Re: mailto: shortcut opens up Outlook Express, not new message
From: alba (alba1314_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 06/10/04
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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 17:43:52 -0700
Thanks for the reply Kuay Tim - I take it these
instructions require me to go into Windows Explorer>
Tools> Folder Options> File Types and make adjustments
there?
If so, to which application do I associate (or
disassociate) mailto: shortcut??
Hope you can advise?
Cheers,
alba
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi alba,
>
>Don't know if I can help, but have you checked file
types? Here's what I
>have for mine and the mailto: shortcut has always
worked. However, I don't
>use identities.
>
>Extensions (NONE)
>File Types: URL:MailTo Protocol
>
>Looking further under edit....
>
>Application used to perform action:
>"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /mailurl:%1
>Application:
>msimn
>Topic:
>System
>
>
>--
>Tim K.
>aka Kuay Tim
>MVP - (IE/OE)
>Lynnwood, WA
>*
>"alba" <alba1314@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>news:Oo2KgmOTEHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks PA Bear - to create the shortcut, I right-
clicked my desktop and
>> chose New> Shortcut. In the command box that came up,
I typed 'mailto:'
>> (without the apostrophes) and then named the new
shortcut " New Mail Out".
>> When I right-click on the new New Mail Out icon
and select
>'Properties',
>> there is only a 'General' tab which informs me that
the file type is an
>> Internet Shortcut which opens with Outlook Express.
>> What I have just discovered is that, if I drag the
shortcut to my
>> Quicklaunch toolbar, the icon changes from the OE
envelope to an IE icon
>and
>> going into 'Properties' in this icon brings up a
second shortcut tab to
>> accompany the General tab - this tab does not appear
in the desktop icon
>> Properties?!
>> The Quicklaunch icon tells me that the Target
is: "C:\Documents and
>> Settings\XXXXX\Desktop\New Mail Out.url" and starts
in "C:\Documents and
>> Settings\XXXXX\Desktop". Everything else seems normal
with the
>information
>> in this icon but it STILL opens up OE and not a new
blank message, as I
>want
>> it to.
>> I have come across this workaround "1. Open
Outlook Express or Outlook
>> and open a new email message. You can leave it blank
or add whatever
>> signature or text you want to appear whenever a new
message is opened via
>> the New Menu entry (in effect, you are creating a new
message template)
>> 2 Click File > Save As and save the file with a name
like Blank.eml if you
>> are using Outlook Express." This saved *.eml message
was then renamed
>'New
>> Mail Out' and bears the *.eml envelope icon. As there
are *.eml messages
>on
>> my desktop for quick access to, I want to change the
icon for this blank
>> template (to distinguish it from saved messages) but
find that this option
>> is not available in 'Properties. Previously, I was
able to change the OE
>> blank message icon to something brighter and easier to
distinguish it as a
>> blank message template.
>> Ideally I would like to restore my previous icons
and settings to
>allow
>> me to access my outgoing mail quicker, once again,
without having to do a
>> uninstall and then reinstallation of OE, risking
losing all my identities
>> and messages.
>>
>> HTH?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> alba.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Post the shortcut you created.
>> HTH - Please Reply to This Thread
>>
>> (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>>
>> alba wrote:
>> I am running XP Pro PC with OE6 (v6.00.2800.1123)
and am having
>problems
>> sending e-mails via 'mailto:' shortcut on my desktop
and in my start-up
>> menu.
>> A short time ago, I created a 'mailto:' shortcut
on my desktop to
>allow
>> me to send mail using OE without having to open OE to
download messages
>> while creating a new message.
>> Recently, this has happened - my mailto: shortcut
opens up Outlook
>> Express, not new message. And, of course all manner
of SPAM floods in
>while
>> I attempt to halt the flow to create a new message!
>> What can be causing this??
>> The problem has me very close to the point of
seriously considering
>> having to overwrite OE or uninstall OE and trying to
reinstall it again
>onto
>> my XP Pro PC from disk? Where would this leave me
with my FOUR separate
>> identities in OE and their archived messages? Would
this procedure wipe
>> everything from OE from my PC?
>>
>> Can anyone please help??
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> alba.
>>
>>
>> ---
>> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
>> Checked by AVG anti-virus system
(http://www.grisoft.com).
>> Version: 6.0.700 / Virus Database: 457 - Release Date:
07/06/2004
>>
>>
>
>
>.
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