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"Jeff Layman" <JMLayman@invalid.invalid> wrote in message 
news:j55cuo$qlr$1@news.albasani.net...
> On 18/09/2011 18:25, VanguardLH wrote:
>> (NOTE: Fixed missing indentation of quoted content from DGDevin's use of
>> Windows Live Mail v15.)
>>
>> DGDevin wrote:
>>
>>> Andy Burns wrote ...
>>>
>>>> john east wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Using Internet Explorer 9 and windows 7, The option to send 'link by
>>>>> e-mail' option is *greyed* out.(as is also send 'page by e-mail')
>>>>
>>>> Under control panel, Default programs. click on your preferred email
>>>> client and set it as default.
>>>
>>> You have to go a step past that, to Choose Defaults For This Program
>>> and click the boxes for things you want WLM to do, including
>>> forwarding links. Otherwise even if WLM is the default mail program
>>> the Send Link By E-Mail feature will remain greyed-out.
>>
>> Actually you have to get a step BEFORE both which is to actually
>> *install* an e-mail client since Windows 7 doesn't come with one.
>>
>> Notice the OP posted using Outlook Express which means it is likely the
>> OP posted from his Windows 7 host (unless he knows about installing the
>> Windows XP license for XP Mode on some versions of Windows 7).
>> Microsoft stopped bundling OE with Internet Explore back as of version 7
>> of IE.  The base version in Windows 7 in IE8.  OE is not available as a
>> separate install from IE.  So you can't get OE on Windows 7 unless you
>> use the Windows XP license with XP Mode (which is usable only on some
>> versions of Windows 7).
>>
>> The OP needs to install an e-mail client before he can pick one as the
>> default.
>
> Not sure I understand what is going on.  It is not possible to tell from 
> the OP message source what OS he is using.  As you say, unless he is using 
> a virtual XP setup with Win7 he can't use OE6.  Yet he posted his 
> newsgroup message with OE6.  If he posted that using OE6 within Win7, then 
> he has an email client (OE6) already in use.  Is it just that IE9 working 
> in Win7 can't link to an email client working in virtual XP?

IE9 has no connection to XP Mode.  I think VanguardLH is right about the OP 
needing to install an email client in Win7.  Or, if he is in fact posting 
from XP Mode, he could use OE6 to send pages and links from whatever version 
of IE he has installed there.  I guess that could include 6, 7, or 8.