Comments on: How to Make Gmail your Default Email Program in Windows 7 (Updated… again!)

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:12:36 +0000

I have Windows 7 Starter and I went through the process as stated above for changing the registry on Windows 7. I still don’t have gmail as an option for my default programs. I am obviously not very knowledgable in regards to all this tech information, but my system did go through the process of changing the registry. I just have no idea what to do now to make it work. Please advice.

By: christine

christine — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:49:14 +0000

how do i change the .txt to .reg?

By: dsackr

dsackr — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:29:23 +0000

@tomtherealtor, I’ve not updated the registry file for IE9 and I’m guessing that is the issue. I will try to get an update this week.

By: Jsad

Jsad — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:35:13 +0000

Worked like a charm. Keep up the good work. The world needs people like you.

By: Gage P

Gage P — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:59:58 +0000

Thanks for the info. Microsoft doesn’t make this easy.

By: tomtherealtor

tomtherealtor — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:57:33 +0000

Using IE9

By: tomtherealtor

tomtherealtor — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:54:51 +0000

so this worked like a charm on my my Dell desk top at the office but I have been stuck here all day trying to get this on my HP laptop using windows 7 home addition. Have even removed microsoft office 2003 from the lap top. Any ideas or ways to get this to work? Merry Christmas.

By: dsackr

dsackr — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:00:21 +0000

@George, This is because of the way OpenOffice handles email links – there is nothing I know of to fix that… sorry…

By: dsackr

dsackr — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:57:23 +0000

@Brian, LOL – sometimes I forget just how geeky I am – double click the .reg file or right click and select import – Windows will actually handle most of the heavy lifting from there…

By: dsackr

dsackr — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:56:27 +0000

@sam, once you change the file name to .reg – you should be able to double click it and Windows will import it to the registry for you.