Send to... Mail Recipient as HTML

[MartinT]

Does anyone know how to make a right-click Send to... Mail recipient shortcut as HTML? Whatever I try, it always opens an Outlook message as plain text.

This is using Windows 10 and Office 365. Outlook is already set to use HTML for new messages.

 

I have created a test shortcut in File Explorer shell:sendto

With the content...

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE" /c IPM.Note /a "%1"

 

I've also tried IPM.Document with no difference.

 

Is there a way?

[Steve21]

Should just need the /a on the end, tried with office365 outlook and works fine using that shortcut

 

It’ll only work via explorer that way though, not other programs depending on what you’re trying to send

 

Steve

[MartinT]

Should just need the /a on the end, tried with office365 outlook and works fine using that shortcut

 

It’ll only work via explorer that way though, not other programs depending on what you’re trying to send

 

Thanks - yes, our Finance people use it in File Explorer to send countless PDF invoices out.

 

I've tried it with and without the /a switch and with and without the "%1" parameter. I've tried /c IPM.Note and IPM.Document parameters.

 

Whatever I do, it opens a plain text message without the signature, rather than an HTML message with the signature (the default for new messages).

[Steve21]

Just tried it again and still works fine here:

 

Are you literally just using /a on the shortcut?

 

Steve

[MartinT]

Aha! I had been trying to use the recommended method of creating a Mail recipient Send to... type instead of making a simple shortcut as you have done.

 

In my screenshot, Mail recipient HTML opens a new message as plain text while Mail recipient HTML2 opens a new message as HTML. They both have exactly the same command string!

 

Many thanks for the pointer, I will have some happy Finance staff shortly.

 

[MartinT]

Just a small problem (isn't there always?)

 

The original (plain text) method puts the file attachment name into the Subject line. They need this for conversation tracking.

The new method seems only to support a fixed Subject line as a parameter.