Registry Editor.
8. Try to send mail from a link or another program.

 

[NetSpike]

Oh.. forgot to say you can also try the following to register it as your default client:

In Outlook Express:
1. In Outlook Express, click Tools, and then click Options.
2. On the General tab, the Default Messaging Programs section states Outlook Express is NOT the default mail handler; click Make Default, and then click OK.
3. Try to send mail from a link or another program.

In Internet Options:
1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Internet Options icon, and then click the Programs tab.
3. Under Internet Programs, click the E-mail list, and then click Outlook Express.
4. Click Apply, and then click OK.
5. Try to send mail from a link or another program.

From the Run line (if the Outlook Express and Internet Options methods do not register Outlook Express as the default e-mail program, use this method):
1. Click Start.
2. Click Run.
3. Type the following line, including the quotation marks, where drive is the letter of the drive in which Outlook Express is installed, and then click OK:
"drive:\program files\outlook express\msimn.exe" /reg

You might need to restart your computer after you've made the changes in my previous post.

 

[MyWorld]

Thanks, will try the last method you posted since I tried the other already.