Issue resolved.

Q1 Is the link you gave me to test Opera only or is to test Win 7?

I want to check the Win 7 default but'Mailto:' is not listed under Protocols.

Q2 Why is it not listed? Is it hidden or am I missing something?

Q3 Can you attach a link to test Win 7 so I can check the default program?

That link already showed you that there is no program set up to handle mailto links in your system, so you be prompted to choose one every time you click on a mailto link.

In that list of programas you need to check the option to always use the selected program if you want to use a specific program all the time.

I am obviously 'still' being unclear!

The link that you provided was helpful but I am not going to check/click on it every time;

Q1. 'HOW' do I check the default WITHIN Opera? You must have gotten the link from 'somewhere.'

'Mailto:' is not listed under Protocols so I cannot check if MS Outlook is the default email client for Win 7. Why is it not listed?

Q2. Is it hidden or am I missing something? Also, how can I test it (like I did with the Opera link that you provided)?

I am still confused about Win 7 default set to MS Outlook, Firefox set to 'ask me each time,' and Opera set to 'ask me each time.'

Q3. Since Firefox and Opera are my main browsers, do their email client settings override Win 7 or does Win 7 override the browsers? I am still very confused about this.

Since Firefox and Opera are my main browsers, do their email client settings override Win 7 or does Win 7 override the browsers? I am still very confused about this.

Thank you for the link. It gives me a choice so it is set to 'ask me each time.'

1. However, you 'still' have not explained 'where' I navigate within Opera to see the 'ask me each time' setting.

I wanted to check that MS Outlook is the default email client for Win 7 so I went into Default Programs but 'Mailto:' is not listed under Protocols

2. Is it hidden or am I missing something? Also, how can I test it (like I did with the Opera link that you provided)?

I don't why they kill that features. Opera team should be rethink about it.

'My question all along has been what is the default mail client in Opera and how do I navigate to it to check.'

'Other browsers make navigating extremely easy but I do not see anything related to it in the Advanced settings in Opera.'

I do not want to know how to change it.

However, a site can ask to be the default mailto client for links inside Opera. If you approve this, the site will show up when you goto the URL opera://settings/handlers. However, if you click on the 3 dots next to the site in there, you can choose to set it as the default mail client. When you do this, Opera should pop up Default Programs in Windows where you can then set Opera as the default mail client for the system. When you do that, mailto links outside of Opera will load up in Opera and once they load up in Opera, they will then be passed to the website. In other words, "set as default" allows the site itself to be the mail client on the system via loading in Opera. If you don't set the site as the default, then only links inside Opera will use that site. Mailto links outside of Opera will still use whatever client is set in Default Programs.

In other words, it's possible to set the default mail client in Windows to Gmail for example by setting it to handle mailto links in Opera and then setting Opera as the default mail client on the system.

Chrome can do the same thing.

I open Hotmail, Yahoo, and Gmail with Opera. Gmail has only asked me once if I wanted to open all email links but I blocked it. When I go into the Firefox settings, 'ask every time' is selected but I cannot find the Protocol Handler setting in the 'Advanced' section of Opera.

I clicked on 'Set Your Default Program->Click Opera->Choose Defaults For This Program' and it shows Mailto:' with an unknown application and it is unchecked. I also use Firefox but it does not show a mailto:.

I am using Win 7 Home Premium and the default mail program is MS Outlook but I thought that was separate from individual browsers.

I use Hotmail, Yahoo, and Gmail with Opera. However, Gmail was the only one that asked me if I wanted to use it to open all email links (via a pop-up) but I clicked Block and opted out of it.

I do not know what my default mail program is in Opera, which is why I wanted to know 'how' to navigate to it; I cannot see it listed under Settings->Protocol Handlers (and no results are found when searching 'Protocol Handler'), unless I am missing something.

You lost me with searching 'Default Programs,' Am I clicking on 'Set Your Default Program->Click Opera->Choose Defaults For This Program?' For Opera, Mailto:' shows unknown application but Firefox does not show a mailto: and I cannot see a mailto: for Win 7.

If you navigate to some webmail site, the site will tell Opera that it can handle mailto links so Opera will ask if you want to use that site as your mail client. If you say No, then you will continue to use whatever is your default mail client.

If you go to Default Programs in the Control Panel, you can see what Windows is using as your default mail program.

In Opera, you could go to Settings and disable protocol handlers to prevent Opera from asking you to make Gmail your default mail handler. Though I'm not on my desktop right now and can't look up where exactly - just type "protocol" into the search box to find it.

What I Want To Do: Check Opera settings to find the default Mailto handler.

Finding the default Mailto handler is easy in other browsers but there is no menu bar in Opera and I do not see anything related to handlers under 'Advanced Settings' so I have no idea how to navigate to it.

I found the Opera Mailto: Extension page (https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/mailto/) but I do not see an install/download link. The Safari Mailto: Extension page (https://sites.google.com/site/mailtoextension/), although useless to me, has an install link. Am I missing something?

Is installing this extension the way to check the default mail:to setting or is the setting within the Opera browser?

2. I found the Mailto:Extension page (https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/mailto/) but I do not see a download link?

3. Is installing this extension the way to check the default mail:to setting?

1a. How do I check what you are talking about?

b. Is what you described in a) for all browsers or only for Opera?

c. How do I show the menu bar?

I am obviously being unclear.

MS Outlook is the default for Win 7 and for other browsers but I wondered if it was also the default email client used for Opera when a hyperlink.is clicked OR whether a list of email clients is displayed each time a hyperlink is clicked in Opera.