admin | December 22nd, 2017 | Windows Outlook
This blog is about an Outlook error which is faced by many Microsoft users while working with Outlook. We have discussed few possible situations in which this error can occur and how one can fix "Outlook is not recognized as the default Email client" error. Before going further, let us check in brief. Most of the organization are commonly using Microsoft Outlook as their default email application. It offers various components like calendar, contact manager, and notes etc., to its users. Moreover, it provides professional environment due to which it is popular among the various business users. But, in some situations, users encounter errors, which becomes really hard to resolve. In most of the cases, when a user tries to send an email via any other email application, it generates an error i.e. "Outlook not recognized as the default email client." Now, users do not know how to overcome errors like this.
If multiple users are trying to send an email message through some other application, in that case, Outlook not recognized as the default email client. Another possible reason is installing Outlook 2010, 2013 or 2016 on the local machine after MS Office installation. In such situations, it displays an error message like:
In order to make sure that Outlook account is set as default mail client or not, a user needs to follow the steps mentioned below:
In the next section, we will be going to discuss all the possible reasons & solutions to fix this “Outlook set as default mail client” error
In this segment of the post, we have discussed all possible reasons with their respective solutions to fix "Outlook is not recognized as the default email client" issue.
Reason1: User is using Microsoft Outlook application programs with 64-bit and other applications are of 32-bit, which is unable to recognize by other applications.
Solution: The Microsoft Outlook application with 64-bit is not very helpful if a user is not using very large(around 2GB) database for an application such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access. However, for a normal user, it is not necessary to use Outlook of 64-bit. In addition, users are also not able to mix and match Microsoft Office 32-bit or 64-bit application. But in case, if a user is using 64-bit Outlook, a user needs to verify the registry editor for this key and if it is not available, then generate it.
Reason 2: There are some users who use Microsoft Outlook for both home and business C2R suite. This Click to Run suite, which is installed on the virtual hard drive generally makes Microsoft Outlook invisible from other applications.
Point to Remember: It is not applied to Microsoft Outlook 2013/ 2016 C2R suite.
Solution: In this case, a user must uninstall Microsoft Outlook 2010 for home and business C2R. Then, you need to download and install MSI application and the traditional Office suite. After that, it is easily recognized by all other email applications. This is also a way which can rsolve or remove "Outlook is Not Recognized as the Default Email Client" error easily.
Another possible way to make changes in the registry. If a user is not able to put Outlook in an unsupported mode then, follow the steps mentioned below to make the required changes in the registry:
Reason 3: Another possible reason behind ‘Outlook is recognized as a default mail client’ issue is that a user has installed the application after Microsoft Office has been installed.
Solution: In some situations, if the program, which is affected was installed after Office, then a user needs to repair the Office installation. By following the steps mentioned below:
Microsoft Outlook is one of the widely used email clients by the organization users. Like any other email client, in Outlook also users have faced issues like “Outlook is not recognized as the default email client”. There can be any possible reason for this error, so we have covered all possible reasons with suitable solutions to fix this error without any trouble.