help with hotmail email and windows 7

[hahavishnu]

"could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed"

you know when you are prompted on your PC to click HERE for email address, yeah? well with windows 7 is disnae work ,all i get is the above message which means of course i dont get to see the address!
no one on the net appears to know how to set up an email/hotmail account!

any ideas

[bigdaddy]

Wait for it ...

[Jube2550]

Because Outlook Express no longer comes with Windows 7. I have not set up Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail but I suspect that would take care of the problem since the link below states it has the ability to"automatically" configure itself with "many popular e-mail services".

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...utlook-Express

[hahavishnu]

thats a vista link methinks...

[Jube2550]

Oops. Looks like Windows Live Mail is the way to go but you must download it for Win 7...

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...r-windows-mail

[hahavishnu]

Originally Posted by Jube2550

Oops. Looks like Windows Live Mail is the way to go but you must download it for Win 7...

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...r-windows-mail

yeah i have it but for some reason i cannae make it my default

[FlyingDutchman]

Gmail.com

Google Chrome is pretty cool too..

[soulohio]

when you boot the computer do you see the apple?

if not that is your problem right there...

[Strat-Mangler]

Originally Posted by bigdaddy

Wait for it ...

Originally Posted by soulohio

when you boot the computer do you see the apple?

if not that is your problem right there...

There we go.

Apple fans are so pathetically predictable.

[soulohio]

thank you. so are canadians.

[Strat-Mangler]

Oh, ouch. How delightfully original.

4971 posts demonstrating such intelligence. I'm surprised you know how to use punctuation.

[Jube2550]

Originally Posted by hahavishnu

yeah i have it but for some reason i cannae make it my default

It appears there might be add-ons to IE8/9 which might correct the problem when clicking a link. Perhaps you might have to set the program settings for email under the options tab if you are using internet explorer? You could check to see Windows Live Mail was installed what default settings were assigned, while logged in under an administrator account.

Welcome to Microsoft answers.

Follow these steps to change the program as default.

1. Click start, goto default programs.
2. Click on set your default programs.
3. Select the program as default,
4. Then click ok.