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I have configured gmail to use Plain Text when composing emails, this works as it should when im in gmail. However when clicking a mailto link on a web-page it always opens the Rich formatting editor.

Does anyone know how to make it stop doing that?

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Can you add more of a description of what you are trying to achieve. Adding the why as wel would help use find an alternative solution if there is one. – MrHinsh Aug 16 '10 at 22:25
@MrHinsh - I want it to open the mail composer in Plain Text mode, not Rich formatting. Now I have to click "Plain Text" then a popup asks me if I really want to do that since I will loose some formatting. (Silly question as there is no text at all) – Nifle Aug 17 '10 at 16:55
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When you switch to Plain Text composition the choice sticks until you either log out or clear your cookies.

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It is likely that Gmail isn’t your default mail handler. Leo Notenboom has a great article on how to change (I assume) your version of windows to default email handler to Gmail.

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The info in the link is old and does not work in win7 (and it looks like IE7 and I don't use that even on my old XP-laptop) – Nifle Dec 13 '10 at 9:55
Oh and doing it manually using regedit did not work, it still opens the rich text window. – Nifle Dec 13 '10 at 10:00
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