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Thunderbird opens when I click "Read e-mail" from the Internet Explorer Tools menu, but
Thunderbird opens when I click "Read e-mail" from the Internet Explorer Tools menu, but
OE is launched when the I click an URL of the form mailto:... (see [[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q297878 KB q297878]])
OE is launched when the I click an URL of the form mailto:...  
 
To fix this I tried both, Thunderbird's Options and Windows "Set Program Access and Defaults" (SPAD) but to no avail :-(
To fix this I tried both, Thunderbird's Options and Windows "Set Program Access and Defaults" (SPAD) but to no avail :-(


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Thunderbird as the default mail application. Although I click "yes", the window appears
Thunderbird as the default mail application. Although I click "yes", the window appears
again the next time I start Thunderbird.
again the next time I start Thunderbird.
[[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q297878 KB q297878]]) 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''. '


How can I keep Firefox from starting Outlook Express and make it launch Thunderbird instead?
How can I keep Firefox from starting Outlook Express and make it launch Thunderbird instead?


[[User:Daniel29|Daniel29]] 22:18, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
[[User:Daniel29|Daniel29]] 22:18, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Revision as of 22:54, 12 January 2006

Safari question

  1. In Safari, choose "Preferences" from the menu.
  2. Click the "General" icon, and choose Thunderbird from the default mail reader pop-up menu. If you dont see Thunderbird in the list, make sure it is in the "Applications" folder.


There is no "default mail reader pop-up menu" in the location stated above.

Windows 2000: setting Thunderbird as default mail application fails

Thunderbird opens when I click "Read e-mail" from the Internet Explorer Tools menu, but OE is launched when the I click an URL of the form mailto:... 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. Although I click "yes", the window appears again the next time I start Thunderbird.

[KB q297878]) 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. '


How can I keep Firefox from starting Outlook Express and make it launch Thunderbird instead?

Daniel29 22:18, 12 January 2006 (UTC)