Mailwasher brings up Control Panel - mistake

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I have used Mailwasher for years but after installing MS Outlook it brings
up the Control Panel when I say to process mail.

It does not bring up the Outlook, which it used to do.

I looked at all the settings and they seem OK and definitely poit to
Outlook2000, not Control Panel.

What could be the problem?

Operating system is windows xp

 

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I fixed it finally via RESTORE in windows xp.

I can now access Outlook 2000 again, even though not automatically, but via
a pull-down window.

I used to have OE and there it was automatic.

But at least no more Control Panel.

<jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Ritter197 wrote:
>> I have used Mailwasher for years but after installing MS Outlook it
> brings
>> up the Control Panel when I say to process mail.
>>
>> It does not bring up the Outlook, which it used to do.
>>
>> I looked at all the settings and they seem OK and definitely poit to
>> Outlook2000, not Control Panel.
>>
>> What could be the problem?
>>
>> Operating system is windows xp
>
> There is no option in mail washer that sets the mail program that is
> launched(at least not in version 2. I think it's just a matter of
> setting the default mail program (within the mail program itself).
> When I go into outlook express and select tools..options, and set it as
> the default mail program, then mail washer launches outlook express.
> You can also set the default mail program through IE. When you select -
> say - outlook express as your email program, then go into outlook
> tools..options, you'll see that outlook express becomes the default
> email program (even if it wasn't before).
> So whether you set it through IE or the mail program itself (OE in my
> case) doesn't matter.
> I can't see how the default mail program can be set to contorl panel.
> Maybe a program is playing a joke on you and has screwed with your
> registry. You may want to look into repairing/restoring/fixing that.
>