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13 total messages Started by john east Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:17
send link by email greyed out
#100
Author: john east
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:17
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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')

I have searched for a solution and found several, none of which have helped. 
This option was working for me before, but has now stopped working. 
Grateful for any ideas. 
Re: send link by email greyed out
#101
Author: Andy Burns
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:49
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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.
Re: send link by email greyed out
#102
Author: §nühw¤£f
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:09
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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')
> 
> I have searched for a solution and found several, none of which have helped. 
> This option was working for me before, but has now stopped working. 
> Grateful for any ideas. 
> 
> 
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...copypasta the URL into the body of the email, much?

<blink>
<blink>
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Re: send link by email greyed out
#103
Author: Twayne
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:17
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In news:j54k10$9p0$1@dont-email.me,
john east <etsept@mail.invalid> typed:
> 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')
> I have searched for a solution and found several, none of
> which have helped. This option was working for me before,
> but has now stopped working. Grateful for any ideas.

Is IE9 your default browser?
   Rogue software can sometimes change that setting or of course, you 
yourself.

What was the last change/addition/deletion/install/uninstall you did just 
before this quit working?
   Try rolling that back and see if it starts to work.

Go through IE's Options and look for an entry that might control it, 
especially in the Advanced tab.

What's your mail client? That could have snuck a change in too.

HTH,

Twayne`
Re: send link by email greyed out
#104
Author: DGDevin
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:04
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"�n�hw��f"  wrote in message news:201109181509.UTC.j551ij$eas$8@tioat.net...


> Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...copypasta the URL into the body of the email, much?

You could type out the URL too, but if the software contains a step-saving 
feature allowing you to send URL's in e-mails then why not use it? 
Re: send link by email greyed out
#105
Author: DGDevin
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:06
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"Andy Burns"  wrote in message 
news:UdedneRFH7VbR-jTnZ2dnUVZ8smdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk...

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. 
Re: send link by email greyed out
#106
Author: VanguardLH
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:25
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(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.
Re: send link by email greyed out
#96
Author: Jeff Layman
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:23
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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?

-- 

Jeff
Re: send link by email greyed out
#97
Author: Nobody > (Revisited)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:33
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On 9/18/2011 10:25 AM, 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.

There is a possible way to have OE on Win7...
A working install of OE on XP... upgraded to Vista... then upgraded to Win7.


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  We're like that crazy old man jumping
out of the alleyway with a baseball bat,
saying, "Remember me motherfucker?"
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Re: send link by email greyed out
#98
Author: §ñühwö£f
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:41
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DGDevin wrote:
> 
> 
> "�n�hw��f"  wrote in message 
> news:201109181509.UTC.j551ij$eas$8@tioat.net...
> 
> 
>> Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...copypasta the URL into the body of the email, much?
> 
> You could type out the URL too, but if the software contains a 
> step-saving feature allowing you to send URL's in e-mails then why not 
> use it?

Sure, I hear windows 8 will even wipe for you after you get up from the 
toilet :)


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Re: send link by email greyed out
#99
Author: KCB
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:02
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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. 
Re: send link by email greyed out
#94
Author: VanguardLH
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:17
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Nobody > (Revisited) wrote:

> On 9/18/2011 10:25 AM, 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.
> 
> There is a possible way to have OE on Win7...
> A working install of OE on XP... upgraded to Vista... then upgraded to Win7.

But if the OP had migrated from XP to Vista to 7, the default e-mail
client setting would've remained in place.  I'm guessing the OP got a
pre-installed OS on a pre-built computer (tis the most common scenario
for users of Windows 7).
Re: send link by email greyed out
#95
Author: Nobody > (Revisited)
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:40
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On 9/18/2011 12:37 PM, Evan Platt wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:33:30 -0700, "Nobody>  (Revisited)"
> <usenetharvested@aol.com>  wrote:
>
>> There is a possible way to have OE on Win7...
>> A working install of OE on XP... upgraded to Vista... then upgraded to Win7.
>
> Wow, talk about a lot of work.
>
> Sounds like a ton of work for a crappy software. Why bother with all
> that when there's much better software out there?

I agree, but I *have* seen a few instances of this. In all cases, it was 
done by people with little pooter background.

If the user is already familiar with OE and has access to cheap M$ 
updates (Candy Store, work, getting the 3rd license free from a friend 
who bought a family pack, etc)... it happens.

In one case, it was even 98SE > XP > Worsta > Win7 !
(That one still amazes me that it even booted! I ended up doing both a 
major hardware upgrade *and* a slash 'n burn W7 install on it.)



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"Shit this is it, all the pieces do fit.
  We're like that crazy old man jumping
out of the alleyway with a baseball bat,
saying, "Remember me motherfucker?"
Jim �Dandy� Mangrum
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