I have set up Google Chrome as my default email application in my [Windows 10> Settings> System> Default apps] (screenshot). My keyboard has the shortcut Fn+ F2 which opens default email application, this works well if for example I use built in “Mail” app or some other app specially designed for this sort of thing but I want to open Gmail in my Chrome browser, problem is when I press the shortcut combination on the keyboard it simply opens Chrome with its homepage. I need to find out where in Windows registry email default app is stored so I can adjust the link to open with the page I want it to but I can’t find it, there is so many different locations. This is the link I want to use which should work: 'C: Program Files (x86) Google Chrome Application chrome.exe' -- 'Please let me know where Windows 10 stores its default email app in its registry? • Where Windows 10 stores default email app in its registry? This is the caption of the original question.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Clients Mail; Right click on the Mail key and select Export option for exporting a backup copy. Save the copy for backup at the desired location. Right click on Mail key, click on New and select Key; Create a new key with the name Outlook64Bridge; Under Outlook64Bridge key, create a key with the name DLLPath. Clicking Yes updates the following registry entries which you can also manually update (and will need to for older Outlook clients such as Outlook 97) Start the registry editor (regedit.exe) Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Clients Mail; Double click the (Default) value and set to 'Microsoft Outlook' (don't type the quotes).

Default email app in Windows 10 is an App which handles mailto: protocol. It's actually not supposed to open Inbox, but Write a New Email form - by opening a new page/window to start writing an email. Vospitanie nikolaya petrovicha kirsanova citati. Indira film video songs free download. • How to change Hardware Keys association?

This is the rest of the question, or question number two. One of the buttons on your keyboard was defined as Write New Email, which was done by calling the Default Email App using mailto: protocol. But calling mailto: protocol wasn't opening the Write New Email form, neither the Inbox, or an Email App. And that's a question number three. • Why is Chrome not opening Write new e-mail form using mailto protocol?

Because Chrome will ignore it, unless it's explicitly allowed in Chrome's Options. All three answers in detail: • Hardware keys association What action should be taken upon pressing of a special HW key HW button could be a dedicated button, or a Fn+ F2 combination as in Asker's case. Registry settings are under: HKLM Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer Appkey Key 15 represents settings for Email button Value names could be: • 'ShellExecute' - its value is a filename to be executed e.g. 'calc.exe' or chrome.exe with corrent path and possible arguments • 'Association' - points to a shell association object which is a name of a Key under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT e.g.

Txtfile would open Notepad, or as in our case mailto would open an App associated with mailto protocol. To open a Write new e-mail using mailto association. This was the default behavior on the Asker's computer: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer Appkey 15] 'Association'='mailto' To open an e-mail app, or browser with an e-mail's Inbox, you can use shell execute with proper command. This is what Asker desired and his solution would work for this case.

ShellExecute 'C: Program Files (x86) Google Chrome Application chrome.exe' -- 'or in a form of a.reg file REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer AppKey 15] 'ShellExecute'=' 'C: Program Files (x86) Google Chrome Application chrome.exe ' -- '' To open Gmail App - Chrome's App in it's dedicated window. REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer AppKey 15] 'ShellExecute'=' 'C: Program Files (x86) Google Chrome Application chrome.exe ' --app-id=pjkljhegncpnkpknbcohdijeoejaedia' for this last one to work, you also need to have the Gmail App installed in Chrome, and need to enabled 'Open As Window' in right-click menu on the Gmail App in Chrome.