Talk:Default mail client: Difference between revisions
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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:... | 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
- In Safari, choose "Preferences" from the menu.
- 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)