Outlook 2010 and newer have a "Tasks" Jump list, allowing you to quickly create new items by right-clicking the Outlook icon in the taskbar.

Sometimes, the jump list doesn't work properly or disappears altogether, usually after updates or a re-install of Office/Outlook. There are two workarounds to resolve this, both through the registry:

1. Unpin the Outlook icon from the taskbar.
2. Exit Outlook.
3. Open regedit.
4. Navigate to the key:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook
5. Delete the registry value LastUILanguage. You can optionally rename it to have a backup.
6. Start Outlook again.
7. Re-pin the Outlook icon to the taskbar.

Replace the number in blue with the numeric version of your Office version:

• 14.0 = 2010
• 15.0 = 2013
• 16.0 = 2016

If the first method does not work, try the following:

1. Unpin the Outlook icon from the taskbar.
2. Exit Outlook.
3. Open regedit.
4. Navigate to the key:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook
5. Remove the entire subkey called Setup.
6. Start Outlook again.
7. Re-pin the Outlook icon to the taskbar.