Clicking On An Email Address In A Newsletter

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Not sure when this started happening but I can't figure out how to fix it. When I click on an email link in a newsletter or any other email sent to me I get what you see in the attachment. I have tried to drill down to choose Outlook in Program Files folder under Office 16. All I find is what is shown in the second attachment. How can I make Outlook the default program to open when I click on an email address? Thanks
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You'll find Outlook.exe in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16
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Hans, that should be Program Files (x86) at least it is on my Office 365 machines
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HansV wrote:
06 Sep 2022, 13:24
You'll find Outlook.exe in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16
I don't have it in either of the Program Files or Program Files (86) folders. I wonder if I need to run a repair on Office and if so, how do I do that?
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@DaveA: That depends on whether you have 32-bit Office or 64-bit Office.
HLewton's screenshot clearly shows Microsoft Office under Program Files.
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@hlewton: the root folder is shown in your own screenshot:

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Sorry about that. I did find it and I did run a repair. Mine must be 64 Bit because it was under the Program Folder. Please see the first attachment below and see that I managed to get Outlook.exe to be there and clicked the always use this option. However, I get the error you can see in the second attachment and it opens Outlook but not so I can send an email to the link I clicked on. I have clicked both Yes and No but it still does not open an email for me. Any ideas?
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I'm sorry, I have no idea how to solve that error. Perhaps use Gmail instead?
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HansV wrote:
06 Sep 2022, 14:35
I'm sorry, I have no idea how to solve that error. Perhaps use Gmail instead?
I'll give that a try.
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Microsoft Support fixed it. In default apps she searched for MAILTO. It was set to FireFox. She changed that to Outlook and it appears to be working as it should.
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