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Based on my test in Chrome, after I logged in to outlook.office.com, I can install the Outlook PWA successfully. Which install button do you mean? Is it in the below figure?
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Hi @Jérôme Lucas ,
Welcome to our forum!
Based on my test in Chrome, after I logged in to outlook.office.com, I can install the Outlook PWA successfully. Which install button do you mean? Is it in the below figure?
In order to further confirm if the issue is related to Chrome, it's suggested that you could try in other browser(such as Edge) to check if you can install PWA successfully.
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I have founded how to solve my issue : It's due the fact that the Outlook App was installed before on an other chrome on an other computer. To solve the problem tap "chrome://apps/" in the URL and then right-clic on the Outlook App to re-install it.
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It looks like manually installing Outlook as a PWA from within Edge registers the PWA as a protocol handler for "mailto" in Windows; however, using the GPO/Registry to install does not. There are several other differences to the way it is installed if you do it manually vs GPO/Registry as well. Here is the solution I got to work for me.
1. Configure Outlook PWA Installation and register protocol handler in Edge
Here is the registry. You can also configure this with GPO if you download the MSEdge templates.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
"WebAppInstallForceList"="[{\"custom_name\": \"Outlook\", \"install_as_shortcut\": true, \"create_desktop_shortcut\": true, \"default_launch_container\": \"window\", \"url\": \"https://outlook.office.com/mail\",\"custom_icon\": {\"hash\": \"E35D94B76894D6ECA96FF5B1A12D94DFE73485EF3C52CB5B4395BE8FFAC1CB45\", \"url\": \"https://outlook.office.com/mail/favicon.ico\"}}]"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended]
"RegisteredProtocolHandlers"="[{\"url\": \"https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink/compose?mailtouri=%s\",\"default\": true,\"protocol\": \"mailto\"}]"
2. Add the Outlook PWA as a protocol handler for "mailto" in Windows.
Download an Outlook .ico file and save it as C:\ProgramData\OutlookPWA\Outlook.ico. This file is referenced in the registry entries below as the icon for when you select the Outlook PWA as the default app in Settings.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OutlookPWA]
@="OutlookPWA"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OutlookPWA\Application]
"ApplicationIcon"="C:\\ProgramData\\OutlookPWA\\Outlook.ico,0"
"ApplicationName"="OutlookPWA"
"ApplicationDescription"="Outlook Progressive Web Application"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OutlookPWA\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\ProgramData\\OutlookPWA\\Outlook.ico,0"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OutlookPWA\shell]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OutlookPWA\shell\open]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OutlookPWA\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge_proxy.exe\" --profile-directory=Default --app=https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink/compose?mailtouri=%1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OutlookPWA\shell\runas]
"ProgrammaticAccessOnly"=""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OutlookPWA\shell\runas\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge_proxy.exe\" --profile-directory=Default --do-not-de-elevate --app=https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink/compose?mailtouri=%1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications]
"OutlookPWA"="Software\\Clients\\Mail\\OutlookPWA\\Capabilities"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\OutlookPWA]
@="OutlookPWA"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\OutlookPWA\Capabilities]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\OutlookPWA\Capabilities\URLAssociations]
"mailto"="OutlookPWA"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\OutlookPWA\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\ProgramData\\OutlookPWA\\Outlook.ico,0"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\OutlookPWA\shell]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\OutlookPWA\shell\open]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\OutlookPWA\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge_proxy.exe\" --profile-directory=Default --app=https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink/compose?mailtouri=%1"
3. Set the default app association.
Create an XML file that contains the default for mailto (Set to OutlookPWA). Feel free to add any other defaults you want to this file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<DefaultAssociations>
<Association Identifier="mailto" ProgId="OutlookPWA" ApplicationName="OutlookPWA" />
</DefaultAssociations>
Import default app associations from that XML file either by GPO (Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > File Explorer > Set a default associations configuration file) or with DISM. Dism will only apply to new users. It will not set defaults for existing users. If you need to set the default for existing users on the PC you will need to use the GPO.
Dism - Apply to Image
Dism /Image:YourImage /Import-DefaultAppAssociations:YourXMLFile
Dism - Apply to already imaged computer
Dism /Online /Import-DefaultAppAssociations:YourXMLFile
That's it!
Bonus: If you actually use Edge and you don't want it to pop up asking if you want to allow this website to open a program when you click a mailto link, use either of the following:
Machine
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ProtocolExecute\mailto]
"WarnOnOpen"=dword:00000000
User
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ProtocolExecute\mailto]
"WarnOnOpen"=dword:00000000
You should be able to specify Outlook.com as the default mail handler by following the guidance here: https://www.techradar.com/news/outlookcom-can-now-be-your-default-email-client
Just wondering if anyone has had success doing this?
Our organization is changing and most of are users will be on F3 licenses.
Most of our users cannot update the built-in Mail app on Win10/11 to Outlook New as we block the MS Store.
So the solution to that is we create a PWA for Outlook for each user that calls in but I would prefer to automate this and push out to all users or prefer to target ones that have F3 license only.
I did use some online resources but they do not appear to work for me.
Deploying Remote Apps with Intune | Remote Desktop > uses JSON I think to do this
Deploying Office WebApps (PWA) with file handlers via Intune – Andrew Taylor > this is the one I tried
I've created the Configuration Profile in Intune and used these settings for Microsoft Edge:
Microsoft Edge
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Configure list of force-installed Web Apps (User)
Enabled
URLs for Web Apps to be silently installed. (User)
[ { "url": "https://www.outlook.office.com/mail", "custom_name": "Outlook(PWA)", "create_desktop_shortcut": true, "default_launch_container": "window", "fallback_app_name": "Outlook PWA", } ]
Issue - I get the shortcut on the desktop but when I launch it I get a DNS error instead.
EDIT - I asked CoPilot to review my syntax and it found that I had an extra comma after the fallback_app_name so now I got it working. Unfortunately in order to auto-pin to task bar I would have to combine it with a Powershell script.
Correct JSON syntax when you make the profile should be like this:
[
{
"url": "https://outlook.office.com/mail/",
"custom_name": "Outlook (PWA)",
"create_desktop_shortcut": true,
"default_launch_container": "window",
"fallback_app_name": "Outlook PWA"
}
]I was having a conversation with a colleague at work today over a weird issue with the new Microsoft Teams application. It got us on the topic of progressive web applications and sideloading. The new Outlook and Teams have features that require Edge to be installed, along with a newer application, Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime. In my opinion, I think Microsoft will move the entire Office Suite to this as Google has done from the start with G Suite.
I'm curious about what others think. Do you think the new Outlook and Teams are now progressive web applications? Or am I just wrong in general?