Quickbooks desktop 2018 is not recognizing Microsoft Office

Hi there, @Anonymous.

Thank you for posting in the Community. Allow me to chime in to provide some insights about the technical support and provide some troubleshooting steps to resolve the issue.

Currently, free technical support is available if you have an active QuickBooks subscription. However, you can still find answers to your questions by visiting our QuickBooks support site for troubleshooting and other helpful "how-to" type information, find a local Proadvisor ( QuickBooks expert in your area that can help you) and of course, you can always access the QuickBooks Community to post your questions or view answers to questions posed by other QuickBooks users.

Let me share some steps to get you back on track. Let's start with setting up the Microsoft as your default program to make sure you'll be able to create a new workbook or send email in QuickBooks successfully. The following articles contain the steps on how to do this based on the version you're using.

• Change which programs Windows 7 uses by default
• Change default programs in Windows 10

After that, let's make Outlook the default email program.

1. Go to File tab, then select Options.
2. Under Start up options, choose Make Outlook the default program for E-mail, Contacts, and Calendar.

Then, let's verify the email service is set up in your QuickBooks Desktop. Once done, try to create the workbook and send email in QuickBooks.

Also, for additional support, it'd be best to get in touch with the Microsoft support first to see if there are restrictions set by the Admin. This could be the reason why you're getting this error.

That should get you back on track. I'm just a post away if you have any other questions about setting up Microsoft as default. I'll be happy to help you further. Wishing you and your business continued success.

Thanks for the prompt response, @Anonymous.

I appreciate you performing the solution provided by my colleague, and updating us about the outcome of the steps. Since you continue to get the same result, try to repair the software.

Repairing QuickBooks can fix any program-related issues or errors. Then prepare the QB Desktop installation CD or download the installer from the website and follow the steps below:
1.    Restart the computer.
2.    Create a back up of your QuickBooks company file.
3.    Go to Start and then Control Panel.
4.    Select Programs and Features. 
5.    In the list of programs, select QuickBooks.
6.    Choose Uninstall/Change, then click Continue and Next.
7.    Click Repair and then Next. Wait for it to complete.
8.    Once done, hit Finish. Restart your computer if prompted.

Here’s an article for your reference: Fix QuickBooks Desktop (Windows).

That should do it. Please give this a try and let me know how it goes. If you have any questions, leave a reply below. I’ll be here to answer them for you. Thank you for reaching out and take care!

Hey @Anonymous,

I appreciate your efforts in performing the steps provided by my colleagues. Let me guide you to get the correct support to get this addressed as soon as possible. 

I'd love to help you further, but I don't have the correct tools to check for possible solutions. I suggest contacting our QuickBooks Support Team. They have the correct tools to make sure that MS Office is recognized in your QuickBooks.

Here's how you can contact them:

1. Click on Help from the menu bar.
2. Choose QuickBooks Desktop Help.

Please let me know if you have any other concerns. 

I  am having the same problem.  Please let me know if there has been a resolution

Thanks for joining this thread, steffmary.

I've got the steps you need to keep this going. QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) 2018 is compatible with Microsoft Office.

To see the list of apps you can use, check out the System requirements for QuickBooks Desktop 2018 and Enterprise Solutions 18.0 page. Then, go to the Software compatibility section to see what app you can integrate.

On the other hand, QBDT uses Internet Explorer to run web services in the background. You may need to reset your email preferences there. This is to help isolate and fix the issue so you can send emails.

Check your Internet Explorer email preferences

1. Close QuickBooks.
2. Open Internet Explorer.
3. Go to Tools, click the Settings menu, then Internet options.
4. Select the Programs tab, Set Programs.
5. Click Set your default programs, then select the email service you want to use.
6. Select Apply, then OK.
7. Close the browser.

If you can send an email from Microsoft Word, but not in QuickBooks, you'll need to repair the MAPI32.dll.

1. Close all open programs.
2. Open the Windows Start menu.
3. Type "File Explorer" into the search and open File Explorer.
4. Type C:\Windows\System32 into the search.
   
5. Find and open Fixmapi.exe. Follow the on-screen instructions to run the repair.
6. When the repair finishes, restart your computer.

Once done, open QBDT and send a test email. If you're getting the same results, I highly recommend contacting our QuickBooks Desktop Support Team. They can further investigate what's causing the system not to recognize Microsoft Office.

Contact support:

1. Go to this link: https://help.quickbooks.intuit.com/en_US/contact.
2. Click Search for something else.
   
3. Enter a brief discussion of your concern in the Tell us more about your question field, then click Search.
4. Click Start a Message.
   

Let me know how everything goes by clicking the Reply button below. Just mention my name, and I'll get back to you.

Thank you and stay safe!