Attaching a desktop file to outlook mail is not working

Instead of opening MS outlook and doing the manual process to create an email and search and attach a file. This process is not easy to follow all the time. So, to do work fast and quickly we do click on the file and follow send to option and email.

Steps to direct attach a desktop file to outlook mail

Right-click on the file which you want to send as an email attachment through outlook or any email client. Next, go to send to option and at the last, you will get an option to mail recipient as follows

attach file from desktop to email

After going to the above step sometimes your file does not get attached in outlook.

So, what you will do?

How to set Outlook as the default mail client

To resolve the issue of direct attaching a file in outlook you must set outlook as the default mail client.  Here is the step to make default mail client outlook in Windows 11.

  1. Go to the control panel
  2. Search type default

3. Now click in Default programs
4. Click set your default program option
5. Search or scroll down for ‘Mail’
6. After searching mail, you have to follow following instructions

So finally, you will be able to attach any file from its default location to outlook or any other email client directly.

Conclusion

In windows default, the mail client set it as Mail. To set the default mail client MS outlook we have to follow these steps.

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