Failure of 'send to mail recipient' using default mail client

From: David Qunt (davidqunt_at_spamtwatter.hotmail.com)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:34:37 -0800

I am experiencing a really annoying (and tiny problem) and its driving me
mental.

I used to be able to right click on a file and choose 'mail recipient'
from the 'send to' menu. Doing this would open up a mail composition
window in my default mail client 'Mozilla Thunderbird).

Now, doing that does nothing.

I have not reinstalled Thunderbird, or changed my default mail client. I
have checked the properties of the start menu, and Thunderbird is listed
as default mail client. Thunderbird says it is the default when I open it
and check on Tools/Options. Outlook is installed but is set to not be the
default client. Similarly, Outlook Express is set to not be the default
client, not that I ever use that anyway. On the Tools/Programs menu
within Internet Options, Mozilla Thunderbird is listed as the default
mail client.

I have tried various things that I've found on teh intarwebs, such as
deleting and creating the mapi shortcut in the 'sendto' folder. I've
tried the regsvr options suggested too. All these changes were attempted
under the admin account.

Entering the mailto: command in start/run works no problem.

Any ideas? 

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