Gmail – How to to set Gmail as default email program in Windows 10

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I use Gmail as my default email client. What do I have to do to have mailto:x@y.com open Gmail instead of opening the standard Windows email program?

Best Answer

When using Google Chrome check the following link: http://lifehacker.com/5883372/set-gmail-as-your-browsers-default-email-client-with-a-simple-hack

Basically the following:

Open Gmail in Chrome. Press Ctrl+Shift+J (Windows) or Cmd+Opt+J (Mac) to open Chrome's built-in JavaScript console.

Paste the following into the console and press Enter: 

navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto", "https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s", "Gmail");

Chrome will prompt you, asking if you'd like to "Allow Gmail (mail.google.com) to open all email links?"

Click the Use Gmail button.

That's it!

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