Clicking on email notification pop-up won't open the email message

Anonymous
2020-06-15T16:17:34+00:00

When I receive pop-up email notifications through Outlook, I used to be able to just click on the pop-up and it would open the email message. When I click on the notification now, nothing happens except that the notification goes away. In addition, subsequent emails that come in populate a notification but the notification is the same one that I previously received (for example, if the first email I received upon opening Outlook was from Sender A, I will get a notification from Sender A and clicking on that does not open the email. When I get an email from Sender B, I get another notification but it is the same notification as I received from Sender A; again, clicking on it does nothing except to dismiss the notification). If I instead click "dismiss" on the notification, then the new sender's information on the subsequent notification will be accurate. 

Can this be fixed? How can I again get the email message to appear when I click on the email notification?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-06-15T16:33:21+00:00

    The envelope shows and if I click on that it will bring my entire mailbox to the front of the screen. That part appears to be working. It's the pop-up notifications that used to open the individual message just received that are no longer working. I tried to look around in my Windows 10 settings but can't find anything relevant.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-06-15T16:22:33+00:00

    That's the Win 10 notifications you are looking at, and as such you need to check Win notification settings. (Not that they have ever worked for me)

    The Outlook shortcut, in the task bar will show an envelope, if any mail is received

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