The MailTo: links

[Rox]

I have Vista 64 and use Outlook 2007. When I am browsing the web and I click
on someone's link to contact them (MAILTO: link), it is not connecting to my
Outlook and open a new message window. Instead I am sent to Googles login
page or Yahoo's login page, the page of the owner of the mailto address.

My "Set Program Access & Computer defaults" setting for "default e-mail
program" is "Use my current e-mail program" and Outlook is enable access.

So, does anyone know how I get Vista to stop sending me to mail isp's login
page when I click on a MAILTO link and instead open a new mail window, like
it should?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Open Control Panel/Default Programs, and click the link for 'associate a
filetype or protocol with a program'
Scroll to the bottom, and choose the Mailto protocol. Click the 'Change
program' button.

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Mark L. Ferguson
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[Rox]

Thanks for answering so quick. I had already checked the Mailto protocol and
it is set to Outlook. That is why I can't figure out why this is happening.
Is there a registry value I can check?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

The easiest way to correct the registry is to change the mailto protocol to
another app, then change it back.

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Mark L. Ferguson
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Thanks for answering so quick. I had already checked the Mailto protocol
and
it is set to Outlook. That is why I can't figure out why this is
happening.
Is there a registry value I can check?

 

[Rox]

When I tried to do a change, the only program it list is Outlook so the OK
button is grayed out. I than click on the Outlook anyway, than was able to
click OK and it acted like it was resetting. That didn't solve the problem.
Any other ideas?

 

[Jay]

When I tried to do a change, the only program it list is Outlook so the OK
button is grayed out. I than click on the Outlook anyway, than was able
to
click OK and it acted like it was resetting. That didn't solve the
problem.
Any other ideas?

I have exactly the same problem. I redid the default association and it
worked until the next reboot.
Every time I click on a mailto: link I get the message that the default
program is not installed properly

 

[Keith Miller \(MVP\)]

Odd that Windows Mail isn't an option...

Also, have you checked the properties of the links to make sure they are
properly constructed? The following HTML will produce a link to Google that
looks like a mailto link:

<A=20
href=3D"http://www.google.com">mailto:[email protected]</A>

Can you use the 'Set your default programs' section of Default Programs to
set Windows Mail as the handler for the mailto protocol, and then see if the
'Associate a file type...' option shows it associated with Windows Mail &
allows you to set it back to Outlook.

Alternately, in the registry, check the value of this key:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\MAILTO\UserChoice]

In the right-hand pane, note the value of 'Progid', it should be
'Outlook.URL.mailto'

Then check:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Outlook.URL.mailto]

It should be as follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Outlook.URL.mailto]
"URL Protocol"=""
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
@="URL:MailTo Protocol"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Outlook.URL.mailto\DefaultIcon]
@="\"C:\\PROGRA~1\\MICROS~2\\Office12\\OUTLOOK.EXE\",7"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Outlook.URL.mailto\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Outlook.URL.mailto\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Outlook.URL.mailto\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\PROGRA~1\\MICROS~2\\Office12\\OUTLOOK.EXE\" -c IPM.Note /m \"%1\""

(except for the extra slashes & quotes in the 'command' data. When actually
viewing the registry, it looks like this:

"C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE" -c IPM.Note /m "%1"
)


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]