I have 3 user accounts on the machine:a) admin
b) user 1
c) user 2
with both user accounts non-admins for security reasons.
I temporarily gave user 1 admin rights and installed Lotus Notes, thinking/hoping it would be installed only for this account. During installation I was asked if I wanted to make Notes the standard e-mail program. I answered yes.
Now it is standard for all users and is always set again when I change it. But I need to have Outlook as standard e-mail program for user 2.
What can I do?
Subject: Change Default Mail Program
When logged in as User 2, did you try changing the E-Mail Program in Internet Explorer > Tools > Internet Options > Programs (tab) to “Microsoft Office Outlook”?
Subject: solution: it’s not a Notes-issue but Windows is running wild
Windows XP is truely not a real multi-user OS, as the setting always affects all users. The problem can be solved by using e.g. the Default-Browser Tool: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/defaultbrowser.htm
But it requires you to have a standard Notes installation. I have several data folders in order to start notes several times with different desktop links pointing each to nlnotes.exe and only one of those data folders. So I had to search the registry for “notes” in the user-specific folders in order to find and adjust the sendto- and mailto-keys.
Good luck to everybody with the same problem!