Mailto link opens Outlook when it is already open

When I click on the mailto link in the CHM file, it tries to open Outlook Express, even though I already have Outlook open. Is there something I can do to resolve this?  Thanks for your time.

Hi there
Seems I encountered this same situation a few years back. (scratches head and thinks)
I think I was able to overcome this as follows:
Use a HTML Help Shortcut control. Insert the mailto command in the shortcut.
Perhaps you don't wish to see a button the user clicks. In that case you may script the control. Just make it Hidden when you insert it.
Then you use the normal Hyperlink dialog to "click" the control.
Hopefully this helps... Rick
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