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Can I set up my Thunderbird email client as the default within MS Excel so an email hyperlink clicked within MS Excel opens my Thunderbird Email?

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Hi, I want to be able to select a hyperlink within an Excel spreadsheet it hyperlinks to Thunderbird. Right now it hyperlinks to MS Outlook. Is there a way to change settings to get the hyperlink function to work with Thunderbird? Thanks!

Hi, I want to be able to select a hyperlink within an Excel spreadsheet it hyperlinks to Thunderbird. Right now it hyperlinks to MS Outlook. Is there a way to change settings to get the hyperlink function to work with Thunderbird? Thanks!

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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-program-used-open-email-links


about halfway down that page is how to change the operating system's default mail client

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Thanks for the response, but this didn't work. I do have Thunderbird set up as my default email client, but apparently excel doesn't recognize it, and still tries to open ms outlook, which is a problem because I don't have outlook installed on my computer.

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Out of curiosity, what kind of "hyperlink" is it that would launch an email client rather than a browser?

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I was thinking that Thunderbird doesn't do MAPI, but see this:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/MAPI_Support

I know about mailto:. I wanted the OP to tell us what he's using.