Thanks for the try,
still having trouble, I am bad with the most basic tech stuff

, what is " Windows-R and type winmail /reg " I googled and seems to be some recovery program, I then put in C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WinMail" /reg and then I get a beep with a red cross and some msg to do with "windows cannot find". (it does however recognise
file:///C:/Program%20Files/Windows%20Mail/WinMail.exe) Notthat I know what any of this means.

I then went straight into default programs and made windows mail my default but I am still not receiving any msgs, they are still going to outlook express, even though outlook express has been removed from start menu (I had to go back and make it my default to get msgs).
Anything else I can try (Please

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and why would this happen in the first place, I spend good money every year on Norton, how can a program just make itself a default without warning (after 18months of owning this laptop and having windows mail as default), and then pretty much demand I purchase outlook express in order to use it.Annoying
But seriously, Thankyou.