{"id":51553,"date":"2023-05-10T08:54:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T07:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/51553\/change-windows-default-mail-client\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T08:54:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T07:54:25","slug":"change-windows-default-mail-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/51553\/change-windows-default-mail-client\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Windows default mail client"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can I use e.g. Thunderbird or Outlook as the default client instead of Windows Mail?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/51553\/change-windows-default-mail-client\/#Change_default_mail_client_in_Windows_11\" >Change default mail client in Windows 11<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/51553\/change-windows-default-mail-client\/#Change_default_mail_client_in_Windows_10\" >Change default mail client in Windows 10<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Change_default_mail_client_in_Windows_11\"><\/span>Change default mail client in Windows 11<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When clicking on mail links in the browser, I have noticed that they open with the Windows mail client. However, I use Thunderbird by default.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"279\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_1.png 651w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_1-300x129.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Windows 11, Microsoft has made things a little more flexible for us to change the default apps. For a variety of applications and file types, we can change the programme assignment in Settings &#8211; Apps &#8211; Default Apps. It is more flexible, but also a little more complicated than in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p>In the standard apps, we search for Mail and click on the entry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"546\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_2.png 711w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_2-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are various settings in &#8220;Mail&#8221;. The entry &#8220;MAILTO&#8221; is relevant for us. This describes which app is responsible when we click on an e-mail link in the browser or in a document.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"897\" height=\"507\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_3.png 897w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_3-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_3-768x434.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you click on it, a list of the installed programmes that can be used for mail appears. Those who wonder why browsers also appear here: in the meantime, browsers can also redirect directly to the web interfaces of webmailers such as Gmail.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"686\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_4.png 584w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_4-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In my case, I select Thunderbird. Done, then the links open with the Thunderbird browser.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_5.png 491w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_5-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Change_default_mail_client_in_Windows_10\"><\/span>Change default mail client in Windows 10<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Those who still have Windows 10 will also find &#8220;Default apps&#8221; in the settings. In contrast to Windows 10, the dialogue is clearer; only the most important apps such as Browser, Mail or Maps are displayed here.<\/p>\n<p>We can select an alternative mail client via the selection.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"445\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_6.png 798w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_6-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/standard_mail_6-768x428.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can I use e.g. Thunderbird or Outlook as the default client instead of Windows Mail?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}