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How to change which program opens email addresses?

Asked by editor 5 months ago, 5 answers.

The answer is probably right in front of me...but I was wondering, when you click on someone's email to email them...(ie - mailto)...how do you change which program opens it?

As of right now, if I click on an email in a website, it opens up Outlook,...

which I don't use. I'd like to switch it to gmail. The Default programs menu in the windows control panel doesn't seem to have the option...

Any techies able to help? happy

Answered by informer_220 on Jun 11, 2009, 11:02AM
1643 answers

To make GMail as your default email handler ?

Download either Google Talk or the Gmail Notifier [available both for Mac and Windows]. For Google talk, open the settings dialog and tick the checkbox next to the setting Open Gmail when I click on email links. For Gmail notifier, right click the options menu and check the box next to Use Gmail for internet mailto: links.

^_^

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Answered by amblessed on Jun 11, 2009, 10:18AM
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Hi - I'm no expert but I researched...this might? help:

Answered by editor on Jun 11, 2009, 10:33AM
8965 answers

Thanks amblessed, but links aren't allowed in answers unless they are supporting your answer, so I have to delete that.

Answered by kiasu on Jun 11, 2009, 12:11PM
1168 answers

Hi Dara,

Try right clicking on the file.

Choose the 'open with' option

Choose the program from your list that you want to open the file

Then click the 'always use this program to open these files' box.

Click OK.

Kiasu

Answered by editor on Jun 12, 2009, 06:37AM
8965 answers

Thanks informer, that works happy

Kiasu, I had tried that way, but since web-based emails are not a program it didn't give me the option. Thanks though!

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