Change default email properties in registry

[glennbo80]

Hi All,

My dilemma is this:

At work, we use Lotus Notes as the email client. We install the client to the c:\, but we change the "open in" path of the shortcuts to a mapped network drive path.

I would like to somehow change the "open in" path of the "pinned" Notes icon on the XP start menu. (I have Notes set as the default email program)

I have tried changing HKLM\Software\Clients\Mail\Lotus Notes\Shell\Open\Command from notes.exe to notes.lnk (where I've changed the "open in" properties of that shortcut) - didn't work.

I have tried changing HKCR\Mailto\Shell\Open\Command\ from notes.exe to notes.lnk (where I've changed the "open in" properties of that shortcut) - didn't work.

If I can't do this successfully, I can just remove the "pinned" default email program altogether. This brings up the next question: Can I "pin" a program for all users? I know I can do it per user, but that is not something I would wish to do.

Any thought or ideas to try would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Glennbo80

[big_gie]

I'd like to know this too

[-ed]

If I get you correctly, you want the link on the upper left quadrant of your start menu to have the correct path?

1. Delete the current generic email link from the Start menu.

2. Create a proper link in your All Programs>etc area. Make whatever modifications necessary to the "start in".

3. Right click on that link (in the All Programs area) and select "Pin to Start Menu"

Hope that helps,

-ed

(win xp pro sp2)

[nmX.Memnoch]

[quote name='glennbo80' post='158607' date='Aug 2 2004, 10:09 AM']Can I "pin" a program for all users? I know I can do it per user, but that is not something I would wish to do.[/quote]

No, you can't. But you can setup the default pinned items in the Default User profile so that any new user logging on will get whatever you specified. The problem is...the pinned items are a looooooong hex value stored in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage. There are two values; FavoritesResolve and Favorites. Here's an example from a script I use to add IE, the default mail client and Remote Assistance to the default pinned items. BTW, the values are all on a single line...the forum is wrapping them (my script editor doesn't). Exporting them into a .reg file would have them broken into seperate lines automatically for you as well.

[codebox][font="Lucida Console"][size="1"][color="#696969"]
$CUWCV = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion"
$X = WriteValue("$CUWCV\Explorer\StartPage","FavoritesResolve","0000000000000000d60300004c000000011402000
0000000c000000000000046830000002000000048a730635ffbc50
af4403363fbc501daf4403363fbc501510600000000000001000000000000000000000000000000790214001f50e04fd020a
a6910a2d808002b30309d19002f433a5c000000000000000000000000000000000000005c0031000000000087334d9810044
f43554d457e310000440003000400efbe8733a36587334d981400000044006f00630075006d0065006e00740073002000100
e0064002000530065007400740069006e006700730000001800420031000000000087334d981000414c4c5553457e310002a
003000400efbe8733a36587334f981400000041006c006c00200055007300650072007300000018005800310000000008733
097110053544152544d7e310000400003000400efbe8733bb658733509714002a005300740061007200740020004d065006e
075000000407368656c6c33322e646c6c2c2d3231373836001800540031000000000087335097110050726f677261d730000
c0003000400efbe8733bb658733509714002600500072006f006700720061006d0073000000407368656c6c33322646c6c2c
d3231373832001800460031000000000087332a9611004143434553537e3100002e0003000400efbe87330a968732a961400
0004100630063006500730073006f007200690065007300000018005c0031000000000087332d9811005359535454d7e3100
0440003000400efbe87332a9687332d9814002e00530079007300740065006d00200054006f006f006c00730000040736865
c6c33322e646c6c2c2d32313738380018005e0032003f06000087339296200052454d4f54457e312e4c4e4b0004200030004
0efbe873392968733319714000000520065006d006f0074006500200041007300730069007300740061006e0630065002e00
c006e006b0000001c0000009b0000001c000000010000001c00000033000000000000009a000000170000003000000e04cb1
c1000000053797374656d00433a5c446f63756d656e747320616e642053657474696e67735c416c6c205536572735c537461
274204d656e755c50726f6772616d735c4163636573736f726965735c53797374656d20546f6f6c735c5656d6f7465204173
3697374616e63652e6c6e6b000010000000050000a0160000002301000060000000030000a0580000000000000726e646370
473776b31737a30330000aa9892f6a617274595e43f2e9dcf2315a3aacab65467da11aa910013d395fa3aa9892f6a6172745
5e43f2e9dcf2315a3aacab65467d1a1aa910013d395f6a300000000",REG_BINARY)
$X = WriteValue("$CUWCV\Explorer\StartPage","Favorites","001600000014001f80f4a15925d721d411bdaf00c04f60b9f00
000001600000014001f80f5a15925d721d411bdaf00c
f60b9f000001702010000460031000000000087332a9611004143434553537e3100002e0003000400efbe87330a9687332a6
40000004100630063006500730073006f007200690065007300000018005c0031000000000087332d981100535953544547e
10000440003000400efbe87332a9687332d9814002e00530079007300740065006d00200054006f006f006c0073000000073
8656c6c33322e646c6c2c2d32313738380018005e0032003f06000087339296200052454d4f54457e312e4c4e4b000040003
00400efbe873392968733319714000000520065006d006f0074006500200041007300730069007300740061006e006306500
e006c006e006b0000001c000000ff",REG_BINARY)[/codebox] Edited August 14, 2007 by nmX.Memnoch