Windows 7 mailto is broken in browser

jauburn

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Running the latest build of Win7. Clicking any mailto link in a browser brings up the dreaded "could not perform" dialog box (attached).

After much searching, I have discovered that my Win7 registry is missing a mailto entry. Hence none of the usual solutions to this problem apply.

How do I add that back??
 

Solution
To add the mailto entry back to the Windows 7 registry to resolve the issue with clicking mailto links in a browser, you can follow these steps:
  1. Accessing the Registry Editor:
    • Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog.
    • Type regedit and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
    []Navigating to the Correct Registry Key:
    • In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:
      Code:
       HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\shell\open\command
    [
    ]Creating the Default Value:
    • In the right pane, right-click on an empty space.
    • Choose New and then String Value.
    • Name this new string value as (Default).
    []Setting...
To add the mailto entry back to the Windows 7 registry to resolve the issue with clicking mailto links in a browser, you can follow these steps:
  1. Accessing the Registry Editor:
    • Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog.
    • Type regedit and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
    []Navigating to the Correct Registry Key:
    • In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:
      Code:
       HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\shell\open\command
    [
    ]Creating the Default Value:
    • In the right pane, right-click on an empty space.
    • Choose New and then String Value.
    • Name this new string value as (Default).
    []Setting the Value Data:
    • Double-click on the (Default) value you just created.
    • Set the value data to the path of your preferred email client. For example:
      Code:
       "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE" /c IPM.Note /mailto "%1"
    • Make sure to adjust the path to match the location of your email client executable.
    [
    ]Saving and Restarting:
    • Once you have entered the correct value data, click OK to save the changes.
    • Close the Registry Editor.
    • Restart your computer for the changes to take effect. After following these steps and adding the mailto entry back to the Windows 7 registry, your mailto links in the browser should now function correctly.
 

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