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05-30-2008
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| | "Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed" I have Vista Ultimate and am using Thunderbird mail client. When I click a mailto link in Internet Explorer I get this error message: "Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed". I have reset my default programs, uninstalled and reinstalled Thunderbird, and switched my default mail client to Windows Mail and still the same result. On searching the web I can only find solutions for Windows XP, Outlook and Outlook Express. Anyone know what the deal is with Vista and Thunderbird rendering this error? And BTW I have the same setup on another computer and the mailto links work fine. |
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05-30-2008
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| | Re: "Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed" "asphaltsally" <asphaltsally@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:A9B49F29-361F-46DC-8651-C98458BA5090@xxxxxx Quote: >I have Vista Ultimate and am using Thunderbird mail client. When I click a >mailto link in Internet Explorer I get this error message: "Could not >perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly >installed". I have reset my default programs, uninstalled and reinstalled >Thunderbird, and switched my default mail client to Windows Mail and still >the same result. On searching the web I can only find solutions for >Windows XP, Outlook and Outlook Express. Anyone know what the deal is with >Vista and Thunderbird rendering this error? And BTW I have the same setup >on another computer and the mailto links work fine. http://www.myscacc.org/newsletters.htm |
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09-14-2008
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| | Re: "Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed" Hi everyone, I've spent the past few days trying to figure out why I see the message "default mail client not properly installed" , when I click a "mailto" link in FF3 or IE7. I was searching google and reading forums, and editing lines in the "about:config" settings in FF3 and TB2, and even using the regedit in Vista, and I don't have a lot of experience in this, so luckily I didn't mess anything up. HOWEVER, I found a quick/easy solution to this. Go to Control Panel --> Default Programs. Instead of clicking "Set Your Default Programs", click "Set Program Access and Computer Defaults." Click the Down Arrows on the right hand side for the "Custom" Row. INSTEAD OF clicking "Use My current Web browser/email-client, click on use FF, and use TB, and check Enable Access to this program. All I know is that I had clicked "Set your Default programs" dozens of times and tried that, but when I tried this "set program access and defaults" and tried this method, my mailto links worked like a charm. -- drummnmylifeaway ------------------------------------------------------------------------ drummnmylifeaway's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/drummnmylifeaway.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-help/978382.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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