Failure of 'send to mail recipient' using default mail cli..

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David,

The Send To > Mapi Recipient involves a MAPI DLL file which comes with
Thunderbird. Perhaps you may check with Mozilla forums for a resolution.
Otherwise, from a working system with Thunderbird installed, note down the
DLLPath here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\<thunderbird>

In the right-pane, note down the DLLPath value. If this value is blank, the
Send To MAPI won't work.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"David Qunt" <davidqunt@spamtwatter.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9600DBFA9B5D0000oooQuntooo000@207.46.248.16...
>
> I am experiencing a really annoying (and tiny problem) and its driving me
> mental.
>
> I used to be able to right click on a file and choose 'mail recipient'
> from the 'send to' menu. Doing this would open up a mail composition
> window in my default mail client 'Mozilla Thunderbird).
>
> Now, doing that does nothing.
>
> I have not reinstalled Thunderbird, or changed my default mail client. I
> have checked the properties of the start menu, and Thunderbird is listed
> as default mail client. Thunderbird says it is the default when I open it
> and check on Tools/Options. Outlook is installed but is set to not be the
> default client. Similarly, Outlook Express is set to not be the default
> client, not that I ever use that anyway. On the Tools/Programs menu
> within Internet Options, Mozilla Thunderbird is listed as the default
> mail client.
>
> I have tried various things that I've found on teh intarwebs, such as
> deleting and creating the mapi shortcut in the 'sendto' folder. I've
> tried the regsvr options suggested too. All these changes were attempted
> under the admin account.
>
> Entering the mailto: command in start/run works no problem.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> --
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>> David Qunt
>>
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Regsvr32 syntax:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources [...] svr32.mspx

Usually: Regsvr32 <modulename>

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"David Qunt" <davidqunt@spamtwatter.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@online.mvps.org> squirted these wordjisms deep
> inside the bumtube of the newstwat in
> news:u#fhmCXFFHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:
>
>> David,
>>
>> The Send To > Mapi Recipient involves a MAPI DLL file which comes with
>> Thunderbird. Perhaps you may check with Mozilla forums for a
>> resolution. Otherwise, from a working system with Thunderbird
>> installed, note down the DLLPath here:
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\<thunderbird>
>>
>> In the right-pane, note down the DLLPath value. If this value is
>> blank, the Send To MAPI won't work.
>>
>
> Yeah, thanks, unfortunately I've tried that. That key in my registry
> correctly points to mozMapi32.dll, in C:\Program Files\Mozilla
> Thunderbird. Deleting the key and re-creating it still doesn't work.
>
> I think I may need to do a regsvr command to unregister/re-register that
> dll, but I can't (be arsed to) work out the syntax.
>
> As a workaround I have created a shortcut to a mailto: link on my desktop
> which, when clicked, opens up a message composition winow in Thunderbird.
> That will do for now until I can be bothered trying to solve the issue -
> don't like to let things beat me, you see, unless they're dirty women
> --
> *********************************
>> David Qunt
>>
> ****************************************************

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David Qunt <davidqunt@spamtwatter.hotmail.com> squirted these wordjisms
deep inside the bumtube of the newstwat in
news:Xns96041BBE85899000oooQuntooo000@207.46.248.16:

> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@online.mvps.org> squirted these wordjisms
> deep inside the bumtube of the newstwat in
> news:#4OA20iFFHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:
>
>> Regsvr32 syntax:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/resources [...] all/proddo
>> c s/en-us/regsvr32.mspx
>>
>> Usually: Regsvr32 <modulename>
>>
>
>
> Yeah, I tried that. Thought I had the syntax wrong, but I had it
> correct.
>
> Just tried it again, got this error message;
>
> C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\mozMapi32.dll was loaded, but the
> DLLRegisterServer point was not found. This file cannot be registered.
>
> Grr....
>
> Just had a thought, last time I installed Thunderbird was from a user
> account but using the 'RunAs' command with admin credentials, am now
> going to uninstall Mozilla Thunderbird and re-install from directly
> within my admin account, and see if that works and registers the dll
> properly.
>
> Cheers for your help so far, much appreciated.
>

OK I sorted this.

However, to do so, I had to do basically rape my registry, deleting any
keys referring to mapi whatsoever, with the exclusion of those which were
very obviously directly tied into Windows. I.E., I left those keys
referring to Outlook Express, but deleted links to any other mail
clients, including Outlook, which I installed myself.

For that reason, I'm not re-creating the steps I took.

In my opinion I should be able to restore default mail client settings in
one place, ie though 'Set program and access and defaults', rather than
having three separate ways of doing this - Properties of start menu,
Tools/Internet Options/Programs, and each mail client vying to be the
default.

Perhaps that's what the antitrust lawsuit that led to the 'set program
access and defaults' option was meant to achieve?

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> David Qunt
>
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