can I use send to mail recipient with the mail app?

Anonymous
2012-11-25T20:46:34+00:00

I've tried to right click on a file in Windows 8 and select Send To > Mail Recipient, but it gives an error saying that i haven't associated an email program. The Mail app is already set to all its defaults, and it doesn't change anything. Can I use the mail app with Send To?

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-03-11T22:40:39+00:00

    If you read this thread completely, you will see that the "Metro Mail" app is not an email client, so you cannot use it as such.

     

    steve

     

    Oh right...I could've sworn I send and receive email on there..

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-03-11T22:17:40+00:00

    Steve, I don't appreciate your remark about "reading the thread completely." I certainly read the thread. I want Windows Mail to function as the default email application in Windows 8. In case that was unclear, let me rephrase:

    "The Windows Mail app doesn't support MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface)? Ridiculous! This should be an easy fix for Microsoft."

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-03-11T12:13:05+00:00

    If you read this thread completely, you will see that the "Metro Mail" app is not an email client, so you cannot use it as such.

    steve

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-03-11T03:00:03+00:00

    I think you're mistaken in saying you can just share any file. You can't because there's no native metro file explorer, so I can't just navigate to any file I want to and pull up the Share menu.

    On that note however, you could easily download a 3rd party file explorer that allows sharing of files.

    This issue that they're talking about is a bug though. In browsers like Opera, it detects that the PDF application is the default application, but won't open any PDFs Metro-side. Same issue here, where Windows Send-To detects that the default MAIL CLIENT is the Metro Mail application, however the Send-To(which uses the mail protocol), does not work. 

    There's absolutely no reason it shouldn't work.

    I agree completely. Windows 8 doesn't detect that Metro Mail is my default mail client? Ridiculous! This should be an easy fix for Microsoft.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-03-06T21:05:18+00:00

    I think you're mistaken in saying you can just share any file. You can't because there's no native metro file explorer, so I can't just navigate to any file I want to and pull up the Share menu.

    On that note however, you could easily download a 3rd party file explorer that allows sharing of files.

    This issue that they're talking about is a bug though. In browsers like Opera, it detects that the PDF application is the default application, but won't open any PDFs Metro-side. Same issue here, where Windows Send-To detects that the default MAIL CLIENT is the Metro Mail application, however the Send-To(which uses the mail protocol), does not work. 

    There's absolutely no reason it shouldn't work.

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