While working on an Outlook 2016-related issue, I found that there is not a straightforward way to set Microsoft Outlook 2016 as the default application for email, contacts and calendars​ . To redress this, I have developed an Automator application named Set Microsoft Outlook as default application for email calendars and contacts.app to handle this task.

• Make Outlook Default Mac
• Set Microsoft Outlook As Default Mail App
• Make Outlook Default Mail Client Mac

If none of your email addresses appears in the original message, Outlook uses the default account to compose a reply. The default account is also used when you compose a new message. Instructions in this article apply to Outlook 2019, Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2010, Outlook for Office 365, and Outlook for Mac. Aug 02, 2018  It’s simple enough to do, but you can also change the default location. How to Change the Default Search location. In Outlook, start by switching over to the “File” menu. On the sidebar that opens, click the “Options” command. In the Outlook Options window, on the left, switch to the “Search” category. Aug 09, 2019  A confirmation page will be displayed, asking you to confirm that you allow Microsoft Outlook to access your email. Click “Allow.” Your account will now be added automatically using the IMAP protocol. If you want to add the Outlook app to your phone to see the mail account there as well, switch on “Set up Outlook Mobile on my phone, too.”. Jul 03, 2019  How to Reset Outlook on PC or Mac. This wikiHow explains how to reset Microsoft Outlook to its original settings in Windows or macOS. The easiest way to do this is to create a new profile and set it as the default. Open the Windows Search.

May 21, 2019 If you have multiple email programs on your computer, you can decide which one your system uses by default. Provided you have already added an email account to your Outlook application, you can quickly choose Outlook as your go-to program for email, contacts, and calendar. May 20, 2019 In Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac running on Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) or later versions, you cannot set Outlook as the default application. In Outlook Preferences, under General, you enable the Make Outlook the default application for e-mail, calendar, and contacts option.

Set Microsoft Outlook as default application for email calendars and contacts.app leverages duti, an open source tool used for managing application ownership of document types and URL schemes on Mac OS X, to set the newest version of Microsoft Outlook on the Mac as the default application for email, contacts and calendars.

The Automator application includes an embedded copy of duti, so it is not necessary to have duti pre-installed on the Mac in order to use this tool.

Make Outlook Default Mac

###System requirements

Set Microsoft Outlook as default application for email calendars and contacts.app has been tested and verified to run on the following versions of OS X:

10.9.x

Set Microsoft Outlook As Default Mail App

10.10.x

10.11.x What is microsoft query for mac.

Set Microsoft Outlook as default application for email calendars and contacts.app has been tested and verified that it does not run on the following versions of OS X:

10.8.x

10.7.x

Not tested:

10.6.x or earlier

Using the application

1. Download a copy of the application from the link below.

2. Unzip the application

3. Double-click on Set Microsoft Outlook as default application for email calendars and contacts.app

4. When prompted, click the OK or Cancel button:
   

5. If the OK button is clicked, the application will make changes to the email, contacts or calendar settings on the Mac to set Outlook as the default application for email, contacts and calendars.

6. Once the settings changes have been made, the application will notify you that Outlook has been set as the default application for email, contacts and calendars.

7. Click the Done button to exit the application.

I personally use Skype as my default IM client and that also integrated with Outlook at home. At work, we use Skype for Business and there Outlook integrates with Skype for Business.

I recently upgraded my home computer to Office 2016 via our company’s Office 365 licensing and now Skype no longer integrates with Outlook 2016. When I log on with Skype for Business at home, I found out that it now integrates with Outlook instead.

Do I need the Home or Personal edition of Office 2016 for integration with Skype or can I somehow set which IM client should integrate with Outlook?

Both Skype and Skype for Business (previously known as Lync), Microsoft Teams as well as Cisco Jabber can integrate with the IM functionality available in Outlook. This means that you can see people’s Skype, Teams or Jabber availability, reply to an email via an IM or directly start a call or chat all from within Outlook.

When you are using Skype or Jabber and then install an Office edition that includes Skype for Business, Skype for Business is set as the default IM client in Windows. Similarly, when you are using Skype for Business and then also install Skype or Jabber afterwards, it will set Skype or Jabber as the default. When you install Teams, it (currently) doesn’t set itself as the default IM client.

It would have been nice if there was an easy way to select your IM client for Outlook straight from within Outlook or the IM client itself. Sadly, this is not the case, except for Teams, but you can still set it directly via the Registry.

IM Providers Registry key

The Registry key which stores which IM client can integrate with Outlook is:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareIM Providers

Below this key, you’ll find several sub keys which represent the IM clients that you have installed on your system (and registered themselves as such).

In the IM Providers key, you’ll see a value called DefaultIMApp. This value should correspond to one of the sub keys. When you change the value of DefaultIMApp, restart Outlook and your new default IM application and Outlook should now use that as the application for IM integration.

When you want to use Skype for Business as the default, the DefaultIMApp value should be set to Lync as that was the previous name of Skype for Business and that name is still being used in several places for backwards compatibility.

If you don’t want to modify the Registry yourself, you can download the zip-file below. Within it, you’ll find ready made reg-files to set Skype, Skype for Business (Lync), Communicator or Cisco Jabber as the default IM application. Simply double click the correct reg-file to automatically set the value.

Make Outlook Default Mail Client Mac

When you want to use Teams as the default IM client, you can do that directly from within Teams itself. For instructions, see the Microsoft Teams section below.

Download: defaultimclient.zip

Various IM clients can integrate with Outlook but choosing a default requires a Registry fix.

Note: Changing the default IM provider also affects the other Office applications of course. For instance, when you use the Contact Card in Backstage or the comment section in Word.

Microsoft Teams

Teams allows you to set itself as the default IM client directly from within its Settings dialog.

• Click on your Avatar or initials in the top-right corner-> Settings-> section: General-> enable: Register Teams as the chat app for Office (requires restarting Office applications)

Registering Teams as the default chat app in Outlook and other Office applications.

Note: As expected, this will set the DefaultIMApp Registry value to Teams. The nice thing about this, is that when you don’t like it to be the default anymore, deselecting this option will set your previous chat app as the default again thanks to the PreviousDefaultIMApp value.

Supported IM clients

Please realize that you can’t simply pick any IM client and expect its integration to work in Outlook or other Office applications. If it doesn’t offer any Office integration features, setting this key to that application will disable the Reply with IM, chat, call and on-line availability functions in Outlook.

Amongst the supported IM clients are: Skype, Skype for Business, Lync, Office Communicator 2007 R2 and Cisco Jabber. The level of integration depends on a combination of the IM client being used and the version of Outlook.

Note: Windows Messenger got discontinued so setting MSN Messenger as the default is no longer supported.