Send To > Mail Recipient opens Outlook Express instead of Outlook 2003

Hi,

I'm running WinXP Pro x64 and Office 2003 standard with all the latest
patches and updates, and I'm using Outlook 2003 for email.

In Windows Explorer, when I select Send To > Mail Recipient, Windows
wants to use Outlook Express 6 instead of Outlook 2003.

How can I force it use Outlook 2003?

I searched the net and microsoft.com for a solution but nothing
applies to my situation.

I was using WinXP Pro 32-bit until last November and Windows was
correctly using Outlook 2003 with Send To > Mail Recipient.

Thanks for your help.

Sincerely,
Richard

On Feb 2, 5:42 am, "r...@ncf.ca" <r...@ncf.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running WinXP Pro x64 and Office 2003 standard with all the latest
> patches and updates, and I'm using Outlook 2003 for email.
>
> In Windows Explorer, when I select Send To > Mail Recipient, Windows
> wants to use Outlook Express 6 instead of Outlook 2003.
>
> How can I force it use Outlook 2003?
>

Just to clarify that you have checked IExplorer->Tools->Internet
Options to see if the default mail is (still) set to Outlook and has
not magically become Outlook Express.

'Flyer

Yes, I had already verified this, and looking at it again, under
Programs, it shows Microsoft Office Outlook as e-mail program.


On Feb 1, 2:51 pm, "Computerflyer" <computerfl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 2, 5:42 am, "r...@ncf.ca" <r...@ncf.ca> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I'm running WinXP Pro x64 and Office 2003 standard with all the latest
> > patches and updates, and I'm using Outlook 2003 for email.
>
> > In Windows Explorer, when I select Send To > Mail Recipient, Windows
> > wants to use Outlook Express 6 instead of Outlook 2003.
>
> > How can I force it use Outlook 2003?
>
> Just to clarify that you have checked IExplorer->Tools->Internet
> Options to see if the default mail is (still) set to Outlook and has
> not magically become Outlook Express.
>
> 'Flyer

Hello Richard,
Yep this correct. You are using a 64-bit program in Windows Explorer which
then loads a 64-bit version of the mail client.
the Sendto calls a 64-bit dll directly to make the call and since it's in a
64-bit program, it's limited to loading 64-bit (thus Outlook Express) not
the 32-bit DLL which would call Outlook
You would need to load a 32-bit version of Windows Explorer to open Outlook
rather than Outlook Express when using Send To..
895561 Some Windows Explorer extensions and some Control Panel items are
not displayed on computers that are running an x64-based version of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;895561


Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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|>From: "rvp@ncf.ca" <rvp@ncf.ca>
|>Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
|>Subject: Send To > Mail Recipient opens Outlook Express instead of
Outlook 2003
|>Date: 1 Feb 2007 10:42:10 -0800
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|>Hi,
|>
|>I'm running WinXP Pro x64 and Office 2003 standard with all the latest
|>patches and updates, and I'm using Outlook 2003 for email.
|>
|>In Windows Explorer, when I select Send To > Mail Recipient, Windows
|>wants to use Outlook Express 6 instead of Outlook 2003.
|>
|>How can I force it use Outlook 2003?
|>
|>I searched the net and microsoft.com for a solution but nothing
|>applies to my situation.
|>
|>I was using WinXP Pro 32-bit until last November and Windows was
|>correctly using Outlook 2003 with Send To > Mail Recipient.
|>
|>Thanks for your help.
|>
|>Sincerely,
|>Richard
|>
|>

Works properly in Vista x64. But, I'm also using Office 2007 so the fix may
be there.
(Right-click -> Send to -> Mail recipients opens a new message in Outlook
2007.)

- Aaron

""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:GS0Dk%23jRHHA.2080@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
> Hello Richard,
> Yep this correct. You are using a 64-bit program in Windows Explorer
> which
> then loads a 64-bit version of the mail client.
> the Sendto calls a 64-bit dll directly to make the call and since it's in
> a
> 64-bit program, it's limited to loading 64-bit (thus Outlook Express) not
> the 32-bit DLL which would call Outlook
> You would need to load a 32-bit version of Windows Explorer to open
> Outlook
> rather than Outlook Express when using Send To..
> 895561 Some Windows Explorer extensions and some Control Panel items are
> not displayed on computers that are running an x64-based version of
> Windows
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;895561
>
>
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
> --------------------
> |>From: "rvp@ncf.ca" <rvp@ncf.ca>
> |>Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
> |>Subject: Send To > Mail Recipient opens Outlook Express instead of
> Outlook 2003
> |>Date: 1 Feb 2007 10:42:10 -0800
> |>Organization: http://groups.google.com
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> |>X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
> |>
> |>Hi,
> |>
> |>I'm running WinXP Pro x64 and Office 2003 standard with all the latest
> |>patches and updates, and I'm using Outlook 2003 for email.
> |>
> |>In Windows Explorer, when I select Send To > Mail Recipient, Windows
> |>wants to use Outlook Express 6 instead of Outlook 2003.
> |>
> |>How can I force it use Outlook 2003?
> |>
> |>I searched the net and microsoft.com for a solution but nothing
> |>applies to my situation.
> |>
> |>I was using WinXP Pro 32-bit until last November and Windows was
> |>correctly using Outlook 2003 with Send To > Mail Recipient.
> |>
> |>Thanks for your help.
> |>
> |>Sincerely,
> |>Richard
> |>
> |>
>

