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
    2020-11-20T18:23:24+00:00

    That did it for me. Thank you very much for posting this.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-11-24T21:03:37+00:00

    This has been driving me crazy. Is there a quicker fix for this yet. I'll forward this whole message to IT. I'm sure I can't do any of this myself.

    Thanks

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-11-24T21:09:55+00:00

    Forward this whole thread to IT and they can fix it.  The fix is actually pretty easy (I know it looks like greek to any non-tech person).

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-11-24T22:50:28+00:00

    Windows Key + R to bring up Open window

    Regedit

    (I suggest at this point you go to the file menu and do an export - just in case!)

    Put following into the search bar

    Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppUserModelId\Microsoft.Office.OUTLOOK.EXE.15

    Right click and rename to Microsoft.Office.OUTLOOK.EXE**.16**

    Exit and if you like restart computer

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-12-10T11:07:47+00:00

    Great, works for me as well!

    It happens everytime, but I am still surprised how answers never comes from microsoft itself..

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