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Old 07-05-2009, 08:20 AM
fatsteve
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Re: Emailing Pictures from Windows Explorer - Email button bringsOutlook instead of Thunderbird

D Smithze wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Contact has a Vista business laptop that until recently when you went
> into Windows Explorer to look at pictures you can press the email button
> and it would prepare an email in their email client Mozilla Thunderbird
> with the image as a file attachment.
>
> However recently this has changed back to Microsoft Outlook for no
> particular reason.
> Checked all the defaults and they all point to Thunderbird still being
> the default program for email.
> Under file associations, have checked that for protocols, SENDTO is set
> to Thunderbird.
>
> However the "E-mail" button still now brings up Outlook.
>
> How can I change this back. It's very frustrating and I've played around
> for a good long while.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
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I don't see any email button in explorer. When I email a picture from
explorer I right click the image then select "send to" and then "mail
recipient" which opens Thunderbird. Have you tried doing it that way?
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Old 07-05-2009, 08:20 AM