[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 41725] New: : Wrong mail client used

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41725

           Summary: : Wrong mail client used
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: LibO 3.4.3 release
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
 Status Whiteboard: BSA
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: UI
        AssignedTo: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: Spampot at gmx.net


A small Windows-specific bug that has survived at least since OOo 3.2: The
"Document as E-mail" toolbar button (usually the 4th button in the main
toolbar) opens the wrong mail client if the current user has specified a
default client that differs from the respective admin setting.

The toolbar button seems to always use the mail client that is stored in the
registry at "HKLM\Software\Clients\Mail", which is an admin-only setting that
normal users cannot change.

If the current user has set his own default client (stored at
"HKCU\Software\Clients\Mail"), this setting is supposed to have precedence over
the admin setting. However, it is ignored by the above toolbar button (same in
Writer and Calc, not sure about the other apps).

Unlike this specific toolbar button, the rest of LibreOffice (and all other
apps that I came across) behaves as expected: If you click a "mailto" URL in a
document, the correct (user-specific) mail client opens.

Not a big deal, but should be fixed someday.

Steps to reproduce:
1. On a Windows XP machine, leave the "HKLM\Software\Clients\Mail" admin
setting at its default value "Outlook Express".
2. Login as a user and set a different user-specific default mail client (e. g.
by clicking the accoring GUI option in Thunderbird, or by directly writing
"Mozilla Thunderbird" to "HKCU\Software\Clients\Mail"). 
3. While logged in as the above user, run Writer (or Calc) and click the
"Document as E-mail" toolbar button.

Current behavior:
Outlook Express is opened (which is wrong).

Expected behavior:
Mozilla Thunderbird should open instead.

Platform (if different than the browser): 
Windows XP

Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1

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