What to do when Outlook is Not Recognized as the Default Email Client

What to do when Outlook is Not Recognized as the Default Email Client

Today we are living in a modern technology environment, where we are surrounded by every technical thing whether we have to book air tickets, movie shows, send messages or to send emails, etc. When the topic comes about information transmission, in first we recommend those technical applications through which data can be transferred easily. As professional perspective, email clients are the best way to communication and data ports. Among all, Outlook is one of the most widely used desktop-based email clients, which was developed by Microsoft. Sometimes when users try to send mail using any other email application, a common error occurs i.e., “Outlook is not recognized as the default email client” error.

User’s Scenario– We will first understand the problem from user’s point of view. So, let us consider the following scenario:

“I am facing a problem that whenever I try to open an email a document from any of other application I get a message from Outlook that says, “Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the messaging request. Please run Microsoft Outlook and set it as the default mail client.” The odd thing is that the client already set as the default mail client. Can anyone tell me how to solve this error message?”

Causes and Solutions to Fix the Problem

The solutions of the ‘Outlook not recognized as default mail client’ is dependent upon its causes. Therefore, first, we will be understanding what causes an error and then, opt for the solution accordingly.

Cause-1

Sometimes some email clients give us flash notifications that ‘Set this application as default or not?’ Due to the busyness of work, users click on the OK option. At that point, default email client settings get disturbed from the Control Panel of the PC. Therefore, when it comes to Microsoft Outlook at that time this error message occurs.

Solution: Initially, users need to check their control panel settings that is MS Outlook account set indeed email client or not. For this purpose, they can work with down written steps –
1- Open Control Panel on your PC by going to the Start button.

2- In Control Panel window, go to Default Programs and click on it.

3- A list is opened in which all programs of your system are shown. Now click on Outlook >> Set this program as default.

If it is already set as default program then, check for other causes with their respective solution.

Cause-2

When users install program even after having Microsoft Outlook on the machine, it causes this ‘Outlook is not recognized as the default email client’ error. So, to troubleshoot the problem in this scenario follow solution associated with the cause.

Solution: In this case, users have to follow down statements –
1- Open Control Panel in the system and then, click on Programs >> Features.
2- After that, go to User Office or Outlook installation and click on that option.
3- Now, from here click on Change button.
4- Then, to troubleshoot this problem via hitting Quick Repair >> Repair.

Through this method end, users can detect and solve that error message easily.

Note: This method will work only when already installed MS Office and after that, you are installing Outlook 2016.

These methods are very reliable and free. An individual’s first need for a solution is the manual method, so both of the above methods are free of cost and reliable. The user must try these methods if they are facing such kind of error in MS Outlook 2016.

Conclusion

Outlook is most professional application platform for many users. But, while using this software, when they continuously get default error messages, at that time they get irritated and search for various manual solutions to fix their problems. This article is just for those users, who are in trouble with ‘Outlook is not recognized as the default email client’ error. All the measures are practically implemented by a team of the expert who regularly works with Microsoft Outlook 2016 in their daily life. Now time to end up this article if you have any questions, suggestions regarding this blog then, feel free to ask or suggest anything here.