Mike, I too have the options grayed-out and OE is my current default email client. What I interpret this as is, that since OE is the current chosen default, the selection for the same in OE settings is redundant and hence grayed-out.

Shaleen Kumar

----original message------------
From:    Mike Williams <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Default Email Program

Pariss Hardy wrote:
"You might want to select another email
client (just for now) and hit the "apply" button then exit out of all =
the
dialogue boxes pressing the "OK" button etc etc.
Then fire up OE and as it launches it will give you a message telling =
you it
is not the default mail client and would you like it to be. Say "No" to =
it
and then once OE is up and running, go to Tools, Options, General tab =
area
and see what's up there."

I did as you suggested.  I did not get a dialog box asking to make =
Outlook Express the default email program, but when I went to OE =
Tools/Options/General tab I was able to select OE to be my default email =
program; the select boxes at the bottom of the tab were not grayed out.  =
I still don't understand why those select boxes were grayed out in the =
first place.
Thank you for the help.

Mike Williams  

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