IE8 read mail button

>> merely changes the same mail registry settings as does the Internet
>> Options -> Programs -> E-mail setting does.

No. If HKCU...Clients\Mail\(default) is missing, re-selecting the E-mail
from the dropdown box creates the missing entry in HKCU.
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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
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> Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP wrote:
>
>> You don't have to use the XP Start menu, VanguardLH.
>> After setting the default mail client via Taskbar Properties, you may
>> revert
>> back to the Classic Start menu.
>
> But I have to wonder if the suggestion that you select OE even if it is
> selected (to ensure it really is selected) merely changes the same mail
> registry settings as does the Internet Options -> Programs -> E-mail
> setting does. I suspect the OP saw OE was already selected there but
> didn't RE-select it. In fact, sometimes you have to toggle away from a
> setting and toggle back (so the object sees a *change* in state) to
> ensure a setting got changed to the final yet original value.
>
> As a test, in a virtual machine, I installed Thunderbird (so I had a
> choice of e-mail clients, not just OE). I then installed InstallWatch
> so I could monitor what changes on my host when I make config changes or
> install programs. Testing showed:
>
> Internet Options -> Programs -> E-mail program
> Action: Change from OE to Thunderbird
> Result: HKLM\Software\Classes\mailto
> HKLM\Software\Clients\Mail
> Both changed from OE to Tbird
>
> Changed back to OE as e-mail client.
>
> Start Menu properties -> Start Menu tab -> Start menu radio box
> Action: Change e-mail client from OE to Tbird
> Result: HKCU\Software\Classes\mailto
> HKCU\Software\Clients\Mail
> Set to Tbird
>
> So the Internet Options choice is a global change across all users since
> it is an HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM) change that applies to all accounts.
> The Start Menu change was only for the current account because it
> changed HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU).
>
> I never realized before that changing Internet Options settings was also
> banging the other accounts to match those changes. So I checked what
> got changed when the user changed a config setting in Tbird to make it
> the default e-mail client (when OE was currently the default e-mail
> client).
>
> Tbird -> Tools -> Options -> General
> Action: Click the "Check Now" button (to make Tbird the default)
> Result: HKLM\Software\Classes\mailto
> HKLM\Software\Clients\Mail
> Changed to Tbird
>
> Then I went into OE and made it check it was the default:
>
> OE -> Tools -> Options -> General
> Action: Click "Make Default" button (for e-mail handler)
> Result: HKLM\Software\Classes\mailto
> HKLM\Software\Clients\Mail
> Changed to OE
>
> So the config settings in the e-mail clients to make them the default
> e-mail client affect the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE settings. Since HKCU (user)
> settings override the HKLM (local machine) settings, whatever the Start
> Menu's e-mail client is set to will override what is specified in
> Internet Options or within the e-mail clients. Interesting but stupid.
> Changes in Internet Options or the e-mail clients should really only
> affect the user's account under which those settings were changed.

Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP wrote:

>>> merely changes the same mail registry settings as does the Internet
>>> Options -> Programs -> E-mail setting does.
>
> No. If HKCU...Clients\Mail\(default) is missing, re-selecting the E-mail
> from the dropdown box creates the missing entry in HKCU.

That first paragraph was the premise. I proved it wrong and showed
which settings affected which HKCU or HKLM entries. You have to start
with some premise and then test it to see if it was wrong, right, or
inaccurate.

- Internet Options -> Programs -> Email
Changes the HKLM mail keys.

- E-mail client's "make me default" option
Changes the HKLM mail keys.

- Start Menu e-mail client
Changes the HKCU mail keys.

HKCU settings override HKLM settings. That's why the first two methods
didn't work but the 3rd did.

At this point, it is unknown what might've been specified in the HKCU
mail keys. The only thing known now is that whatever was there got
stepped on with values for OE. If the HKCU mail key were missing then
it could not override the matching HKLM mail keys - unless those keys
have defaults when they are missing (I've seen apps do that but not
Windows on behalf of the apps).

Yes Sir, your right it worked for me as well. Thank You....Thank You....
I've been pulling out my hair over this one...

"jtsr" wrote:

> OK! I've fixed this problem...go to start, right click, then click
> properties, click cutomize, recheck email as outlook and ok .. it took two
> times but it worked!!!!
> --
> jtsr
>
>
> "jtsr" wrote:
>
> > The (send link by email button) opens Outlook to send email ???
> > --
> > jtsr
> >
> >
> > "jtsr" wrote:
> >
> > > Im using xpsp3 I change all the items but still the button doesn't open
> > > anything
> > > --
> > > jtsr
> > >
> > >
> > > "VanguardLH" wrote:
> > >
> > > > jtsr wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Is there something I'm overlooking my read mail button will not pull up
> > > > > Outlook even though I've choosen it in the Internet Options. aahh!
> > > >
> > > > In Outlook, deselect its configuration option to make it the default
> > > > e-mail client. Exit Outlook. In Internet Options -> Programs tab, make
> > > > OE the default e-mail client. In OE, configure its option to make sure
> > > > it is the default e-mail client. Exit OE. Does the Read Mail button
> > > > still start Outlook or does it now start OE? I'm assuming OE is
> > > > actually in your OS as you never mentioned WHICH version of Windows that
> > > > you use. If Vista, replace OE with Windows Mail in the above procedure.
> > > >