{"id":2821,"date":"2018-02-23T21:56:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T05:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2023-02-24T20:22:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T20:22:33","slug":"stop-calendar-events-emails-automatically-opening-windows-10-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2018\/02\/23\/stop-calendar-events-emails-automatically-opening-windows-10-app\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Calendar Events in Emails from Automatically Opening in the Windows 10 App"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been running into this weird glitch where whenever I open a meeting or event invitation in an email to add it to my calendar, it opens in the Mail App opens instead of Outlook 2016. #annoying<\/p>\n

After the # time of adding calendar invitations through the lightweight Mail App when I wanted to be in Outlook 2016, I became frustrated enough to do something about it. I feel bad for the average computer user  (who doesn’t know or care what an .ics even is) <\/em>so here’s how you fix it:<\/p>\n

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  1. Go to your Start menu and click on the Settings icon (looks like a cog)<\/li>\n
  2. In the Windows Settings, click on Apps<\/li>\n
  3. Click on Default Apps<\/li>\n
  4. Scroll down past the “Choose Default Apps” then click on “Choose Default Apps by Protocol”<\/li>\n
  5. Scroll… scroll… scroll… down to the “i” section and look for “.ics<\/li>\n
  6. You’ll see it is set to the Calendar App<\/li>\n
  7. Change the default app to Outlook 2016<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    BAM!<\/p>\n

    Back in business.<\/p>\n

    Enjoy.<\/p>\n

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    Step-by-Step Screenshots:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Step 2:<\/p>\n

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    Step 5:<\/p>\n

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