# Launching Email app from Flash 8 problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-email-app-from-flash-8-problem/207443>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 17, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-email-app-from-flash-8-problem/207443 "2006-11-17T15:43:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mistykal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@Mistykal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mistykal)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-email-app-from-flash-8-problem/207443/1 "2006-11-17T15:43:48Z")

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Hello!  
I’m having a silly problem when trying to make a “mailto:” link or a button that will launch the default e-mail application.

I’ve tried with a HTML-enabled text field with using a "mailto:me@host.com" url in selected text.

I’ve also tried creating a button with the getURL("mailto:me@host.com","\_self");

neither of these options work…  
am i missing something? other websites work when i click on such a link.

please help??