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I used this approach on SuSE Linux 10.0 under GNOME.

Make sure that the "needs_terminal" field is unchecked.

Make sure that the "enabled" field is checked.

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If thunderbird is not in your PATH, then specify the full path to the thunderbird executable (I'd suggest just having thunderbird in your path).

Edit the "command" field and change it's value to "thunderbird %s" (or "mozilla-thunderbird %s", depending on your system).

Navigate to "/desktop/gnome/applications/url-handlers/mailto" (on some systems, this may be "/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mailto").

Run the GNOME Configuration Editor using the command "gconf-editor" (this can be done from a console).

If the above menus are not available to you, another way to do it is through the GNOME Configuration Editor: You should replace "thunderbird" by the full path to the thunderbird executable if it is not in the PATH.

Select "Custom Mail Reader", and type "thunderbird %s" in the box.

Go to "Applications -> Desktop Preferences -> Advanced -> Preferred Applications".

Try using the "run as" command to temporarily run a command/application as a administrator. If none of these methods work it might be because your windows account doesn't have the rights to modify the registry. That's useful if several people share a machine (with their own Windows user account) and each wants to use a different e-mail client as the default e-mail client.

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If you're running Windows XP another solution would be to download the DefaultMail utility and use it to set the default e-mail client. If you're running either Windows 2000 (SP3 or later) or Windows XP (SP1 or later) go to "Start -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> Set Program Access and Defaults -> Custom", and set "Mozilla Thunderbird" as your default e-mail application. To change the default e-mail program on Windows Vista or Windows 7, go to "Start -> Default Programs -> Set your default programs" and, under Programs, click on "Mozilla Thunderbird", then click on "Set this program as default" and then click OK. If that still doesn't work then another email client (such as Outlook or Windows Mail) is probably also configured to be the default email client. (In SeaMonkey, go to "Edit -> Preferences -> Mail & Newsgroups" and, under "Make SeaMonkey the default application for:" click "Mail".) If that doesn't take effect right away, try restarting Thunderbird or even the computer once. In Thunderbird, go to " Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General" and select "Use Thunderbird as the default mail application". error message that means that no e-mail client is currently set as the default and you need to set one.

SET CHROME AS DEFAULT MAIL CLIENT WINDOWS 7 HOW TO

Note: If you get a Firefox doesnâ€™t know how to open this address because the protocol (mailto) isnâ€™t associated with any program. EML file extension under Windows (if you're running 1.5 or later) so that if you double click on a. It's used mainly to allow other applications to use Thunderbird to send a message by making SimpleMAPI calls (if your operating system supports MAPI), or by your clicking on a mailto: URL (in a browser). You do not need to make Thunderbird the default e-mail client in order to send/receive e-mail. Note: the Google Toolbar is no longer supported by Google for Firefox 5 and up, see Using Google Toolbar features without toolbars For example, if you set "Manage -> Use Gmail for mailto links" in the Google Toolbar it will use Gmail webmail as the default email client regardless of what you set elsewhere. If you want to set the default email client for "File -> Send link" check whether your browser has a toolbar or add-on that might set the default email client. Note that the calendar in Outlook will not work unless Outlook is the default email client. For example, in Outlook Express you may need to press a button in "Tools -> Options -> General -> Default Messaging Programs" to make the dialog box say "This application is NOT the default mail handler". However, you must also configure any other e-mail clients you run to not attempt to be the default e-mail client or it will have no effect. This article describes how to configure Thunderbird as the default e-mail client. Note that the default mail client is not as much of an issue when using Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey because the browser and mail components are integrated (e.g., a mailto link in a SeaMonkey browser window should open SeaMonkey Mail, regardless of your default e-mail client). The default mail client is the program that opens when you click a link in another application to send a mail message, for example, when you click on a mailto link or when you click File -> Send link" in Firefox. This article was written for Thunderbird but also applies to Mozilla Suite / SeaMonkey (though some menu sequences may differ).