>I need to set and retrieve the default eMail client...
You can read registry information using API functions:
RegOpenKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, [\mailto\shell\open\command], @lnRegKey)
RegQueryValueEx(lnRegKey, 0, 0, @lnDataType, @lcBuffer, @lnBufSize)
RegCloseKey(lnRegKey)
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