Re: mailto link not working

Ramesh

How can one log on as administrator at the login screen, and all I have to
do when I open the mailto key is add the string URL Protocol, right?

Thanks

Walter

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eitNrLgkFHA.3828@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Walt,
>
> You need to login as Administrator in order to modify the
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT hive.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Walt G" <anon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uISJ6xfkFHA.708@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Ramesh
>>
>> Thanks for your help. When I navigate in the registry to
>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto I get an error message when I try to open the
>> key, so I cannot create the string value mentioned in the article you
>> reference.
>>
>> Walt
>>
>>
>> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%233xQNHakFHA.2472@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Walt,
>>>
>>> See if you can launch mailto: from Start-Run.
>>> (mailto:somename@xxxxxxxxxx)
>>>
>>> If this happens only when clicking a mailto: link in IE, see:
>>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/mailtoprotocol.htm
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
>>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>>>
>>>
>>> "Walt G" <anon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:%237XXF4UkFHA.3336@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> When I click on a mailto link on a webpage, IE6 puts up the error
>>>> message "cannot perform this operation because the default mail client
>>>> [i.e. Outlook 2003] is not properly installed". However, Outlook is
>>>> performing perfectly in every other respect, and performing a detect
>>>> and repair has no effect.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>


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