Emailing Pictures from Windows Explorer - Email button brings Outlook instead of Thunderbird

I recently upgraded from a Windows XP computer to one running Vista.
Using Microsoft Vista and Thunderbord 2.0.0.22 I had he same problem as
many of you describe above, right-clicking on a picture and choosing
"send to mail recipient" would open up Microsoft Mail, despite the fact
that Thunderbird is my default email program. An attempt to reinstall
Tunderbird using the "default setup" did not change anything.
Here is what worked for me:
I had to reinstall Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 using the "custom installation"
option in the setup program. Once I entered the custom installation
menues I choose the default selections for all questions.
Now right-clicking on a picture and selecting "mail to" opens
Thunderbird as desired.


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I Just got around this myself.

Goto Control Panel\Default Programs and click on "Set program access
and computer deafults" Goto Custom, Under Choose A default e-mail
program (mine was set to Use my current e-mail program) change this to
Mozilla Thunderbird, then OK (check other settings while you are here -
default web browser, Mozilla Firefox etc) . . . . Now it works again.
Select an image, right-click, choose Send to, Mail Reciepent and
Thunderbird starts and te pitcure is attached! Hooray!


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noone