Hello Aaron,
Yes there was code written specifically to change this in Windows Vista.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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|>From: "Aaron Kelley" <aaronkelley@hotmail.com>
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|>Subject: Re: Send To > Mail Recipient opens Outlook Express instead of
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|>Works properly in Vista x64. But, I'm also using Office 2007 so the fix
may
|>be there.
|>(Right-click -> Send to -> Mail recipients opens a new message in Outlook
|>2007.)
|>
|> - Aaron
|>
|>""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
|>news:GS0Dk%23jRHHA.2080@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
|>> Hello Richard,
|>> Yep this correct. You are using a 64-bit program in Windows Explorer
|>> which
|>> then loads a 64-bit version of the mail client.
|>> the Sendto calls a 64-bit dll directly to make the call and since it's
in
|>> a
|>> 64-bit program, it's limited to loading 64-bit (thus Outlook Express)
not
|>> the 32-bit DLL which would call Outlook
|>> You would need to load a 32-bit version of Windows Explorer to open
|>> Outlook
|>> rather than Outlook Express when using Send To..
|>> 895561 Some Windows Explorer extensions and some Control Panel items are
|>> not displayed on computers that are running an x64-based version of
|>> Windows
|>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;895561
|>>
|>>
|>> Thanks,
|>> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
|>>
|>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights
|>> --------------------
|>> |>From: "rvp@ncf.ca" <rvp@ncf.ca>
|>> |>Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
|>> |>Subject: Send To > Mail Recipient opens Outlook Express instead of
|>> Outlook 2003
|>> |>Date: 1 Feb 2007 10:42:10 -0800
|>> |>Organization: http://groups.google.com
|>> |>Lines: 21
|>> |>Message-ID: <1170355329.173255.215400@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>
|>> |>NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.92.160.16
|>> |>Mime-Version: 1.0
|>> |>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
|>> |>X-Trace: posting.google.com 1170355336 18228 127.0.0.1 (1 Feb 2007
|>> 18:42:16 GMT)
|>> |>X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com
|>> |>NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 18:42:16 +0000 (UTC)
|>> |>User-Agent: G2/1.0
|>> |>X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.2;
|>> WOW64; MathPlayer 2.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR
|>> 3.0.04506.30),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe)
|>> |>X-HTTP-Via: 1.1 proxy01.crc.ca:3128 (squid/2.6.STABLE3)
|>> |>Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com
|>> |>Injection-Info: a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com;
|>> posting-host=142.92.160.16;
|>> |> posting-account=yGK-aAwAAACC2s85jvr9H76NOXMfiueA
|>> |>Path:
|>>
TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTFEEDS01.phx.gbl!news-out.
|>>
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|>>
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|>> groups.com!not-for-mail
|>> |>Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl
microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general:2705
|>> |>X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
|>> |>
|>> |>Hi,
|>> |>
|>> |>I'm running WinXP Pro x64 and Office 2003 standard with all the latest
|>> |>patches and updates, and I'm using Outlook 2003 for email.
|>> |>
|>> |>In Windows Explorer, when I select Send To > Mail Recipient, Windows
|>> |>wants to use Outlook Express 6 instead of Outlook 2003.
|>> |>
|>> |>How can I force it use Outlook 2003?
|>> |>
|>> |>I searched the net and microsoft.com for a solution but nothing
|>> |>applies to my situation.
|>> |>
|>> |>I was using WinXP Pro 32-bit until last November and Windows was
|>> |>correctly using Outlook 2003 with Send To > Mail Recipient.
|>> |>
|>> |>Thanks for your help.
|>> |>
|>> |>Sincerely,
|>> |>Richard
|>> |>
|>> |>
|>>
|>
|>