Set default program to open attachments in outlook

#SET DEFAULT PROGRAM TO OPEN ATTACHMENTS IN OUTLOOK PDF#
#SET DEFAULT PROGRAM TO OPEN ATTACHMENTS IN OUTLOOK WINDOWS#

Provided that youвЂ™ve applied Outlook for a long time, you must have encountered various errors, and even crashes. After selecting, click вЂњCloseвЂќ directly.The following window is still вЂњOpen withвЂќ window, in which you can select directly or utilize вЂњBrowseвЂќ to select.You can select the target file type, such as вЂњ.xlsвЂќ and then click вЂњChange programвЂќ button. After a few seconds, all associations between file types with programs will show up.Next click вЂњAssociate a file type or protocol with a programвЂќ link.In the subsequent screen, you can click on вЂњDefault ProgramsвЂќ.In the new popup window, select вЂњProgramsвЂќ item.

At the very outset, close Outlook application and turn to Start Menu.

Change the Default Programs in Control Panel If you donвЂ™t want to save it to local, you can utilize the second method, namely change default programs in Control Panel. But the prerequisite is that you need to save the Outlook attachments to local disk at first. Selecting it means changing the default program.

After choosing the program, donвЂ™t forget to select the option вЂњAlways the selected program to open this kind of fileвЂќ.

Next a new window will show up, in which you can select one program from the вЂњOther ProgramвЂќ list or click вЂњBrowseвЂќ button at the lower right corner to choose your desired program.

Right click on it and select вЂњOpen withвЂќ from the right click menu.

Then close Outlook and find the attachment file in the set location.

In the new window of вЂњSave AttachmentвЂќ, you can choose a preferred location to store this file and assign a new name to it. Just right click on the Outlook attachments and select вЂњSave asвЂќ from the context menu.

To begin with, you need to save the target Outlook attachments to local.

#SET DEFAULT PROGRAM TO OPEN ATTACHMENTS IN OUTLOOK WINDOWS#

Finally I have no choice but to change the default programs in Windows Control Panel. At that time, I tried to open a spreadsheet attachment that is usually opened by Excel application, but WordPad showed up instead of MS Excel. I have ever encountered this issue as well.

#SET DEFAULT PROGRAM TO OPEN ATTACHMENTS IN OUTLOOK PDF#

In this case, you have to change the default program to open the pdf attachment. When you double click on a pdf attachment, Photoshop shows up and attempts to open the pdf file.

Set default program to open attachments in outlook