| Author | Comment |
Morgan
Ultralisk
Posted: 5 May 2005
01:50 GMT
Total Posts: 321 | I just switched over to a new laptop and I am having trouble figuring out how the heck I had my old system set up to have gmail as my default mail application. Currently it loads that stupid dumb Microsoft program :-/
Any help == greatly appreciated |
xbikerj1985x
Marine
Posted: 5 May 2005
02:14 GMT
Total Posts: 15 | To change your default mail application, go to internet properties, select the programs tab, then change you default mail application there. If there an internet explorer shortcut on your desktop, just right click that and select properties to take you to internet properties. if you dont have a shortcut there you should be able to find it at this dir., C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE |
Morgan
Ultralisk
Posted: 5 May 2005
08:51 GMT
Total Posts: 321 | me == using FireFox
Sorry I should have known to say that. |
Morgan
Ultralisk
Posted: 5 May 2005
09:19 GMT
Total Posts: 321 | I searched gMial in the FireFox extensions and through another link found it here. I wasn't sure if it was an extension or somew setting. Thanks though!
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=206 |
Andy
Administrator
Posted: 5 May 2005
09:29 GMT
Total Posts: 939 | No, you still have to change it in Internet Explorer, as that has the Internet properties for the entire computer. |
Morgan
Ultralisk
Posted: 5 May 2005
10:23 GMT
Total Posts: 321 | gMail nor FireFox shows up in that list. I can't really think of a time whwne I wouldn't be clicking on a mailto: link from any oplace besides FireFox so this will definitely work. Maybe AIM or IRC but I;m not on that anymore. |
