Website email hyperlink trouble

Greets from Japan ...New computer with Windows 7 and latest IE version . When I click on a email contact hyperlink on websites I am not able to access automatically via Windows Live Mail which my old HP with the same 7 and IE has no problem with . A message pops up in Japanese , something about the mail client ( I ) hasn't correctly installed something or other etcetc...Anyway , I'm pretty sure it's just a matter of correcting some settings in either Live Mail or IE . Anybody have any idea what's up ?

I am using IE 10 with Windows 7 - exactly the same combo as my 4 year old HP downstairs with which I don't have this problem .

This problem has existed since I bought the new computer a few months ago , but I was unaware of it until recently when I was planning a trip to Tokyo and accessing various sites from which I wanted to make direct contact via hyperlinks . Sometimes the email address was the link so no problemo but many Japanese sites just have an INQUIRY hyperlink so there is no way to know the email address .

The settings are as from the factory as I have changed nothing . Livemail is default mail client ; I have checked that .

Admittedly I am a computer dummy , using the PC for just basic tasks .

I'll see if I can translate that message that pops up . Technical jargon so not easy .

A Guy said:

A message pops up in Japanese , something about the mail client ( I ) hasn't correctly installed something or other etcetc..

That exact message, in english, may hold the key. Take a screenshot if needed.

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A Guy

Here is the translation :

" Because the default mail client is not installed properly, this operation could not be performed . "