Using Outlook as default email client doesn't work in one important way

I'm using Outlook 2011 as my default email client, and have set it in all the places I can, as the default email client. It works as I want in almost every place - eg clicking links in websites opens an Outlook email - so that's great.
BUT I often want to right-click a file and send as an email attachment. Using 'Compress and Email' or just plain 'Email' (added by customising the context-menu) opens up Apple Mail - which I haven't even set up. This is very frustrating, and makes the job of sending a file by email direct from within the Finder much more clumsy.
Any ideas on how I can invoke Outlook in this way will be much appreciated, thanks.
Jeff

Sorry guys... I'm a recent mac-switcher, and was immediately frustrated by the (apparent) lack of features in the Finder. Sorry! Now I'm utilising Pathfinder, which I have come to love - and of course those context menus are in there, not in Finder. So it seems likely that the problem lies within the Pathfinder app, rather than OSX. Your comments have illuminated the blindingly obvious for me. Sorry!
As a matter of interest; how do YOU quickly email a file out, when you've located it in a Finder window?
Thanks

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