Outlook emails lost from control panel in Windows 11

Is the Outlook mail icon missing from the Control Panel of Windows 11? This unexpected situation has caused confusion and concern among some individuals who rely on Outlook Mail for their communication needs.

Why don’t my Outlook emails show up in Control Panel?

There may be several possible reasons why there is no Outlook mail icon in the Control Panel:

• Outlook is not installed correctly.
• Installing Office applications from the Microsoft Store will not add the Mail applet to Control Panel.
• The location of the mlcfg32.cpl file in the control panel is missing.
• The path to the mlcfg32.cpl file in the registry is incorrect.
• The operating system is not currently configured to run this application.

Outlook mail is missing from Control Panel in Windows 11

First, if you don't have Outlook installed yet, you can choose to install it through a Microsoft 365 subscription, or install it as a standalone Office package. If these methods don't solve the problem, you can try the following steps to resolve it:

Find Mail App

Use running console

Modify the registry to add mlcfg32.cpl

Access Outlook Profile

Verify file location

Uninstall and reinstall Office applications

1]Find Mail App

The Mail application usually appears in the Control Panel in the form of a classic icon layout (large icons/small icons). If you can't find it, you can try setting the "View by" field to "Category" and then click "User Account".

On the next screen, you can see the Mail app on the right.

When you try to open an application, you may receive an error message that the operating system is not currently configured to run this application. You can follow the solutions provided in the link to resolve this issue.

Read: How to Create and Set Up an Outlook.com Email Account

2]Use the running console

You can try running the command trick to open the email setup utility and resolve the issue. Open the Run console (Win R).

Now, type the following command in the search box and press Enter:

控制mlcfg32.cpl

If the email settings screen still does not pop up, it means that mlcfg32 is not set up in your system.

In this case, you must add Outlook mail entries to the registry to set up the mail and fix the problem.

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