How to set your default email client
In Windows XP:
1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Select Tools ŕ Internet Options from the menu.
3. Select the Programs tab.
4. Select your desired email client from the drop down list.
5. Click Ok.
6. To test your selection, click this link to see if it opens your desired email client.
In Windows Vista, 7, and 8:
1. Click Start.
2. Type “default programs” in the Start Search box.
3. Click Default Programs under Programs in the search results.
4. Click Set your default programs.
5. Highlight your desired email client on the left.
6. Click Set this program as default.
7. Click Ok.
8. To test your selection, click this link to see if it opens your desired email client.
In Windows 10
1. Click on the Start menu button - lower left.
2. Click on the Settings menu item.
3. Click on the System icon.
4. Click on the Default Apps menu item.
5. Look for the Email heading, and click on the current default email client just below the heading.
6. Select your desired email client.
7. Close the Settings window.
8. To test your selection, click this link to see if it opens your desired email client.
The email addresses used for the reminders come from the "Email" field on the
personnel form.
You may need to restart Training Manager after making the changes to your
default email client.
Troubleshooting
Problem:
I want to use Gmail for the email client, but it is not listed in the options
for default email client.
Solution:
If Gmail is not listed as an option for a default email client in your version
of Windows, you will need to install a 3rd party utility which can be set as the
default and configured to send via email. Here is a link to a utility which
provides that feature: Affixa
Problem:
When sending an email to a list of email addresses, a message indicates that the
email addresses should be separated by semi-colons instead of commas. Note
however, that a comma is designated to be used to separate email addresses in
RFC Section 3.4 for Internet Message Format.
Solution:
Microsoft has acknowledged a bug for this issue in Outlook 2003 and Outlook
2007. Per their support page: "Status: Microsoft has confirmed that this is a
problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this
article." Microsoft has also provided the following solution:
Follow these steps to configure Outlook to recognize the comma as a valid e-mail
address separator:
On the Tools menu, click Options.
Click E-Mail Options, and then click Advanced E-Mail Options.
Under When sending a message, click to select the Allow comma as address
separator check box.
Note You can still use a semi-colon (;) to separate e-mail addresses when you
click to select the Allow comma as address separator check box.
See the following Microsoft support article for the full details:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/820868
Problem:
When sending an email, the following message appears: "Either there is no
default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the messaging
request".
Solution:
Set the default email client as described at the top of this page.
If the default email client has already been set, but the problem continues, the
Outlook registry key may be corrupt. See the following article from Microsoft
for solution details: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813745
If the above solutions do not resolve the problem, check to see if the version
of Outlook installed is 64 bit. There is no benefit in using the 64 bit version
of Outlook, and it is not compatible with many applications. See this article
for more information: http://www.msoutlook.info/question/461