URL Links not opening in windows live mail

[steve@russellservice]

Hi, I am using Vista Home Edition with windows live mail as my default client. There is some problem with my system, I don’t if it is related to vista or WLM, whenever I click any hyperlink or URL from my mail, instead of opening the same, I get the following error message:

“This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel.”

Earlier I had set Internet Explorer 7 as my default browser but after getting this error when I went to control panel > programs > default programs > set default programs I found that IE is nowhere in the default programs list. I searched again for IE, set it as default internet browser but every time I go back and come again, I find IE7 removed as default browser.

I don’t know what is wrong. Somebody help please.

[Gregoryl]

Well try this. Go to Default Programs applet, now click on ‘Set program access and computer defaults." Now click on Custom selection to Expand, and select Internet Explorer under "Choose a default web browser". Now save the changes by clicking OK. By doing this we actually rewriting the default protocol assignments in the registry. See if it works.

[steve@russellservice]

Thanks a lot for the help Gregoryl but I have already tried doing that before posting here. But as I said above, though I set WLM and IE as my default email client and browser, they revert back from these settings automatically later.