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[Absinthe]

Hi everyone,

I installed various email software like pocomail and foxmail but i came back with outlook express.
I found that in the internet options/programs of internet explorer, those programs were still there.
How can i remove them completely ?

Thanks
Mélanie

[rjkrash]

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<font color=blue>E-mail settings are kept in two places. The registry key
[HKLM\Software\Clients\Mail]
describes the e-mail applications that are installed on the system, as well as the default e-mail application.

The key
[HKCU\Software\Clients\Mail]
describes the e-mail client that will be launched when the user clicks the Email icon on the Start menu.

If the HKCU\Software\Clients\Mail key is blank or missing, then the value from HKLM is used to select the e-mail application that will appear on the Start menu.

Underneath [HKLM\Software\Clients\Mail] may be zero or more subkeys, one for each registered email application. For example, a hypothetical system might have:
[HKLM\Software\Clients\Mail\Eudora]
[HKLM\Software\Clients\Mail\Outlook Express]
[HKLM\Software\Clients\Mail\HotMail] </font color=blue>

I would be sure I uninstalled evey thing I didn't use and then see if the keys were left behind. If so delete them. My guess is that the list comes from these keys.


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[reghakr]

Absinthe,

I'm assumming yoiu're running Win9x here. If not post back

If that doesn't work try the following:

Click Start&gt;Run and type in this line exactly, including the quotation marks:

"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg

That will reset the registry entries and you can then assign OE as the default mail client.

You'll also need to open Windows Explorer, go to View&gt;FolderOptions, click the FileTypes tab, scroll to URL:MailTo protocol, click the Edit button, click the Edit button again and paste this line into the "Application used to perform action" box:
"C:\PROGRAM FILES\OUTLOOK EXPRESS\MSIMN.EXE" /mailurl:%1

Or, open Notepad and copy and paste the following between the lines and save the file as oe.reg. Double-click on the file to merge the contents into the registry.
===========BEGIN CUT==============
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\mailto]
@="URL:MailTo Protocol"
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
"URL Protocol"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\mailto\Default Icon]
@="C:\\PROGRAM FILES\\OUTLOOK EXPRESS\\MSIMN.EXE,-2"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\mailto\shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\mailto\shell\o pen]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\mailto\shell\o pen\command]
@="\"C:\\PROGRAM FILES\\OUTLOOK EXPRESS\\MSIMN.EXE\" /mailurl:%1"
==============END CUT============

reghakr

[Absinthe]

Thanks a lot both of you. ;)

So nice to see people that gives such good information.

Take care

... and happy new year. ;)