How to make MSN the default email in IE8 Win 7 OS

Discussion in 'Software' started by rsnodgrass, Oct 26, 2009.

  1. rsnodgrass

    rsnodgrass Private E-2

    I have a friend who uses MSN for her email. Yesterday she got a new laptop that is running Windows 7 Home Premium. In Win XP if you went to Tools and then options in IE 6,7 or 8 you could set the the mail client that you wanted to use to send a page, picture whatever from IE. Now you have only options for email clients that reside on your computer. When I started searching for fixes I discovered that Vista had the same issue and that you could fix it by making a small change in the registry. You went to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT then found the "Mail to" folder. Unfortunately, I can't find a "Mail to" folder in Windows 7. Can anyone help me with this.
    Thanks!
     
    rsnodgrass, Oct 26, 2009
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  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Win 7 does not include a mail program.
    You need to head here http://download.live.com/
    to download Windows Live Mail.
    Perhaps once it is installed, you can add the right click option.
     
    plodr, Oct 26, 2009
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