Missing social links from covering letter

[robertmain]

When using the \makecvtitle command, social links are displayed underneath the contact info in the top right. However, when using \makelettertitle this is omitted.

Code to reproduce:

In this example, the social info is displayed:

CV

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}

\moderncvstyle{classic}
\moderncvcolor{blue}
\usepackage[scale=0.80]{geometry}

\firstname{Milton}
\familyname{Waddams}
\title{Stiplr Analyst}

\address{address 1}{city, 012345}
\phone{+1 123 124 1234}
\email{[email protected]}
\social[github]{miltonwaddams}

\begin{document}
\makecvtitle

\section{Employment}
\cventry{1998--2000}
        {Initech}{}
        {Stipler Inspector}
        {}
        {
			I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were merry, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stiplr, but I kept my Swingline stiplr because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire...
        }
\end{document}

Covering Letter

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}        % possible options include font size ('10pt', '11pt' and '12pt'), paper size ('a4paper', 'letterpaper', 'a5paper', 'legalpaper', 'executivepaper' and 'landscape') and font family ('sans' and 'roman')

% moderncv themes
\moderncvstyle{classic}
\moderncvcolor{blue}
\usepackage[scale=0.80]{geometry}

\nopagenumbers

\renewcommand*{\labelitemi}{\strut\textcolor{color1}{\large\rmfamily\textbullet}}

% Applicant Personal Data
\name{Milton}{Waddams}
\address{2 Initech Way}{Exampleville \space 012345}{}
\phone{012 627 8817}
\email{[email protected]}
\social[github]{miltonwaddams}

\begin{document}

\recipient{Bill Lumbergh}{1, Example Drive\\ Exampleville, \space 01234}
\date{\today}
\opening{Dear Bill Lumbergh,}
\closing{Sincerely,}
\enclosure[Attached]{curriculum vit\ae{}}
\makelettertitle

I am writing to apply for the position of stipler supervisor, because I said at my last job that they took my stipler and I said that I would quit

\makeletterclosing
\end{document}

[mcala]

I think the reason that \makelettertitle doesn't have the social links is because it wouldn't be "traditional" to put them in a letter. But on a CV/Resume it makes more sense. You can redefine the header in the letter to be the same as the CV in the moderncvheadi.sty file to get what you want though. Let me know if you don't know what I'm talking about and I can walk you through it.

[robertmain]

Fair enough, that makes sense. I'm not entirely sure how to do what you're suggesting, so if you could walk me through it - that would be greatly appreciated!

[rusins]

I had to do this myself a few days back, remove the .txt at the end and replace the existing file with it.
moderncvheadi.sty.txt

This change allows socials to appear in the cover letter, but it comes with the drawback that if you are putting both your cover letter and CV into the same document, it will duplicate entries. Removing the line \makesocials from the beginning of the latter command (either \makeletterhead or \makecvhead) you call fixes this, but doesn't work for when you want different socials for the letter and CV. If anyone could help me do that (as I really don't understand how the latex code works), that would be great!