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"Email Link" function not working, nothing happens. Only Gmail and Yahoo listed as options, not Hotmail.

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Using Windows 7. Firefox default browser. When set Gmail it works. When set WLMail.URL.mailto, which is the default, nothing happens. Got rid of Yahoo, cannot find a way to add Hotmail/Windows Live. Thanks.

Using Windows 7. Firefox default browser. When set Gmail it works. When set WLMail.URL.mailto, which is the default, nothing happens. Got rid of Yahoo, cannot find a way to add Hotmail/Windows Live. Thanks.

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The easiest way to add Hotmail (now the Outlook interface) is using an add-on. This one has been mentioned by other users in the past:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/livemailer/

If you don't want any more add-ons, there is a manual procedure to add Hotmail/Outlook/Live Mail to the list of available mail services. I won't clutter this post with the lengthy explanation, you can read it here: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1052976#answer-706235

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The easiest way to add Hotmail (now the Outlook interface) is using an add-on. This one has been mentioned by other users in the past:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/livemailer/

If you don't want any more add-ons, there is a manual procedure to add Hotmail/Outlook/Live Mail to the list of available mail services. I won't clutter this post with the lengthy explanation, you can read it here: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1052976#answer-706235

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This is what my settings look like

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OK, I downloaded the Add-On. It appears to be installed. But there's still no "Windows Live" option, and nothing happens when I click the "Email Link" button. What is "WLMail" - is that in fact Windows Live Mail? It looks different than Fred's and it's doing nothing. Weird.

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Hotmail is a popular program, why does it require an add-on and all this trouble when gmail and yahoo are just there by defaut?

Also, the add-on description says that it makes "mail to" links in web pages default to Windows Live Mail. It doesn't say anything, as far as I can tell, about adding Hotmail to the list in "Email Link" options from the File menu.

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OK, the add-on didn't work. But I somehow muddled through Option 2 to add it manually, and what do you know, it worked! The most technical thing I've ever done actually I think. Thanks!

Is there any good reason to do the longer process in Option 1?

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BlackberryPi said

Is there any good reason to do the longer process in Option 1?

No, unless Microsoft moves you to a new mail server. At that point, you would need to do either #2 again for the changed server or #1.

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Great thanks much!