Changing the defauly mail client

Hi,
When I open mail to change the default client, when I go to preferences the menu bar it is grayed out and unclickable.
And when I click cancel on the wizard Mail quits.
How do I the default Mail client if the menu item is unclickable?
Cheers!

You should set up a dummy email account using the setup wizard. Once it checks for email and fails, you should be able to change the preferences.
http://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Default-Email-Client-on-Mac-OS-X

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John,
This does not demonstrate anything for me, since it brings up a Compose window for Mail, with my preferred account as the From address. This happens whether I access with Safari, or with Firefox.
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Hi,
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in Office applications, like Excel or Word?
Is this an issue that come up recently? Have you ever made any changes to your system?
If you have installed multiple e-mail programs on the same computer, please try to make Outlook the default mail client and then try again:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/make-outlook-the-default-program-for-email-messages-contacts-and-calendar-HP010355552.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223877
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Hi,
I understand that when you tried to open Outlook 2010 beta on the Windows 7 64-bit computer, you encountered the following error:
"Either there is not default mail client of the current mail client cannot fulfill the messaging request. Please run Microsoft Outlook and
set it as the default mail client."
You have checked the settings under the registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Clients\Mail\Microsoft Outlook
I understand the inconvenience you have encountered and appreciate the time and effort you spent on this issue. Please be assured that I
will try my best to help you.
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===================
1.
Click Start.
2.
Type "default programs" in the
Search box.
3.
Click Default Programs under
Programs in the search results.
4.
Now click Set your default programs.
5.
Highlight Microsoft Outlook on the left.
6.
Click Set this program as default.
7.
Click OK.
Suggestion 2: Start the Outlook program in safe mode
==============
1.
Click Start, point to All Programs, and then point to
Microsoft Office.
2.
Press and hold the CTRL key, and then click the Outlook program you want to start.
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