HTTP Hotmail as default 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

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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"Clearwire Mail" wrote:

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............

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

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
news:0E6271B8-02F2-4525-ADF0-D3BA3F1F2484@microsoft.com...
> You cannot configure Windows Mail to use a Web-based
> e-mail account in Windows Vista:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926374/en-us
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
>
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>
> "Clearwire Mail" wrote:
>
> 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
>

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

"Clearwire Mail" <ernlizz@clearwire.net> wrote in message news:4AEA9904-F770-458C-B498-9F06C3C7E382@microsoft.com...
> 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
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message news:0E6271B8-02F2-4525-ADF0-D3BA3F1F2484@microsoft.com...
>> You cannot configure Windows Mail to use a Web-based
>> e-mail account in Windows Vista:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926374/en-us
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows - Shell/User
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*-----
>>
>> "Clearwire Mail" wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
>

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


"Clearwire Mail" <ernlizz@clearwire.net> wrote in message news:A5BAA96B-AC87-42F7-8D5B-C480D9D79AC2@microsoft.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

Ramesh,

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

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



"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23jYC8S5xHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
Register Windows Live Hotmail with the Default Programs tool in Windows
Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/224/1/

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Regards,

You're welcome EW.

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Regards,

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


"LoneStar" <ewyatt_del_me@excite.com> wrote in message news:469be4c8$0$97240$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readf reenews.net...
Ramesh,

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

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



"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
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Register Windows Live Hotmail with the Default Programs tool in Windows
Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/224/1/

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Regards,

excuse the grave dig but brilliant find for us web2.0 heads who wann use
HoTMaiL.


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