Re: Default mail client

From: Michael Santovec (michael_santovec_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 23:11:54 -0700

The Default mail client is a Windows File Association. And file associations are global,
not tied to a Windows user. That's the way Microsoft designed it.

It's the same issue is 2 users wanted different default program for playing MP3 files.

I don't think there is any graceful way around the issue.

The default mail program only comes into play when another program wants to send a new
message (e.g. a Contact Us link on a web page or sending a file from a program or Windows
File Explorer). So the workarounds are to start the program and let it make itself the
default, or if you want to use the non-default mail program, start a message in that
program and then attach the file, or copy/paste the e-mail address from the web page. 

-- 
Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
"Martin" <martin_chalifoux@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:099e01c491c1$16bbf970$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi. I have two accounts on my computer, say User1 and
> User2. I want User1 to have Office Outlook 2003 as de
> default client. I want User2 to have Outlook Express as
> default mail client. Both applications check if they are
> default when they start so in theory it is easy to
> achieve what I am looking for. The problem is that users
> are not independant, hence if I change de default in one
> accout it also changes de default in the other account.
> FYI both accounts are administrators. Would one know how
> to make that setting specific to each account.
>
> Thank you, Martin Chalifoux

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