Are you using Windows Live Hotmail as your primary email account but not Windows? Clicking a mailto link in your browser launches a useless email program instead of going straight to Windows Live Hotmail?
Fortunately, it’s possible to change this by setting Windows Live Mail as your default email program.
Make Windows Live Hotmail your default email program
To set your browser and other Windows applications to use Windows Live Hotmail or Hotmail as the default email program:
- Start Internet Explorer.
- Choose Tools | internet options In IE 7, press and hold Old to access the menu.
- Step aside programs Tab.
- Making sure Windows Live Mail or hot mail is selected for E-mail.
- Click on OK.