Default Mail Client Is Not Properly Installed: Email Application

A good browser is one important tool for Internet users. When we will access a certain website we are using a browser. Have you ever click on an email hyperlink in a browser on a your computer / laptop (like IE7) and it would appear error message "Could not perform this operation because the default email client is not properly installed"? This message appears when you will make the default mail client on web page links, etc.. Then I'll try to explain how to handle it based on the experience I've ever experienced.

If in the your computer / laptop "default email client is not installed", then it may cause some unwanted problems. Well let's start to fix it, the initial step to improve the "default email client is not installed" Configuring the Default Mail Application. In this case if you use Internet Explorer browser on a your computer / laptop, then follow the steps below:

• Open the Tools menu and then locate and select Internet Options.

• After the new window appears, move to the Programs tab.

• Then in the email column select the email application to be used, by clicking on the drop down.

• Be sure to click Apply then click Ok to save the settings you have done.

Well that was a step by step if you are using Internet Explorer, but if you're using FireFox on a computer / laptop, then follow the steps as follows:

• First open the Tools menu and then locate and select Options.

• After the new window appears, switch to the Applications tab.

• Then in column mailto select the email application to be used, by clicking on the drop down.

• Do not forget to click Ok to save the settings you have done.

If in this case, the setting Firefox is not running at all, you must perform the following steps such as this, by changing the settings in the Windows registry to the default email application to work in Firefox. This step is only for Firefox, but for Internet Explorer does not require this step because it will automatically update the settings in the default program. Here are the steps in setting registrinya:

• The first step click Start, in the search box type "regedit" and press Enter.

• Once the Registry Editor window appears, open the File menu and then locate and select Export.

• After the new window appears, in the "File Name", type the name (up to you) and then select a place to store it and do not forget to click "Save". This is done to do a back up if you have the wrong settings in the registry. Once you managed to keep a back up is, find the following location and delete the keywords listed. How to delete an entry that is by right clicking and select "delete".

Here is a list of entries that should be removed:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ HTTP \ shell \ open \ ddeexec

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ HTTPS \ shell \ open \ ddeexec

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ FirefoxURL \ shell \ open \ ddeexec

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ FirefoxHTML \ shell \ open \ ddeexec

This is an explanation of how to solve the problem "default mail client is not properly installed" from me, may be useful for you. :)