Part 2: Customize the 2007 Office system to work with a non-Microsoft e-mail application
Update April 6th: The full article is finally available on TechNet - Customize the 2007 Office system to work with a non-Microsoft e-mail application.
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Due to some publishing delays, the new article “Customize the 2007 Office system to work with a non-Microsoft e-mail application” will not be available today on TechNet. So, in case you were anxiously awaiting the specific “how-to” information, here is an abbreviated version in blog form.
See my previous post on this topic for the overview (Customize the 2007 Office system to work with a non-Microsoft e-mail application).
Maintain a non-Microsoft e-mail application as your default e-mail client
Select and complete the appropriate solution steps from the following list:
· If you are deploying the 2007 Office system, without Office Outlook 2007 or earlier, to work with a non-Microsoft e-mail application, follow these steps in the OCT:
a. In the Additional content area, click Add registry entries.
b. Click Add to add the following registry entries.
Root |
Data type |
Key |
Value name |
Value data |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
REG_SZ |
SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows Messaging Subsystem |
MAPI |
1 |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
REG_SZ |
SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows Messaging Subsystem |
CMC |
1 |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
REG_SZ |
SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows Messaging Subsystem |
CMCDLLNAME |
Mapi.dll |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
REG_SZ |
SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows Messaging Subsystem |
CMCDLLNAME32 |
Mapi32.dll |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
REG_SZ |
SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows Messaging Subsystem |
MAPIX |
1 |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
REG_SZ |
SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows Messaging Subsystem |
MAPIXVER |
1.0.0.1 |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
REG_SZ |
SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows Messaging Subsystem |
OLEMessaging |
1 |
· If you are deploying the 2007 Office system with Office Outlook 2007 and you want an existing non-Microsoft e-mail application to remain the default e-mail client, follow these steps in the OCT:
a. In the navigation pane, in the Setup area, click Modify Setup properties.
b. Click Add to add the following names and values that are appropriate.
Name |
Value |
Comments
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Whoops! The links are fixed now. Sorry about that. Yes it should address the scenario you mentioned.Anonymous
March 17, 2009
The links for "Change user's configurations..." and "Configure feature installation states..." point to the C: instead of a web address. I assume this article addresses the problem that Outlook thinks it's the default e-mail client despite an alternative being set in Internet Options under Programs? Thanks!