

Zoom Phone will dial the selected number.

Click the checkbox if you want Firefox to automatically open Zoom when you click on phone numbers.

Click Default apps in the search results.Type "default apps" in the Windows search bar.There’s more information in Paul Thurrott’s Windows 8 Tip on Changing File Associations. If you look at the Skype program associations, TEL will now be showing as defaulting to Skype for Business (desktop):.Select the Checkbox next to TEL and click Save:.You’ll see that the URL:Tel Protocol entry is not checked, because it’s associated with Skype:.Select Lync (desktop) and click Chose defaults for this program:.Despite the name, this is the Skype for Business desktop client. In Control Panel go to Default Programs and then Set Default Programs (the quickest way is to hit the Windows key and type “ Default Programs“).It turns out that it’s a relatively simple change to make but it’s not necessarily obvious that the UI to do this is the one to change file type associations (this is a link, not a file…). All of a sudden I had phone numbers opening in the Skype Windows 8 app rather than in my Skype for Business client (previously the Lync client). I clicked the number, Windows asked me which app I wanted to open that type of link (a tel: URI) and I clicked the wrong option. Please be warned that the information here may be out of date.Įarlier this morning I had a missed call notification in Outlook. I don't routinely update old blog posts as they are only intended to represent a view at a particular point in time.
