Email button in IE11

jeffljohnson

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Hi,

So I m setting up a new win 8.1 machine for the inlaws. The one thing I am having issues with is getting the email button to open the Mail app. Is there a way to do this? The mail app is set as default and if I click a email link it opens fine. Would like to keep the email button in the tool bar for them to use if at all possible, but its not looking good. Any ideas?

Thanks,
 

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Right click the task bar>click properties>place check mark in "Show windows store apps on the task bar">go to start screen call up the mail app>minimize>right click mail icon>click pin to task bar.
 

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Getting it pinned to the task bar is not a issues getting to open from the mail button within IE is the issue. I figured with it being the default app it would just work. Switched it to thunderbird and that fixed that issues. Looks more like what they used anyway, so its probably better. Thanks for the response though.
 

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AAH! OK you mean the little Envelope in the command bar. I haven't used that in years, I just tried it out on my machine and it didn't work either. I checked all the set default programs and protocols and found nothing either. I know it worked with Windows Live Mail on windows 7.
 

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ya, I have not used it in years either, but they are old and don't change well so we just went another way. However I am still curious as to why it would not work. Thank for the help. I will just mess with it more another time.
 

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In IE's Tools, Internet Options, Programs tab you should be able to set the installed E-Mail Client for what you have. I tried mine [first time since getting 8.1] and got an error that the client wasn't installed. The only E-Mail Client I have installed is SeaMonkey Mail and I could have chosen that instead of the default Microsoft Mail.
 

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I have Windows Live Mail set as default & clicking the envelope opens it.
Pictures---

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Default setting---

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Hope this helps. :)
 

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In IE's Tools, Internet Options, Programs tab you should be able to set the installed E-Mail Client for what you have. I tried mine [first time since getting 8.1] and got an error that the client wasn't installed. The only E-Mail Client I have installed is SeaMonkey Mail and I could have chosen that instead of the default Microsoft Mail.

Ya, with jut the metro mail app as the default mail client I get the same error that there is not a client installed.

@David, We setup thunderbird and set that as default and it works fine. Its the solution we used in this case. However I am more interested in why the default metro mail app when set as default will not work.

Thanks
 

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In IE's Tools, Internet Options, Programs tab you should be able to set the installed E-Mail Client for what you have. I tried mine [first time since getting 8.1] and got an error that the client wasn't installed. The only E-Mail Client I have installed is SeaMonkey Mail and I could have chosen that instead of the default Microsoft Mail.

Ya, with jut the metro mail app as the default mail client I get the same error that there is not a client installed.

@David, We setup thunderbird and set that as default and it works fine. Its the solution we used in this case. However I am more interested in why the default metro mail app when set as default will not work.

Thanks
Hi Jeff,
I'm also been curious as to why it doesn't work too. Probably someone forgot to create a registry pointer or something(maybe one of the Master Geeks here can create/find one). I refuse to put another client on my computer when it already has one(The best I've ever tried/used to date).
I use the bing tool bar an it tells me if I have mail from my providers. On it I only keep mail, weather and maps on, everything else tuned off. When I get an email, it shows me from which provider, then I can decide to look at it through my browser or my client(pinned to task bar). Also windows 8.1 has toast notifications so simply pinning it to task bar should be enough.
 

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    CPU
    Intel Core i9-9900K
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero
    Memory
    32 GB Quad Kit, G.Skill Trident Z RGB Series schwarz, DDR4-3866, 18-19-19-39-2T
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    ASUS GeForce RTX 3090 ROG Strix O24G, 24576 MB GDDR6X
    Sound Card
    (1) HD Webcam C270 (2) NVIDIA High Definition Audio (3) Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BenQ BL2711U(4K) and a hp 27vx(1080p)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
    Hard Drives
    C: Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 SSD
    E: & O: Libraries & OneDrive-> Samsung 850 EVO 1TB
    D: Hyper-V VM's -> Samsung PM951 Client M.2 512Gb SSD
    G: System Images -> HDD Seagate Barracuda 2TB
    PSU
    Corsair HX1000i High Performance ATX Power Supply 80+ Platinum
    Case
    hanteks Enthoo Pro TG
    Cooling
    Thermaltake Floe Riing RGB TT Premium-Edition 360mm and 3 Corsair blue LED fans
    Keyboard
    Trust GTX THURA
    Mouse
    Trust GTX 148
    Internet Speed
    25+/5+ (+usually faster)
    Browser
    Edge; Chrome; IE11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender of course & Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit as a
    Other Info
    Router: FRITZ!Box 7590 AX V2
    Sound system: SHARP HT-SBW460 Dolby Atmos Soundbar
    Webcam: Logitech BRIO ULTRA HD PRO WEBCAM 4K webcam with HDR
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