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Email Snipping Tool Capture

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  • Started 9 months ago by chrishedlund
  • Latest reply from Smashpmk712
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chrishedlund
Posts: 4

I use Outlook with Exchange in my office. When I attempt to email a screen capture using the Snipping Tool in Vista by pressing the email button on the toolbar, it keeps wanting to launch Windows Mail. Any of you geeks know how to change that over to use my Outlook profile?

Thanks,

Posted 9 months ago #
 
jd2066
Posts: 3489

Try this:
Click Start.
Click Default Programs.
Click Set your default programs.
Click Microsoft Outlook on the left.
Click "Set this program as default" on the right.

Posted 9 months ago #
 
chrishedlund
Posts: 4

Nope - now when I click the email button on the toolbar, it does nothing at all. Gotta love Vista (all the new features!!!)

Posted 9 months ago #
 
jd2066
Posts: 3489

That is odd. That is the official way in Windows Vista to set a default program. That should have worked. I'll look online and see if I can figure out why that would happen.

Posted 9 months ago #
 
chrishedlund
Posts: 4

Does the snipping tool email via outlook work for you? (or anoyone else out there using vista...)

Posted 9 months ago #
 
jd2066
Posts: 3489

What version of Outlook do you use?
Some of the older versions have problems with Windows Vista.

Posted 9 months ago #
 
jd2066
Posts: 3489

I just tested this with Outlook 2007 in a Virtual Machine.
It opened a new email Window in Outlook with the snip in it.

Posted 9 months ago #
 
chrishedlund
Posts: 4

ok - well - mine still doesn't work. my computer must be 'special'. thanks for the info thou!

Posted 9 months ago #
 
whs
whs
Posts: 6596

Make sure your snip is in .jepg and not in PNG. You can set this when you save the snip. I think PNG is actually the default. That may be the cause of the problem. I know, my mail server would not accept PNG.

Posted 9 months ago #
 
Smashpmk712
Smashpmk712
Posts: 313

Also, Since you have changed outlook to the default have you rebooted? a reboot might help if not.

Posted 9 months ago #
 

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