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MailTo: Starts Eudora
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>I know there is a setting somewhere in outlook to make it the default email client but couldn't find it.
>
>If you are running IE5 start it, click Tools->Internet Options, click the Programs tab and change the E-mail combo to Outlook. I believe this is available in IE4 also but I don't remember the exact menu item.
>

Generically, the dispatch for the mailto: is handled through the registry; there should be a key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\shell\open\comand; the value of that registry key points to the default mail handler invoked by the operating system for mailto.

>hth
>
>>When i click on
>>mailto:a@b.com
>>in a message in Microsoft outlook, it automatically starts eudora..
>>
>>Can anybody pls tell me which setting i shud change in windows, so that it can call Outlook..
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