MailTo: Made That Much Easier

I'm a big advocate of efficiency. It started to become cumbersome to me to be browsing the web, come across something I want to email out. Mouse down to the bottom of the screen, click outlook, mouse up to the top of the screen, click New Mail Message, mouse to the right of the screen, minimize Outlook, then start typing.

This had to change.

So, I created a new mail message shotcut in the QuickLaunch bar. Here's how I did it.

1. Right click on the desktop and go to New, then click on Shortcut


2. In the location of the item type in mailto: with the colon, then click Next


3. In the name for the shortcut, type in New Mail Message and click Finished

Now you'll notice that you have a new shortcut, with the Outlook Icon. This just won't do.

1. Right click on the icon and choose Properties


2. Click on the Change Icon button on the Web Document tab


3. Instead of looking in Outlook.exe for the icon, change the path to this file {systemdrive}\Program Files\Outlook Express\msoeres.dll


4. Choose the new mail message icon and apply the changes

Ta-Da!

Now all that's left is to copy (or move) the shortcut into the Quick Launch bar. Now when you want to send a new peice of mail, you can simply just click on this icon, and a new mail message will open, ready to type in the recepient. Handy for people who send lots of email like myself.