Hello. I have a 3 month old Dell Studio Q8200 Desktop 2.33 GHZ. 4GB DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHZ with "Vista Home Premium"(Not sure what premium is).
I have Internet Explorer 7 with all the updates. I had tried Internet 8 but it was RUNNING slow. I went back to 7.
I read the POSTING about setting the Defaults and did them, but I still can't get a Link to open in "Windows Mail".
I first went to "Set Your Default Programs". There I clicked on Internet Explorer and Windows Mail and then clicked on ""Set this program as default".
Next I went to "Associate a file TYPE or protocol with a program". In "Extensions", I did not click on anything nor on "Protocols".
I went to "Set programs access and computer defaults". I first tried clicking on Internet Explorer as the Default. "Windows Mail still would not open a Link.
I then went to "CUSTOM" and clicked on that. It still would not open the Link.
However, as soon as I opened "Internet Explorer"and minimized it, I was able to go to "Windows Mail" and the Links opened right up. It will only do it if I have Explorer open. (I did not know this is what it would do. I just happened to have Explorer minimized when I was checking my E Mail).
Any help would be appreciated.
ptfitzy