On 01/03/2002 3:58 PM, Howard M. Stark wrote: > I am double posting this appeal for help. > > I have recently developed a problem with N6 mail. I believe it relates > to interactions with Mozilla. When I try to set N6 as the default mail > tool I get the following message: > > "Netscape 6 Mail could not could not be set as the default mail > application because a registry key could not be updated. Verify with > your system administrator that you have write access to your system > registry, and then try again." > > Mozilla mail works just fine. > > If I try to send mail from N6 I get a similir message saying that the > outgoing server cannot be acessed or something like that. It then asks > to see my system admin. > > I am on a PC using W98SE. There is no network or system administor. I > also use various Mozilla 0.9.7 and recent nightlies. I believe the > problem began when I started using M200112308. The various Mozilla's & > N6 use the same preferences. > > In the past, I was able to move back and forth between mail tools > wwithout a problem. Now N6 does not work but Mozilla 0.9.7 does. I have > reinstalled both and allowed a new mozver.dat file to be created. It did > not help. > > Does anyone know what to do next. > > Thanks > > Howie >
Are you attempting to run both Netscape 6 and Mozilla 0.9.7 at the same time? Running both apps *simultaneously* (both are loaded) may lock the registry key that Mozilla needs access to. Bring up your Task Manager (press CTRL+ALT+DEL) and check to see if only one of the programs appear. Another solution might be to DE-select the option in Mozilla to make 0.9.7 the default mail client. Then, close Mozilla and restart your computer. Start Netscape 6 and use Edit|Preferences to make Netscape your default mail app. If that doesn't work, it may be related to both programs accessing the same *.dat file (which would not be good). I always keep only one version of Mozilla/N6 on my system at a time, and completely uninstall an older build before installing a newer one. By doing so I rarely experience any of the problems that many others here in the newsgroups claim to have. [z]
