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I can't get chrome on windows 8 to open mailto links. They work fine in IE, and they work fine in chrome if the mailto is handled by a website (such as gmail), but I can't get it to work if Outlook is set to handle the uri.
Has anyone else faced this issue?
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Log in to your email account (it's a required step to edit settings). Choose “Mail” from the menu and then “Preferences”. Change the default client in the first dropdown list. If you want Chrome and Gmail to open mailto links for you by default, make sure Google Chrome is picked as the default client on either OS.
Google ChromeOpen Chrome settings. Select "Show advanced settings" and click on "Content settings" under "Privacy." Scroll down to "Handlers" and select "Manage handlers." Select "mail.google.com" as your mailto site.
I'm not certain from the description if the problem you're having is the same that I had, but...
If clicking a mailto: link is bringing Chrome to the forefront but not actually starting a new message in Gmail, then you probably need to set Gmail as the mailto handler within Chrome.
Open Chrome's Settings.
Click "Show advanced settings".
Under "Privacy", click "Content settings".
Under "Handlers", click "Manage handlers".
For the "mailto" Type, set the combo box to "Gmail".
OK, OK, and you're done.
Click a mailto: link to try it out.
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You should follow the standard bug investigation/reporting path:
That said, http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=62254 looks much like yours.
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