Question : Messenger Email Inbox link after SP2

After installing Service Pack 2 the 'My e-mail Inbox' link in MSN Messenger now opens Outlook Express instead of Hotmail.

Prior to SP2 it would open Hotmail.

I cannot see how to change this setting. Is it somewhere in the registry?

I have merged the following which I found on the web (it didn't work), and also customised the Start Menu (Right-click > Properties > Customise) to set the default Email Client to Hotmail, alas no luck!

FILE MERGED TO REGISTRY:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\mailto]
"URL Protocol"=""
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
@="URL:MailTo Protocol"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\mailto\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,\
00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,49,00,4e,00,54,00,45,00,52,00,4e,00,7e,00,31,00,5c,00,\
48,00,4d,00,4d,00,41,00,50,00,49,00,2e,00,44,00,4c,00,4c,00,2c,00,31,00,00,\
00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\mailto\shell]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\mailto\shell\open]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\mailto\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):72,00,75,00,6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,\
00,20,00,22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,\
6c,00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,49,00,4e,00,54,00,45,00,52,00,4e,00,7e,00,31,\
00,5c,00,48,00,4d,00,4d,00,41,00,50,00,49,00,2e,00,44,00,4c,00,4c,00,22,00,\
2c,00,4d,00,61,00,69,00,6c,00,54,00,6f,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,74,00,6f,00,63,\
00,6f,00,6c,00,48,00,61,00,6e,00,64,00,6c,00,65,00,72,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,\
00,00
 
***

Anyone know how to do this?

Answer : Messenger Email Inbox link after SP2

oh, and here's the hotmail addin, may work too:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=738f90c1-755e-433a-bcd3-0f9d0a705f55&displaylang=en

good luck
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