Microsoft KB Archive/196375

= PI: Send Via E-Mail Command Fails in Windows NT with Outlook Express =

Article ID: 196375

Article Last Modified on 6/2/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Picture It! 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Picture It! 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Picture It! 99 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q196375



SYMPTOMS
If you choose the Send Via E-mail command and your e-mail tool is Outlook Express running on Microsoft Windows NT version 3.51 or 4.0, you receive the following error message:

Unable to send via email. Windows Messaging is not installed.

Please install this from your Windows Setup.

You receive this error message if Windows Messaging is installed and Microsoft Outlook Express is set as the default simple MAPI client.



CAUSE
The Send Via E-mail command in Picture It! is designed to work with a true MAPI client. Outlook Express is not a true MAPI client (it uses POP3). When you use Microsoft Windows 95, Outlook Express successfully mimics a true MAPI mail client when the "default simple MAPI client" option is set. If you are running Windows NT 4.0 this does not work.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Picture It! version 2.0 for Windows.

Keywords: kbprb KB196375

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