Can I Make Outlook.com My Default E-Mail Client?

Sherry from US (currently South Korea) writes: I use outlook.com (NOT Microsoft outlook) for my email. How can I set outlook.com as my default email client? If I forget and click on an email address in a document or on a webpage, Microsoft Outlook opens – and I don’t want to use it.
Thanks.

Sorry Sherry, you can’t make Outlook.com your default e-mail client. Outlook.com is a web-based e-mail service and not an e-mail client. An e-mail client is a program on your computer. You could link your Outlook to your Outlook.com and only use it for when you click on a hyperlink. If you would prefer not to use Outlook, you could find another e-mail client such a Thunderbird and set it as the default.

~ Cynthia

2 thoughts on “Can I Make Outlook.com My Default E-Mail Client?

  1. Hi,
    I think the person wanted to send email from outlook ..if it can be in your email program like live mail or windows live mail you can use your outlook or Hotmail, yahoo as default mail…just wondering here….

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