Can't set default mail client in mailto

This is in XP but should be relevant.

On one of my users the default mail client cannot be set. I'm using Thunderbird and every time it starts it asks if it should be the default. Saying yes, and clicking the don't ask again, appears to set it but going into Thunderbird options the default mail check box is unchecked. Checking, exiting and reopening options shows it to be unchecked.

The registry entry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/mailto permissions are corrupted. Originally there was no subentries under mailto and the permissions were set for another user. Changing mailto to the current user showed the subentries but I still cannot change any of them nor can i give ownership to any of them. I cannot delete the mailto entry either in an attempt to reconstruct the entries from another user. All users on this system have admin permissions.

I can still use mail but this is annoying and not right as far as the ability to edit the registry.

Any pointers?

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Kirk DeHaan

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