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Windows 10 Photo App share default email will not work with Thunderbird

Rontpa

I changed Windows 10 default email to Thunderbird but when i try to share photo via email it continues to try to use Windows Mail.

I changed Windows 10 default email to Thunderbird but when i try to share photo via email it continues to try to use Windows Mail.

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I just checked and although the solution given does answer why you can not use Thunderbird for Photo share, SEND MAIL IN FILE EXPLORER SEEMS TO ONLY USE WINDOWS MAIL ALSO.

Can not find any obscure settings. Even checked default apps by Protocol and by File types. Registry setting is correct, matches yours. The only thing that works is to add attachments manually when writing the email in TB.

None of these worked for me and then I found this article. It also involve regedit. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1241176

gr0m1t said

None of these worked for me and then I found this article. It also involve regedit. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1241176

You've posted to a very old topic, and the fix for a broken Send to - Mail Recipient function is included in the latest version of TB, 60.6.

https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/60.5.3/releasenotes/

I'm on TB 60.6. My problem was that when I selected send to email from file explorer, thunderbird wasn't recognised as my mail client. This is a new error. I have never had the problem before and following the registry editing described in the link I specified fixed it for me. I already had set up Thunderbird as my default mail client.