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How do I change mailto response from mail.live.com to Thunderbird?

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dlreich
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I use Win7, Firefox, and Thunderbird. I used to have Thunderbird as my default so when I clicked on an email address, a Thunderbird compose window would open. Instead, an Outlook window opens at login.live.com. I think I have set the Windows and the Firefox mail system defaults to Thunderbird. How can I get Thunderbird back as my email client?

I use Win7, Firefox, and Thunderbird. I used to have Thunderbird as my default so when I clicked on an email address, a Thunderbird compose window would open. Instead, an Outlook window opens at login.live.com. I think I have set the Windows and the Firefox mail system defaults to Thunderbird. How can I get Thunderbird back as my email client?

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See if this helps you: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-program-used-open-email-links#w_setting-your-operating-systems-default-mail-program

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the-edmeister
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Ọ̀nà àbáyọ Tí a Yàn

See if this helps you: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-program-used-open-email-links#w_setting-your-operating-systems-default-mail-program

dlreich
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Thanks for the reference. I had already done the things described in the reference and they did not solve the problem. However, it reminded me that recently I had tried to find a solution for a friend who used Chrome and wanted to open Hotmail (mail.live.com) as her email client when she clicked a mailto: link. During that investigation I installed Chrome and eventually installed the Mailto: extension for that browser.

I removed that extension from Chrome, rebooted, and mailto: links in Firefox returned to using Thunderbird as my mail system.