Control Panel/Default Programs
click the 'associate a file type or protocol" link, and scroll down to the
protocol setting for mailto. Highlight it, and click the "Change Program"
button.
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Mark L. Ferguson
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"dickey38" <dickey38@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> I have a webpage with a link like:
> mailto:someone@xxxxxx
>
> In windows XP clicking this link activates mail client (Outlook in my
> case),
> allowing user to fill in the email and send it. The webpage containing
> the
> mailto link remains displayed in IE7 browser. Fine.
>
> In Vista, clicking this link also activates mail client (Windows Mail).
> However, it also loads mailto:someone@xxxxxx into the IE7 browser
> address window, then generates message in browser window "Internet
> Explorer
> cannot display the webpage". Of course it shouldn't even be trying to
> display a mailto: as a webpage.
>
> Is there a setting somewhere to get rid of this wierd behaviour?
>
> Thanks for help.