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How To Fix "Mailto" Email Links Not Opening in Chrome
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How To Fix "Mailto" Email Links Not Opening in Chrome (Step by Step)

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Steps

  1. Open chrome settings by putting this into the browser search bar: chrome://settings/handlers
  2. Select Sites can ask to handle protocols & make sure you don't have Gmail blocked
  3. Go to your gmail & right click then choose "inspect"
  4. Click on the tab to take you to the "Console"
  5. Paste this into the console & hit the Enter key: navigator.registerProtocolHandler('mailto', 'https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=...%s', 'Gmail')
  6. Click "Allow" on the popup message box
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