Thanks to Dave and Sjoerd for arriving at the elegant 2-line solution on a PC:
put word 1 to -2 of \
queryRegistry("hkey_local_machine\software\classes\mailto\shell\open\command
\") \
into tBrowserPath
launch "mailto:"&tAddress with tBrowserPath
Now... Does anyone have the AppleEvent equivalent for a Mac?
/H
Hugh Senior
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