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New Outlook App Opens Tasks in My Browser, instead of Within the App
In the New Windows app, when I click on the blue checkmark (Tasks) icon instead of opening it in the app, it opens a page in my web browser. If I wanted to use Outlook in my browser, I wouldn't be using the app. Is there a way to configure this feature?
I am struggling with this too. It is super irritating that when you click on a To do Task it opens in Edge.
Interestingly, as of this morning (18 March 2024) the New Outlook on my company PC now opens the To Do list in the application.
However, on my personal PC, it still opens in the browser even though it appears to be a newer build.
Both machines run Windows 11 albeit one is Enterprise edition and the other Hom edition.- Though this also is a separate app, at least it's a windows app that can be installed from the Windows Store. However I was not able to get this as the default app opened from Outlook: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nblggh5r558?cid=FromToDoWeb&rtc=1&activetab=pivot%3Aoverviewtab&hl=en-in&gl=IN
I have the same problem. Really MS?
JeffInIdaho I'm not sure if anyone has answered the concern, but in the newest release, you can toggle the to do list on at the top right of outlook. Hope it helps!
All my flag mails showing up here are not clickable it seems. So i have to look them up anyway. This solution is not as helpful as the original task module. It feels like a downgrade to me.
I also right-clicked and "open in to-do" which opens a blank browser window and when refreshing it gets stuck loading.
- I have this issue too, very frustrating. If the new Outlook app is still in beta it should say so.
Khitchen It does - it tells you it's a preview...
I notice the separate Tasks application has the same problem - if you click on a flagged email in that it will open it in your browser not desktop Outlook. So there's no longer any one place where all tasks work properly (unless you revert to classic Outlook, obviously).I think the problem is that both these applications are web based, so as far as they're aware you're already in a browser.
- Microsoft has said that they are aware of the issue and are fixing it, but remember, the new outlook is currently in development and is not fully implemented.
tcari15 well it's almost a year later and the "new" outlook still forces the other office apps to open in the browser app. And Micro$oft hasn't changed anything. If they try to force this horrible app there will be a huge backlash for sure!
tcari15, have any of the versions ever been fully implemented?
JeffInIdaho if you click the icon in the top blue bar, far left (calendar with a tick) it opens up a my day view inside the new outlook, to do/tasks are in there
bronteskye Sort of - it doesn't give you access to all the functionality of the ToDo application. There's no flagged emails, for instance - yes, you can filter emails to find them, but the ToDo list of them is a really convenient way of catching up with emails you've flagged for later attention.
Hopefully MS will implement this properly by the time Outlook New Look reaches full release else, as others have said, what's the point in paying for desktop Office if it's going to bounce you into web versions of applications?
Why would I want two apps to do what I could do with one app previously. I really don't understand why Tasks/To Do integration with with the desktop client has been removed. Makes it unusable so I'll get a 3rd party app instead.
JeffInIdaho I wish I had seen this message thread before devoting so much time to organize my lists and tasks in the web browser because that's where it opened from Outlook side bar. The tasks app in Teams doesn't even show those tasks in "My Day" which I can see in the web browser. So frustrating and such a waste of time!
