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How to open emails directly from the report in the Outlook app

If you want to open data in Outlook directly for the Cleanup Report you will need to update the end-users computer's Registry. (Enterprise edition only)

First, change the settings to Open In the desktop app

This will change the link structure in the cleanup report so chrome will try to open the default mail client with the mail id. To make this work you need to update the

Use Registry edit to update the Registry

To update the registry use the RegEdit below. Be aware the path below should be modified so it matches the end-uses  installation

\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office16\\OUTLOOK.EXE

 

To enable this please run the RegEdit below on end-user computers. 
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\outlook]

@="URL:Outlook Folders"

"URL Protocol"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\outlook\DefaultIcon]

@="C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office16\\OUTLOOK.EXE"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\outlook\shell]

@=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\outlook\shell\open]

@=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\outlook\shell\open\command]

@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office16\\OUTLOOK.EXE\" /select \"%1\""

 

 

To change multiple end-users Registry you can use a GPP as described in the blog below.

(http://woshub.com/how-to-create-modify-and-delete-registry-keys-using-gpo/)