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Powerpoint 2016 can't send mail via IBM Notes

We're running IBM Notes 9.01 as mail client under Windows 10. While migrating to Office 2016 a strange problem appears:
All Office applications can send the currently open file as a mail attachment (File -> Share -> E-Mail (as attachment, as PDF, as XPS, just as Link is greyed out)).

Only PowerPoint can't: when clicking the same menu in PowerPoint a single button "as link" is visible and it is greyed out. The other 3 options are just not there.

Any idea?

Notes works fine, it is the default mail client under Windows 10 1709. I.e. clicking a mailto: link opens Notes.

BTW, Win 7 - Office 2010 - Notes 8.5 no problem, PowerPoint displays all options

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Michael Pfister

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You're using Notes too?
As soon as I add Outlook 2016 to the client all buttons are enabled in all Office applications... but Outlook opens for ALL Office apps... despite setting Notes as default email program and checking/setting all file extension/protocols to Notes where possibe

Michael Pfister

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Ok, when I started Notes after adding Outlook it asked me if I want to make Notes as a default program. After that all Office applications including PowerPoint work!
Does that mean PowerPoint requires some Outlook components?

McKnife

No, it does not require outlook. I guess it was simply a quirk inside the default programs associations that got reset by going back and forth.
[no, i am not using Notes]

Michael Pfister

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Just found out (*sigh*) also good old Office 2010 installed Outlook, just the start menu icon had been removed.
After adding Outlook messaging components to Office 2016 PowerPoint 2016 works ...

Michael Pfister

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Adding Outlook messaging components to Office 2016 helped