I have recently purchased a Windows 10 loaded Lenovo laptop. I want Gmail to be the default email client. At the moment, I can access Gmail, through Outlook.com but do not like the way it is presented and prefer Gmail's format. Is there any way that I can unravel this, so that when I click START and EMAIL it goes direct to my Gmail account, unaffected by Outlook? Any guidance would be much appreciated,
I gave up on trying what you're talking about. I just put a Shortcut to gmail on the Desktop.
The basic issue is that Gmail, Yahoo mail, Outlook.com and Hotmail.com [may be others] are not E-Mail Clients, they are Webmail/Online E-Mail accessed via one's Internet Browser such as Internet Explorer, Edge, Firefox, SeaMonkey, Safari, etc. [SeaMonkey does include an installable E-Mail Client.] Microsoft's Office/Outlook, IncrediMail, the old Outlook Express, Thunderbird among others are installable E-Mail Clients.
I haven't had occasion to try it on Win10 but OE Classic did good on Win7 [which had no built-in E-Mail Client, used Windows Live Essentials/Mail].
OE Classic - Easy to use Outlook Express replacement
You're welcome.
Its really very simple. When I click on an email address on site, it opens Windows Mail. I dont want that, I want it to go directly to gmail, I dont use windows mail. When a site says 'contact us here' on it goes to Mail. There is no identifiable link for me to cut and paste.
I used to be able to substitute gmail for live mail, outlook mail or whatever. I cannot do that now. MS have monpolised the settings to open only outlook, mail etc.
in this context gmail on desktop, which i have, is not the solution.
Setup your browser as a default app to handle emails, so it would open in webmail. It works for me.
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