Windows 10: Default mail gone awry

Good day all...


I'm having some trouble getting the correct mail program to handle things I wish to send. We used to run with Lotus/IBM Notes, but have switched to Outlook. Our workstations are Windows 10. The default mail program selected is, of course, Outlook. We cannot uninstall Notes yet, as we have some applications that have been developed with it that we still need. All of our mail is handled by Outlook. When we try to send something, the system pulls up Notes and tries to use that program to send, instead of using Outlook. I have tried it with multiple programs, each with the same result:


- Internet Explorer... File > Send > Page by e-mail

- Adobe Acrobat Reader DC... Envelope icon > Attach to Email

- Word and Excel... File > Share > Send a copy


If Notes is running, it would open a new email and attach the document. If it is not running, it would start the program and prompt to log in.


There is obviously some magic tweak somewhere that I am missing. Can someone point me in the right direction?!


Thanks,

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