Set Outlook as the default e-mail client
- Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail
- Double click the (Default) value and set to “Microsoft Outlook” (don’t type the quotes)
- Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto
- Double click the (Default) value and set to “URL:MailTo Protocol” (don’t type the quotes)
- Double click the EditFlags value and set to 02 00 00 00
- Double click the URL Protocol value and clear
- Go to the DefaultIcon folder (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\DefaultIcon)
- Double click the (Default) value and set to
“C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\outllib.dll”,-12 - Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\shell\open\command
- Doucle click (Default) and change to
“C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\outlook.exe” -c IPM.Note /m “%1” - Alternate values (such as Lotus Notes) are:
“C:\Program Files\notes\notes.exe”=C:\WINNT\notes.ini %1 - Reboot the computer
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