Re: how to set up Thunderbird as default email client in Word?

[JoAnn Paules]

I would try a newsgroup that helps Thunderbird users.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

"deanland" <dean...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:578EE325-F0BA-4684...@microsoft.com...
> Changed default email program on machine and in windows to Thunderbird.
> But
> when any of the Office2007 Suite program open, the e-mail button only
> offers
> a fax option, The e-mail option is unhighlighted, often called "grayed
> out."
>
>
> I am not a newbie -- I know how to set defaults. But Office 2007 seems to
> not recognize or acknowledge Thunderbird as the email client. I had no
> such
> problem with XP, or Office 2003.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --dean

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

If you are not a newbie, then please enlighten all us newbies as
to how you set Thunderbird as the default.

If you are not a newbie, then you know to close Thunderbird and
all Office applications, and then make sure the Mail section of
your win.ini file contains all of the following keys/values:

[Mail]
MAPI=1
CMC=1
CMCDLLNAME=mapi.dll
CMCDLLNAME32=mapi32.dll
MAPIX=1
MAPIXVER=1.0.0.1
OLEMessaging=1

If you are not a newbie, then you know that if you need to modify
win.ini, you should use a plain text editor (such as Notepad) to
make the modifications, and you should restart Windows to make
sure the new win.ini settings take effect.

If you are not a newbie, then you know that Thunderbird and Lotus
Notes are not completely MAPI-compliant, but instead use
SimpleMAPI, which arbitrarily works on some computers but not on
others as far as allowing the 'Send To' feature in Office
applications to function.