See http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Change-the-default-e-mail-program

See also:

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Default_mail_client

A very hesitant reply. To access WLM from Firefox I think you have to hook Windows Live Mail to a webmail client, like Hotmail, first.

Actually, there's another method.

1. Right click the Internet Explorer icon on your desktop and go to Properties.
   
   
2. Click the Programs tab and in the Email menu, choose Windows Live Mail.

Should work.

Original poster grr8santini I think a response would be helpful here.

Did any of these suggestions work for you?

setting the default mail client to hotmail in IE will work but when you click on a mailto link in firefox it will still open IE.

Since you can't add javascript any more with 6.0.2 I'm not sure how to fix this problem.

This is how it used to be done: http://www.dkszone.net/2009/06/how-to-make-hotmail-or-livemail-as.html