There is no email program associated to perform this requested action. Please install a email program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default program in Control Panel ?

Anonymous
2017-06-17T06:35:42+00:00

"  There is no email program associated to perform this requested action. Please install a email program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default program in Control Panel "  How to get rid of this error?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-10-16T09:03:55+00:00

    "  There is no email program associated to perform this requested action. Please install a email program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default program in Control Panel "  How to get rid of this error?

    Moved from: Windows / Windows 10 / Performance & system failures / PC

    Still having same problem... is there any way to solve problems without boot clean or fresh installation of win 10 ??

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-20T16:20:15+00:00

    It's in the Cortana settings, it has nothing to do with email accounts. I have disabled Cortana and now the problem has been solved. 

    On Windows 10, go to Settings, Cortana, Permissions & History, Manage the information Cortana can access from this device. Turn off Contact, email, calendar & communications history.

    I think it's the case where the cure is worse than the desease :-)

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-07-20T16:00:18+00:00

    Hi,

    I followed the link above https://www.kapilarya.com/there-is-no-email-program-associated-to-perform-the-requested-action-windows-10. I started Regedit and saw that there was no entry for Outlook there. There was an entry for Hotmail instead which I deleted. I also noticed that there was no entry for Mail in there, so after deleting the Hotmail branch the Clients\Mail folder became empty .

    The default program for Email in Settings is Mail as recommended. Mail for Windows 10 is installed OK and I'm using it. Nevertheless when I try Send to from File Explorer, I'm still getting this annoying message. Is it because there's no entry for Mail in registry? How do I restore it?

    It's in the Cortana settings, it has nothing to do with email accounts. I have disabled Cortana and now the problem has been solved.

    On Windows 10, go to Settings, Cortana, Permissions & History, Manage the information Cortana can access from this device. Turn off Contact, email, calendar & communications history.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-07-20T15:39:51+00:00

    Hi,

    my issue is not that I'm unable to connect.  If you look at my message, I have Mail installed and working and it is a default app for email. My issue is that somehow it is not recognized as a default program. I'd like to correct exactly this issue, I don't want Outlook instead of Mail.

    Thanks.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-07-20T09:24:41+00:00

    GO TO MSN.COM AND LOOK FOR OUTLOOK.COM AT THE TOP LEFT OF THE SCREEN. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONNECT THAT WAY. GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS.

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