Windows 10: [SOLVED] Info on setting up Gmail as the default using Firefox?

Discus and support [SOLVED] Info on setting up Gmail as the default using Firefox? in Browsers and Email to solve the problem; I am looking to configure W10 Pro 1809 to use Gmail as the default mailbox, opened in Firefox which is already the default browser. The are numerous... Discussion in 'Browsers and Email' started by ineuw, Sep 24, 2019.

  1. INEUW
    ineuw Win User

    [SOLVED] Info on setting up Gmail as the default using Firefox?


    I am looking to configure W10 Pro 1809 to use Gmail as the default mailbox, opened in Firefox which is already the default browser.
    The are numerous web articles but their instructions refer to menu objects that were renamed and moved. So, I got nowhere.
    Can anyone please point me towards some up to-date info, and I shall be on my way.

    :)
     
    ineuw, Sep 24, 2019
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  2. INEUW
    ineuw Win User

    [SOLVED] Info on setting up Gmail as the default using Firefox?

    Thanks for the reply, but in about:config there are 6 settings that deal with mailto https:// links, out of 11 that mentions mailto. Four of the settings are set to: ''chrome://browser-region/locale/region.properties''
    As for the linked Firefox support article, it is not detailed enough. Wish the volunteer who wrote it, would have tried his own instructions and provided more detail.

    I've been at the list of mail defaults and noticed that I have an Outlook account with my gmail address and it is not removable. Then, there is a "Google" (not gMail) option, which asks for my gmail password and the Google mail server settings. To me, this means that they want to me use Outlook as the front end.

    I am not comfortable to give MS my password and also dislike Outlook. (aka MS Goulash).

    P.S: Gmail has always been my Firefox email preference.

    - - - Updated - - -

    Did this as well and rebooted. Windows Default programs for Mail lists: Windows 10, Vivaldi, and Look for an app in the MS store. Firefox or Gmail do not exist
    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...1-84d18a02dc18
     
    ineuw, Sep 24, 2019
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    cweedon Win User
    Set Firefox/gmail as my default mail client


    Clicking on an mailto link in Excel or Word no longer brings me to Firefox and gmail. I have Windows 10. My default browser is set to Firefox. Website hyperlinks in Excel or Word work fine, taking me to Firefox. Within Firefox the mailto is set to gmail and this works if I am in Firefox.
    Under Windows/Control panel/Default apps/email Firefox is not listed as an option.
    Any ideas?
     
    cweedon, Sep 24, 2019
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  4. INEUW
    ineuw Win User

    [SOLVED] Info on setting up Gmail as the default using Firefox?

    [SOLVED] Info on setting up Gmail as the default using Firefox?

    I am looking to configure W10 Pro 1809 to use Gmail as the default mailbox, opened in Firefox which is already the default browser.
    The are numerous web articles but their instructions refer to menu objects that were renamed and moved. So, I got nowhere.
    Can anyone please point me towards some up to-date info, and I shall be on my way.
     
    ineuw, Sep 24, 2019
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