How do I determine if user has a default Outlook 2013 profile - outlook

Our internal app (written in FoxPro) was designed to allow the user to email reports. The app would use/launch Outlook by default ONLY if the user had a default profile already configured; otherwise, the app would use a custom built client.
In order to accomplish this, we looked at Registry settings to see if a default profile existed. Here is the code (FoxPro):
IF oReg.IsKey('',[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles]);
AND oReg.OpenKey([Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles],HKEY_CURRENT_USER) == 0;
AND oReg.GetKeyValue('DefaultProfile',#lcProfile) == 0;
AND !EMPTY(lcProfile);
AND oReg.IsKey('',[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\]+lcProfile+[\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046]);
AND oReg.OpenKey([Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\]+lcProfile+[\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046],HKEY_CURRENT_USER) == 0;
AND oReg.GetKeyValue('001e023d',#lcProfileFav) == 0;
AND '.fav' $ LOWER(lcProfileFav)
I've determined that Office 2013 uses a different registry structure for storing its Outlook profiles. However, the key that I've always looked for in the past to determine the default profile (001e023d) is no longer found in the \0a0d020000000000c000000000000046 registry entry.
Is there any way to ensure that the current user has an existing profile before attempting to launch Outlook?

Check to see if there are any profiles at all. One of them will be the default one.

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I have pasted below the screen shot of the error report which I received:
The application cannot be tested for compilance for wp7 application certification requirements due to geographic,hardware or software limitations.Please provide valid test account credentials with resubmission
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Double check that the capabilities required by your application are declared correctly.
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