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Changing "MAILTO" protocol in Vista

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by cdagnalmyron

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No matter what I try, I can't get Vista to recognize Incredimail as the default mail client. Windows Mail finally stopped showing itself as that client, but when I try to set a new protocol for MAILTO or anything else...I can't uncheck things or get Incredimail to show up as an alternative. Anyone gotten past this yet?

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by fijijohn

Have you tried "Control Panel--> Default Programs--> Set program access and computer defaults"? Even if "Control Panel--> Default Programs--> Set your default programs" has one setting, you may also need to use "set program access and computer defaults." (Vista has some very annoying issues.)

by siamak-techrepublic

under vista, especially if it comes with outlook, it is virtually impossible to change the mailto, to point to Thunderbird. After some tinkering, I got this to work.

- Changed my default to windows mail, not outlook (outlook did not allow any changes)
- did a search for Default Programs
- right clicked on it and "ran as administrator" (even though I already had admin rights
- then I clicked on default programs
- made t-bird my default (for the first time it worked)

and then mailto was working. I am not sure if the first step of choosing windows mail as a default was necessary, but these are the steps I took and it worked.

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