Gentlemen:

I have recently installed Office 2003, and since I am accustomed to using Outlook Express for emailing instead of 2003 Outlook the installation has caused the Microsoft word to become the default editor, whenever I attempt to reply to an email.

How do I revert to getting Outlook Express as the default email editor?

Respectfully,

Herman Ortiz

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Herman Ortiz

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Do you mean that when you go to reply to an email in Outlook Express, MS Word launches? Or is it whenever you load your Email program?

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Word takes over whenever I reply to an email. Prior to the installation of Office 2003 Outlook express would activate itself as the default editor.
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Gentlemen:

I received a working solution at another forum site. Thank you all for trying on this one.

s Outlook Express set as the Default Email handler?
Make Outlook Express Your Default Windows Email Program

To ensure Outlook Express is Windows's default program for all things email:

* Make sure Outlook Express is not running.
* Select Run... from the Start menu.
* Type "msimn /reg" (excluding the quotation marks).
* Hit Enter.

Wait for, say, ten seconds for the process to finish.

* Nothing will appear on screen. Do not let that disturb you.

Launch Outlook Express.
Select Tools | Options... from the menu.
Go to the General tab.
Click Make Default under Default Messaging Programs.
Click OK

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Herman Ortiz