How do i get Windows Live Mail to Stop

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How do i get Windows Live Mail to stop opening up when i click on a link that has Mailto: on it? this started after the new 2011 updates for it. it does this in Internet Explorer 8

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What is your default email client/application?

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Its Windows Live Mail 2011

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That is what the Mailto: link is suppose to do … open your email program.

What is it that you expect that link to do?

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Update to Internet Explorer 9 as it works great On Windows 7.

I agree with CharleyO.

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Well that isn’t entirely correct, it doesn’t open your email ‘program,’ but a new email composure window (of your default email client) with that email address in the To address.

That is what a mailto: link is meant to do.

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I want to know how to make it so that i don’t have windows live mail 2011 set as default mail client.

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From your browser go to tools and then manage add on’s, click on accelerators, highlight windows live and click remove as default. :slight_smile:

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there is also a setting here

Control panel > programs > standard programs > choose standard program

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What email client do you want ???

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Good question, but I guess he wants it to stop completely and not select an email client.

@ Coolmario88cp
This then begs why do you want to click a mailto: link in the first place (if you don’t want any action to take place) and what action do you hopes it will take ?

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I’m not talking about the Accelerator I’m Talking about the Program (see picture for picture of the splash on screen of windows live mail)
So How do i remove it as default mail client? I don’t want to see the mail client show up if i click on mailto: link i want to see a pop up that says there is no mail client set as default or isn’t install correctly

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Hi
Go to add remove programs,remove windows live all of it is junk.

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I use windows live writer to post on my blog and i use windows live messenger. Windows live is good its not Junk to me ^^

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Hi
To each his own.Good luck.

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Does anybody here know how i can remove the only account i have in windows live writer? i want to remove the account BUT it won’t let me the remove button is grayed out help please :frowning:

EDIT: It turns out i couldn’t sadly so i removed the program.