How set the windows sidebar gadget for email client

[Alberto]

Hi,

How set the gadget on the sidebar that open my email client when I click on
an email address? Now appear an error message because is associated to
Windows Mail but now I use Windows Live Mail. How change from Windows Mail to
Windows Live Mail the association to a specific email client on Windows
sidebar email gadget?

Thanks

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Control Panel/Default Programs/"set your default programs" Scroll all the
way down to the bottom of the list, In 'Protocols". You want to assign the
'mailto:' protocol to Windows Live Mail

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[Alberto]

Done,as you said but the mailto protocol was before : Windows Live Mail so I
don't need to modify the settings. Unfortunately don't work the problem is
something else.

Appear this message when I click my email addresses links on the sidebar
gadget:

impossible access the device,path or specified file.
Probably you haven't the necessary rights.

Thank you

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Alberto

It's very likely that the sidebar gadget was developed for Windows Mail and
is not aware of the Live Mail program.

We need some details to try and recreate the behavior you are seeing.

What is the name of the gadget?
Where did you download the gadget?

 

[Alberto]

Hi,

This gadget is included in the Vista 32 Ultimate version sidebar; is 1 of
the default gadgets in the sidebar; name is : contacts

 

[gerryf]

I don't think it is going to work at all---Windows Mail seems to use a
storage file of some sort for its contacts, something like the old *.wab
address books. I believe the Contact gadget you are referring to reads
directly from that file.

Windows Live Mail seems to use a folder with individual contact files

C:\Users\{user profile}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live
Mail\Contacts\[email protected]\real

I don't think it is capable of reading them individually.

 

[Alberto]

my not windows firewall was set to block Sidebar.exe.
I've allow to work sidebar.exe through the FW and now the gadget of contacts
work ok.

bye