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How to start Thunderbird when Internet mailto href is clicked

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David Favor
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Use to be when I clicked a mailto: href my local Thunderbird would start with a new message in compose mode.

Sigh... Then I let one of my kids "send a quick message".

They have a Yahoo account, so now my machine is infected where mailto: href clicks land on login.yahoo.com rather than Thunderbird compose message.

Someone let me know how to get rid of the Yahoo login + return to starting Thunderbird.

Thanks!

Use to be when I clicked a mailto: href my local Thunderbird would start with a new message in compose mode. Sigh... Then I let one of my kids "send a quick message". They have a Yahoo account, so now my machine is infected where mailto: href clicks land on login.yahoo.com rather than Thunderbird compose message. Someone let me know how to get rid of the Yahoo login + return to starting Thunderbird. Thanks!

Chosen solution

The solution...

1) Visit chrome://settings/handlers

2) Remove all protocol handlers

3) Staring Thunderbird is restored...

Whew...

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David Favor
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Manually forced selection of Thunderbird as default mail client seems to have no effect overriding Chrome mailto handler, which seems impossible to find anymore.

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David Favor
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Chosen Solution

The solution...

1) Visit chrome://settings/handlers

2) Remove all protocol handlers

3) Staring Thunderbird is restored...

Whew...

This issued can be closed as resolved.

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