The solution was to install another email client....either Windows Live Email Client, or Thunderbird, etc. Any of those will function as a default system wide email client while the mail app will not.
On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think each client would have it's default config for mail. > > . > > > > On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm having a hard time figuring out how in the hell Windows 8 is any kind > > of upgrade. I don't even have a windows 8 laptop, but it's causing me > > enough grief without one. Tonight it was trying to figure out why the > > default mail client doesn't act like a default mail client so whenever > you > > click on an email link in an app, you get a great little message that > says, > > "No default email client configured". Now, really, wouldn't you think > that > > a mail client installed by default on the OS would, well, let's see...be > a > > frickin default email client?! > > > > I remember going from Windows to Mac circa 2005 ish...sure I had to > relearn > > a lot of things. The difference was that the new ways were usually > > simpler, i.e. uninstalling an app from a mac or even copying one. So far, > > with Windows 8, most things that are different seem more complicated, or > at > > least not any easier which begs the question of why change it? > > > > There's got to be something I'm missing about this OS that's a redeeming > > quality. But, so far, most of my interactions with it usually end in > > frustration. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367636 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
