Mailto: in Browsers not working

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  1. Posts : 13,896
    Win10 Version 22H2 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home
       #21

    MamaBear said:
    ( for some reason, this reply editor is putting text at the end of lines, unto the line above it, instead of wrapping into the next )
    I see the same thing now and then, thought it was just me. It even will do it in the middle of a line.
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  2. Posts : 42,735
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #22

    That does sometimes happen... there are a couple of formatting quirks- like adding text after you've a URL shown in your post - e.g. when editing it, or changing back from italics or bold e.g.

    You know about the protocol setting in the control panel; you can also try this if it's not been mentioned for your particular email client:
    Mailto: in Browsers not working-snap-2016-09-18-23.13.54.jpg
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  3. Posts : 13,896
    Win10 Version 22H2 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home
       #23

    It just dawned on me that it happens when using Reply With Quote.
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  4. Posts : 42,735
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #24

    Berton said:
    It just dawned on me that it happens when using Reply With Quote.
    - works fine for me with Firefox.. to start with. But sometimes what you describe happens when typing and modifying a reply - but I've never quite noticed what causes it.
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  5. Posts : 201
    Windows 10
       #25

    Thread has gone off on a tangent...
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  6. Posts : 15
    Windows 10 Pro 64bit
       #26

    The seem to have "fixed" this in the Anniversary release by locking the MAILTO protocol down to MAIL. No other choices.
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  7. Posts : 31,470
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #27

    caseym54 said:
    The seem to have "fixed" this in the Anniversary release by locking the MAILTO protocol down to MAIL. No other choices.
    Does this help? This bit looks promising...

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Google Chrome\Capabilities\URLAssociations]
    ...
    "mailto"="ChromeHTML"
    http://superuser.com/questions/97246...ram-not-listed
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  8. Posts : 201
    Windows 10
       #28

    Bree said:
    Does this help? This bit looks promising...


    http://superuser.com/questions/97246...ram-not-listed
    I don't use that browser. Not sure why it would help. The problem is happening, no matter which browser I use, since "upgrading" to Windows 10.
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  9. Posts : 31,470
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #29

    MamaBear said:
    I don't use that browser. Not sure why it would help.
    It helps because it shows the methods needed to make your browser available in the MAILTO protocol - even with the Anniversary Update 1607, thus...

    Mailto: in Browsers not working-mailto.png

    In the case of Firefox, a new String named mailto should be added to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\Capabilities\URLAssociations with the value FirefoxURL (the same value as all the existing strings there). In addition, Firefox itself need to be configured to handle a mailto: by opening your chosen webmail service (or whatever else you use). For Firefox the relevant setting are found by putting...
    about:Preferences#applications
    ...in the address bar - it should be straight forward adapting these instructions for another browser.
    Last edited by Bree; 22 Sep 2016 at 21:13. Reason: added: In the case of Firefox...
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  10. Posts : 201
    Windows 10
       #30

    I'm not clear on whether I'd have to change the registry for every browser I use. I use Seamonkey almost all the time, and Firefox rarely and almost never anything else.

    I tried that default apps mail protocol setting already, to no avail.
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