diff --git a/mailnews/import/eudora/src/nsEudoraFactory.cpp b/mailnews/import/eudora/src/nsEudoraFactory.cpp
index 017a5c37f27..7be0f014ebd 100644
--- a/mailnews/import/eudora/src/nsEudoraFactory.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/import/eudora/src/nsEudoraFactory.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ NS_METHOD EudoraRegister(nsIComponentManager *aCompMgr,
     	return rv;
     }
     
-    rv = reg->OpenDefault();
+    rv = reg->OpenWellKnownRegistry(nsIRegistry::ApplicationComponentRegistry);
     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
 	    IMPORT_LOG0( "*** Import Eudora, ERROR OPENING THE REGISTRY\n");
     	return( rv);
diff --git a/mailnews/import/outlook/src/nsOutlookFactory.cpp b/mailnews/import/outlook/src/nsOutlookFactory.cpp
index 64af3f6dc45..b2e2b6834be 100644
--- a/mailnews/import/outlook/src/nsOutlookFactory.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/import/outlook/src/nsOutlookFactory.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ NS_METHOD OutlookRegister(nsIComponentManager *aCompMgr,
     	return rv;
     }
     
-    rv = reg->OpenDefault();
+    rv = reg->OpenWellKnownRegistry(nsIRegistry::ApplicationComponentRegistry);
+
     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
 	    IMPORT_LOG0( "*** Import Outlook, ERROR OPENING THE REGISTRY\n");
     	return( rv);
diff --git a/mailnews/import/src/nsImportService.cpp b/mailnews/import/src/nsImportService.cpp
index 58eed466ae8..2df22158d3b 100644
--- a/mailnews/import/src/nsImportService.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/import/src/nsImportService.cpp
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ nsresult nsImportService::DoDiscover( void)
    	NS_WITH_SERVICE( nsIRegistry, reg, kRegistryCID, &rv);
    	if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
    	
-   	rv = reg->OpenDefault();
+    rv = reg->OpenWellKnownRegistry(nsIRegistry::ApplicationComponentRegistry);
    	if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return( rv);
    		    	
 	nsRegistryKey	modulesKey;
diff --git a/mailnews/import/text/src/nsTextFactory.cpp b/mailnews/import/text/src/nsTextFactory.cpp
index af33319b81c..0f828fe3a82 100644
--- a/mailnews/import/text/src/nsTextFactory.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/import/text/src/nsTextFactory.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ NS_METHOD TextRegister(nsIComponentManager *aCompMgr,
     	return rv;
     }
     
-    rv = reg->OpenDefault();
+    rv = reg->OpenWellKnownRegistry(nsIRegistry::ApplicationComponentRegistry);
     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
 	    IMPORT_LOG0( "*** Import Text, ERROR OPENING THE REGISTRY\n");
     	return( rv);