I installed office 97 and then uninstalled

[wrightt]

now I have messed things up   help!

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

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[wrightt]

I have xp,computor is a systemax venture one of the problems is when i go to a web page and try to send a link  it brings up a box to use mircosoft mail and something about profile i want the computor to use outlook express I know why it is doing this because i installed office 97 for excell to use for awhile then i uninstalled 97 and it changed alot of things

[soybean]

Open Internet Explorer, select Tools, Internet Options, Programs (tab), and then set Outlook Express as the email program. Click Apply and click OK.

[wrightt]

already did that, when i installed and uninstalled office 97 it most of changed my profile or something like i said when i go to a web page and try to send a linkor page by e-mail a box comes up and says mircosoft outlook setup wizard,select the information services that you want to use with mircosoft outlook then it has three boxes checked that say(1) microsoft exchange server (2)microsoft mail and (3) internet mail so clearly this has nothing to do with outlook express otherwise it would just bring up a e-mail from outlook express to send. I think i have to save my back up then re-install xp my wife will destroy me if I loose anymore of her stuff.i have tried to send backup to cd and it looks like i have acomppliaced this but when i look at cd on my laptop its not there thats why i havent re-installed xp

[soybean]

Well, I can't make much sense of this. I suggest installing Office 97 again and then uninstalling it again.  Then, also, download CCleaner and run it.  Be sure to run the Registry scan, after running the Windows scan.  Backup the registry when prompted and let CCleaner fix all issues found. Now, check your setting for the default email program again and make sure it's set to OE.  Then, try those email links again and see whether they work right.