Solved IE starts metro email insted of outlook

Hi there
in IE when clicking on an Email address / link it used to start Outlook (W7 and earlier) or Outlook express in XP - remember that one.

Now in W8 it starts that HORRIBLE windows mail metro app --which wants a Microsoft account and all sorts of other BS

This apparently can be customized to open your desired application ( from IE ==>tools==>Internet options==>programs --then I'm stuck as they've changed the old settings from default e-mail program to something I haven't a clue what to enter.


I've got these screens (enc) -- what do I do to get OUTLOOK to open instead of the Windows mail app.

Now if I can't fathom this out - I'm sure I won't be the only one.

Sometimes stuff is dumbed down so much that the application is useless -- and then they go to the other extreme where you need a Doctorate in Computer studies to fathom it out.

(Using W8 x-64, IE10 but 32 bit version of office 2010 so the pgm I think is in program files(x86)\msoffice\office14\outlook.exe)

Cheers

jimbo

Here's what it looks like for me, with Outlook.
MailTo: links seem to work OK in both IE and Firefox for me.

I selected this option
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Then it takes a little while to build a list of applications. If I look at the Metro Mail app it says this. You'll notice it has 0 out of 1 associations it can deal with:

By selecting Choose Defaults for this Program it looks like this:


Doing the same for Outlook I see this; you'll notice it says it has all of its defaults.

I suspect that "Set this program as default" would work in your case. For me, when I look at Choose Defaults for this program it looks like this:


What do the equivalent screens look like for you?

Hi there
finally solved it so I've answered my own question -- however it's not intuitive so I'll post the screenshot here

Thanks @ DavidY -- we must have pressed SEND at the same time on the Forum.

cheers
jimbo

so its simply go to start ,and type in Defaults ,for the list any program you want to set to default ,as in you attachment