I originally filed this as bug 131857, though I guess that bug was transformed after setting the default mail application also made Mozilla crash. That problem has since been fixed, but the orginal bug in bug 131857 has not. I've copied the relevant portions below, though I am now using 2002051404 on Windows 98. This is always reproducible. -----Original comment----- Each time I start Mozilla Mail, I get the message asking whether I want to set it as the default mail application. If I click Yes, I get the following message: "Mozilla Mail could not be set as the default mail application because a registry key could not be updated. Verify with your system administrator that you have write access to your system registry, and then try again." I'm using Mozilla 0.9.9 (build 2002031104). Since I'm using Win98, there should be no registry writing issues. ------- Additional Comment #1 From Kevin Chen 2002-04-24 15:25 ------- This problem is still occurring for me on 2002042403 on Win98. Here are some more things I tried: In Internet Explorer's Internet Options in Control Panel, I set the default mail program to "Mozilla 1.0.0+ Mail" (Help->About Mozilla reports 0.9.9+ though--no other option in the Internet Options). In the preferences, under Mail & Newsgroups, I checked the box to set Mozilla Mail as the default mail application. After performing either (or both) of these steps, I still get the same error message. In the second instance, I get the same error message right when I click OK to exit the preferences box (and then the Preferences box does not close until I uncheck it). ------- Additional Comment #2 From Kevin Chen 2002-04-29 17:55 ------- Clicking Start->Run and typing mailto:someaddress launches Netscape 4.79 instead of Mozilla. Deafult mail program under Internet Explorer's Internet Options says "Mozilla 1.0.trunk Mail."

*** Bug 167715 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Marking as NEW based on personal experience (did not have permissions at that time) and duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 141965 ***

changing qa contact to yulian

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