HTTP Hotmail as default mail ??

[Clearwire Mail]

In Vista, with IE7, is it possible to make my Hotmail web account as the
default email "program?" Currently it is Windows Mail, but I think I saw
where it's possible to make Hotmail the default. If so, I can't figure it
out -- in IE7, I go to Tools/Internet Options/Programs and then what! Help!
Thanks.

EW

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You cannot configure Windows Mail to use a Web-based
e-mail account in Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926374/en-us

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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In Vista, with IE7, is it possible to make my Hotmail web account as the
default email "program?" Currently it is Windows Mail, but I think I saw
where it's possible to make Hotmail the default. If so, I can't figure it
out -- in IE7, I go to Tools/Internet Options/Programs and then what! Help!
Thanks.

EW

 

[Clearwire Mail]

Carey............

Maybe I should have been more clear. WHEN CLICKING on an email address link
in IE7, the default email client loads to enable the email process. In my
case, it's Windows Mail. I wish to change that to HTTP Hotmail.

Note that in your reply, you misunderstood that I wish to configure Windows
Mail to access Hotmail. That is not the case. I simply wish to make HTTP
Hotmail as my default email process when clicking on an email LINK. Maybe
it can't be done, but I thought I read that it can.

Hope that clears things up, and thanks for the reply.

EW

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

You are talking about clicking on a mailto link on a web page.
As far as I know, a mailto link can only be handled by a real mail program;
there is no mechanism for it to call up a webmail URL.

One workaround would be to upgrade to Windows Live Mail since it
can handle Hotmail accounts.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Register Windows Live Hotmail with the Default Programs tool in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/224/1/

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


In Vista, with IE7, is it possible to make my Hotmail web account as the
default email "program?" Currently it is Windows Mail, but I think I saw
where it's possible to make Hotmail the default. If so, I can't figure it
out -- in IE7, I go to Tools/Internet Options/Programs and then what! Help!
Thanks.

EW

 

[LoneStar]

Ramesh,

Thanks! That was simple and correct, and it works.

Best wishes............
EW



Register Windows Live Hotmail with the Default Programs tool in Windows
Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/224/1/

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome EW.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Ramesh,

Thanks! That was simple and correct, and it works.

Best wishes............
EW



Register Windows Live Hotmail with the Default Programs tool in Windows
Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/224/1/