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[] Windows 2000: setting Thunderbird as default mail application fails Problem Thunderbird opens when I click 'Read e-mail' from the Internet Explorer 'Tools' menu, but OE is launched instead when I click an URL of the form. Tried solutions To fix this I tried both, Thunderbird's Options and Windows 'Set Program Access and Defaults' (SPAD) but to no avail:-( Also every time I start Thunderbird, a window pops up asking me if I want to use Thunderbird as the default mail application. Chtenie rabota s tekstom 4 klass otveti krylova reshebnik otveti variant 4. Although I click 'yes', the window appears again the next time I start Thunderbird. Reading papers. States: Registration as the default Start menu e-mail application is different from registration as the system default e-mail client or the registered mailto handler. The system default e-mail client is started when the user clicks 'Read e-mail' from the Internet Explorer 'Tools' menu. The registered mailto handler is launched when the user clicks an URL of the form.

A window will appear with default Send To lists (Compressed (zipped) Folder, Desktop (create shortcut), Mail Recipient, My Documents). Now using drag-and-drop technique (or using copy and paste method), you can move any program, folders and drives shortcuts to this folder. Now you can verify, your new shortcut is created in Send To menu.

The Start menu e-mail application is used when the user clicks the E-mail icon on the Start menu. States: Mail Client Registration For a mail client, the program needs to have registered settings under the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT mailto key in order to service URLs that use the mailto protocol. Set values and keys that mirror those settings under the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Clients/Mail/ CanonicalName/Protocols/mailto. This entire registry hierarchy replaces the existing mailto registry hierarchy found at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT mailto. Analysis Obviously Thunderbird fails to follow Microsoft registration procedure as my HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT mailto is a copy of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Clients/Mail/Outlook Express/Protocols/mailto.:-( mentions Mozilla having the same problem: However, Mozilla specifically does not set up HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT mailto to point to Mozilla. Fix To register Thunderbird as the mailto handler manually, open regedit and replace the existing mailto registry hierarchy found at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT mailto with the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Clients/Mail/Mozilla Thunderbird/Protocols/mailto registry hierarchy.

22:18, 12 January 2006 (UTC) is broken and its not listed in the wayback machine. Any suggestions on an alternative? 18:54, 28 November 2010 (UTC). [] Linux (Gnome) To Set Thunderbird as the default Mail application within Gnome: • Go to 'System -> Preferences -> Personal -> Preferred Applications'. • Select 'Thunderbird Mail' from the pull down list and then Close. • If 'Thunderbird Mail' is not present, select 'Custom Mail Reader', and type 'thunderbird%s' in the box. You should replace 'thunderbird' by the full path to the thunderbird executable if it is not in the PATH.

To set Thunderbird as the mail application in Linux when operating in Firefox and using its menus, or when activating an email link on a Firefox page: • In Firefox's Location (URL) Bar, enter 'about:config' and then press or click 'Go'. • With the cursor in the body of the resulting page, the mouse. • From the pop-up menu, select 'New'. • From the next pop-up menu, select 'String'. • In the pop-up dialog box 'Enter preference name', enter 'network.protocol-handler.app.mailto' (without quotes), and click 'OK' (You might wish to cut-and-paste that phrase to ensure correct spelling).

• In the pop-up dialog box '? Network.protocol-handler.app.mailto', enter '/usr/bin/thunderbird' without quotes [or the actual filesystem location of your desired email client] and click 'OK'.

This should be the Full Path of the program, i.e. '/usr/bin/thunderbird', not just the path '/usr/bin'.

Google Chrome • Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar. • Follow the prompts. How do I reset my web browser? A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Internet Download Manager.

Without restarting Firefox, you can test by opening or switching to another tab. From the Firefox top menu select, 'File -> Send Link'. Your desired email client should open.