PRoblem with default email program

[Jan Philips]

I'm having problems with the default email program.

When I would right-click on a photo and "send to mail recipient",
SeaMonkey would come up. Thunderbird was set as my default email
program. In Thunderbird I told it to be my default program and to
check each time it starts. Under Internet options/programs,
Thunderbird was set as the default. I tried resetting these, but
SeaMonkey kept coming up. I tried a program called DefaultMail, told
it to set the default to Thunderbird, it said "done", but I still had
the problem.

I uninstalled SeaMonkey but then no program would come up. It would
give the window asking if I wanted to reduce the size of the photo
file and another little window saying that it was preparing to send
the email, but it never would bring up a program. I went through all
of the steps above again, but nothing worked.

I have XP SP3 with all of the updates. I think this problem started
after I updated SeaMonkey.

How can I get the default email program set properly?

 

[Unknown]

Find Thunderbird newsgroup and post there.

 

[Bernd]

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I'm having problems with the default email program.

When I would right-click on a photo and "send to mail recipient",
SeaMonkey would come up. Thunderbird was set as my default email
program. In Thunderbird I told it to be my default program and to
check each time it starts. Under Internet options/programs,
Thunderbird was set as the default. I tried resetting these, but
SeaMonkey kept coming up. I tried a program called DefaultMail, told
it to set the default to Thunderbird, it said "done", but I still had
the problem.

I uninstalled SeaMonkey but then no program would come up. It would
give the window asking if I wanted to reduce the size of the photo
file and another little window saying that it was preparing to send
the email, but it never would bring up a program. I went through all
of the steps above again, but nothing worked.

I have XP SP3 with all of the updates. I think this problem started
after I updated SeaMonkey.

How can I get the default email program set properly?

Look here:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sendtomail.htm

Bernd

 

[Jan Philips]

I'm having problems with the default email program.

I did. We don't think Thunderbird is the problem because if I set the
default email program to Outlook Express it has the same problem.

 

[Jan Philips]

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sendtomail.htm

That is the problem I'm having. I tried that suggestion. The command
said that it succeeded, but setting the email program to Thunderbird
or OE still has the same problem. And I rebooted just to be safe -
same problem.

 

[Elmo]

I did. We don't think Thunderbird is the problem because if I set the
default email program to Outlook Express it has the same problem.

Try setting it in one more place.. click Start, "Set program access and
defaults", click the "Expand" arrows to the right of "Custom", under
"Choose a default email program", click the box to the left of "Mozilla
Thunderbird" and OK your way out.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

1. Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Set Program
Access and Defaults | Custom (<=important!) | Choose a default email
program: Select "Thunderbird" here (not "Use my current...").

Illustration: http://www.winsupersite.com/images/reviews/xp_sp1_beta_03.gif

2. Set Thunderbird as your default for Mail in IE Tools | Internet Options |
Programs, too.

 

[Jan Philips]

Try setting it in one more place.. click Start, "Set program access and
defaults", click the "Expand" arrows to the right of "Custom", under
"Choose a default email program", click the box to the left of "Mozilla
Thunderbird" and OK your way out.

That fixed it, thanks!

 

[Elmo]

That fixed it, thanks!

That's great! Thanks for reporting back.