URL Scheme windows New Outlook

Targets Windows
1

Hello,

In my application, I use URL Scheme a lot to share links through mail to open a specific page for an other user.

It was working fine on both Windows and Mac but since the new release of Outlook on Windows (the new version that you have to enable), the links are no longer working on Windows. I mean that the links are no longer clickable.

I place my link inside <a href="">Text</a>

I wanted to know if someone encountered the same thing?

I got the registry configured on Windows to handle the urlscheme. If I copy the link received (by opening the .eml file) and copy it in firefox by example, it works and the app receive the event.

Thank you,

Julien

2

Hi Julien
Did you ever sort this out?
I have exactly the same problem, easily reproducible.
Cheers
Steve

3

Yes, solution was to change it to a https link that linked to our API endpoint.

API returns a redirect to the url scheme. It works well but you need to have some kind of backend that handle that.

4

Thanks Julien. I found out the New Outlook is causing a lot of consternation among users, it seems its basically a web app wrapped up in an executable shell, so it’s causing problems for many people.

Cheers - Steve

5

Amen. The same is true for the macOS version.