Setting Outlook as Your Cloverleaf Default Email Client

Google Chrome:

Step 1: Launch the Google Chrome web browser on your computer

Step 2: Navigate to Chrome settings

Step 3: In the right area of the browser screen, there are three gray dots showing the "Settings" menu that appear.

Step 4: Click on these three dots and click on the word "Settings" to show the Chrome settings menu on the screen.

Step 5: Launch privacy and security menu

Step 6: Navigate to the "Site settings" option and a gray arrow appears on the right side of the menu option.

Step 7: Click on it, locate the words "Additional permissions" and click on the gray downward-facing arrow that appears to the right area of that menu option

Step 8: Set default settings

Step 9: In the "Additional permissions" menu:

Step 10: Scroll until you see the "Protocol handlers" menu option.

Step 11: Click on the gray right-facing arrow to expand the menu, and select the "Protocol handlers" menu option.

Step 12: In the "Protocol handler" menu, under the words "Default behavior," there are two options. Select the "Sites can ask to handle protocols" option.

Step 13: Allow Outlook to open all links

Step 14: Finally, open up your Outlook email account in a new tab on your computer. On the right side of the URL's address bar, there is an icon with two intertwined diamonds that will appear:

Step 15: Click on the icon to get a pop-up menu that asks, "Allow outlook.live.com to open all links?"

Step 16: Select the "Allow" menu option so that the next time an email opens, it will automatically open in Outlook.

Mozilla Firefox:

Step 1: Launch the Mozilla Firefox web browser on your computer

Step 2: Navigate to the Firefox menu that is in the left corner of the browser on the screen and click on it for it to open.

Step 3: In the menu that appears, select either the "Options" (PC) menu option or the "Preferences" (Mac) menu option depending on the type of computer you're using.

Step 4: In the following menu, find the word "Application" and click on it.

Step 5: A search bar then appears, and you can type in the word "Mailto."

Step 6: Results generate and appear on the screen, and you can navigate to the "Action" column that appears.

Step 7: In this column, you can then select which default email client you'd like the browser to open emails in.

Microsoft Edge:

Step 1: Launch the Microsoft Edge web browser on your computer

Step 2: Open your Outlook email account on your browser.

Step 3: On the right side of the URL's address bar, click on the icon depicting two intertwined diamonds, which show the handler menu.

Step 4: In the pop-up menu, select the option that reads, "Allow outlook.live.com to open all links." From that point forward, all emails open in the browser of your choice.

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