Mail default email reader changes constantly

i have a weird issue where the Preferences > General > Default Email Reader keeps getting reset to some Windows program (i run Parallels and windows 7 on the laptop). i /think/ it keeps getting set to a windows program but in any case it is never Mac Mail which is sort of inconvenient.
has anyone heard of such a thing or know how to get this to stay on Mail?
TIA

thanks for the always great help. this is a good suggestion.
for some reason though when i get into virtual machine > configure > applications the pulldown for Email is "Open in Mac". i will try and see if there is some help on the parallels forum on this.
i guess i am correct in thinking that the only mail setting in mac OS is in Mail? i mean, now that i think about it i have Thunderbird loaded and Sparrow loaded. i don't suppose that somehow something in these email clients is causing mac to get confused...
just thinking out loud on this one i guess...

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