Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business
Using classic Outlook for Windows in business environments
Please add this feature, it's annoying to work on both web-based and desktop application :(
ToDo, Flagged Emails and opening in Outlook Desktop
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When I open MS to Do app and open whether it is an email flagged or a task from my planner in teams when I try to open it, it opens in the web-based instead of the desktop. Am I missing a connector to my desktop or something?
Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business
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Anonymous
2024-05-21T06:18:42+00:00 -
Anonymous
2024-02-13T16:21:58+00:00 Stumbled on this thread looking for help with the same request: Using the ToDo app to open emails in Outlook desktop instead of web, but I can also confirm the ToDo pane in Outlook desktop does open emails in the desktop app and not the web app for me as well.
Windows 10 Enterprise v22H2
Outlook Version 2311 (Build 17029.20140)
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Anonymous
2024-01-25T14:29:46+00:00 Correct, I'm on a PC. As you know, historically, the functionality of the Office apps on a Mac lag behind their PC counterparts.
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Anonymous
2024-01-25T13:53:38+00:00 I thought the same - but, I just tried it - and ToDo (on the side bar of Outlook 365 installed application) DID indeed open the related email in an outlook sub-window (like normal messages do when you break them out).
Now, that being said - the ToDo pane is a sad facsimile of the ToDo application. So it's not a substitute - to fully utilize ToDo, you need the app. But if you use the App, the emails don't open in Outlook.
They're getting close - but it's not there yet.
Are you on PC? I am a Mac user, and sadly, this is not a functionality I have in my version of the app.
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Anonymous
2024-01-25T13:46:36+00:00 I thought the same - but, I just tried it - and ToDo (on the side bar of Outlook 365 installed application) DID indeed open the related email in an outlook sub-window (like normal messages do when you break them out).
Now, that being said - the ToDo pane is a sad facsimile of the ToDo application. So it's not a substitute - to fully utilize ToDo, you need the app. But if you use the App, the emails don't open in Outlook.
They're getting close - but it's not there yet.