Register Windows Live Hotmail with the Default Programs tool in Windows Vista

Copyright © 2008 Ramesh Srinivasan
Utilities , Customize

Summary

By default, Windows Live Hotmail is not registered with the Default Programs tool in Windows Vista. As a result, you may not be able to set Hotmail as the default mailer for your system. Utility discussed in this page helps you register Windows Live Hotmail with the Default Programs tool in Windows Vista.

Registering Hotmail with the Default Programs tool

Download registerhm.zip and save it to Desktop
Unzip, extract the files (registerhotmail.exe and readme.txt) to folder
Double-click registerhotmail.exe to run it
Click Register Windows Live Hotmail with Default Programs
Optionally, click Set Windows Live Hotmail as the default (current user)

Windows Live Hotmail should now be available in the Default Programs listing.

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