[AddOn] GMail Start Menu Shortcut (September-25-07)

[ricktendo]

GMail Start Menu Shortcut Original Edition (Updated 09-25-2007)

MD5: AD47E42B7631323A2F17A603D632539E

Size: 2.91 KB

Website: http://www.googlecityforums.com/blog/2005/...l-default-email

GMail Start Menu Shortcut ViStart Edition (Updated 09-25-2007)

WARNING: May cause false virus positive with some AV's

MD5: 452AC399E974C88C7701429DC12CA86C

Size: 61.8 KB

Info: Both are now Uninstallable, if you don't use ViStart then I suggest you use the Original edition

If you want Google Mail set as your default mail client on 1st login, you may edit the following line in GMail.inf (remove the ";" semicolon)

;HKCU,"%MAIL%",,0,"%GMAIL%"

Edited September 25, 2007 by ricktendo64

[NIM]

Really nice addon Rick. N1 matey :thumbsup:

[ricktendo]

This is the addon that started me out on the whole addon making deal... Kel helped me understand the whole .inf thing

[MrNxDmX]

Thanks for this. Nice find, i learned which reg entry to delete m$ crap from start menu mail setting :lol:

[ricktendo]

Updated now shows up as your default mail client on first boot

[ScOOt3r]

Thanks Rick, i just signed up for my first gmail account today.. nice work, this will come in handy.

ScOOt3r!

[MGadAllah]

that is ease things a lot and save a number of clicks

Thanks

LOL

[ScOOt3r]

Hey Rick,

Well i installed this but it doesnt show up where its supposed to, is there any way to show up elsewhere like desktop or control pannel or just in the regular start -> All program (listings)

I think somewhere in nLite i have done something so it wont show..

Hoping you can help

ScOOt3r!

[ricktendo]

HMMM its supposed to show up at first boot in the place of outlook

Try right clicking on a blank space on the start menu and going into properties, now choose Customize and make sure the E-Mail box is checked and in the drop down menu tell me if you see Google Mail

[ScOOt3r]

Ok well good thing, yes i see it when i do that, but when i check the box and press apply it reverts to a blank check box... hmmm..

scOOt3r!

[ScOOt3r]

Ok i got it working now, thanks Rick, this makes things easier:

FYI, i had to redo my settings in nLite for it to work, seems as if i blocked one of the settings.

ScOOt3r!

[ricktendo]

[runningfool]

hey rick, any chance you could re-upload this?

[ricktendo]

hey rick, any chance you could re-upload this?

Done...

[runningfool]

thanks! :thumbsup_anim:

[ricktendo]

For some reason it does not work with ViStart... The icon does not show.

[JurgenDoe]

:icon_question: Thanks Rick and yup it shows no Icon in ViStart. Any chance to fix this :icon_question:

Rick if I start Gmail from ViStart I get following error message :crying_anim02:

Edited September 1, 2007 by JurgenDoe

[ricktendo]

Sorry but have tried everything to get this to work with ViStart and no luck.

[JurgenDoe]

For some reason after using this gmail installer my rundll32.exe seems to be mest up now :crying_anim02:

[ricktendo]

For some reason after using this gmail installer my rundll32.exe seems to be mest up now :crying_anim02:

WTF are you talking about?... NOTHING! is wrong with rundll32, its ViStart that doesn't know how to handle it.

Here is a Uninstaller if you want to fully get rid of it... Just Right Click on the INF and choose Install (yes INSTALL)

Obsolete...

[JurgenDoe]

Hey Rick calm down. Why you saying WTF ??? Fixed the problem with the rundll32.exe :icon_rolleyes:

Edited September 2, 2007 by JurgenDoe

[ricktendo]

Updated... Now compatible with ViStart.

Thanks to JurgedDoe (for helping with the idea) and Kelsenellenelvian (for showing me how to use QuickBFC)

[TheRealMethuselah]

a-squared Free version shows the Gmail.exe file as a trojan.

[ricktendo]

Arg!!!... Thats probably because I used Quick Batch File converter to make a simple exe from a batch file, the reason is to make it compatible with ViStart.

Its a FALSE positive, but you can use the original if you want to use it still.

Its only a .ico file and some reg entries.

Updating now

[ricktendo]

Updated... Added original edition back and updated both to now be uninstallable.