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Tech-Recipes: Use GMail For Default Email Program in XP, Vista, or OS X | Internet | Tech-Recipes

  • Derek · 10 months ago
    The notifier will not work as the default mail program in Vista
  • AurariaMJ · 9 months ago
    Thanks for this. It made life a lot easier for me. I hated that every time I clicked an email link, my machine would open up Apple Mail, and I would then have to copy and paste the email address into Gmail.
  • Poland Joe · 8 months ago
    Sorry, this does not make it happen. Still cant make GMAIL the default...Outlook seems locked in. VISTA
  • GErry · 4 months ago
    This doesn't work. Itopens my gmail but I still have to copy and paste the email address over to my gmail email window.
  • tim · 3 months ago
    regedit:

    HKCR/mailto/shell/open/command

    change value to:

    "%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" javascript:window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&source=mailto&fs=1&%1')

    almost!. except I cant figure out how to get the to and subject values set inside the gmail compose page...grrrr
  • Kyla · 3 months ago
    THANK YOU! :D ...yet someone said it wasn't possible to set gmail as default in vista...
  • JH · 3 months ago
    In Windows 7 you can go to Default programs in the start menu and configure Google Pack as the default program for email. Really easy. Notifier is not required.