How do i prevent the outlook logout from redirecting to msn?

I can't believe this has been ongoing for over a year now and I still keep getting notifications about someone replying here..

I think the link came from me, let me repost it once more:

https://login.live.com/logout.srf?id=64855&ru=https%3a%2f%2flogin.live.com%2flogin.srf%3fwa%3dwsignin1.0%26ct%3d1358241172%26rver%3d6.1.6206.0%26sa%3d1%26ntprob%3d-1%26wp%3dMBI_SSL_SHARED%26wreply%3dhttps%3a%252F%252Fmail.live.com

So for those who are still complaining, this is a EASY-TO-USE workaround so that you'll always be redirected to the login page once signing out. Here's some tutorials on how to bookmark this link for browsers.. hopefully this will close this thread.

Internet Explorer

1. Open the Run window, by Right Clicking on the Start button, and selecting "Run" (Windows 8 & above), or holding down Windows Key+R.

2. Type: %userprofile%\Favorites

3. Right click on any empty space, select "New" > "Shortcut"

4. Copy the logout URL on the textbox, and click Next.

5. Give any name to your bookmark, I name it "Outlook Mail".

6. Done - Check the IE bookmarks area and simply click on it to instantly logout then get to the login screen.

Firefox:

1. On the login link that I provided, simply Right Click on it and select "Bookmark this Link".

2. Rename the link to anything you want, then change the bookmark folder to an easily accessible area, like the Bookmarks Toolbar

3. Done - the bookmark should be set.

Chrome :

1. Hold the CTRL+SHIFT+ O keys to open the Bookmarks Manager. Alternatively, you can just type in the address bar : chrome://bookmarks.

2. Right click on any of the white space, and select "Add Page...".

3. Type in any name you prefer, and copy the URL on the next textbox.

4. Done - should be bookmarked. If you want to see it immediately, hold down CTRL+SHIFT+B to make the Bookmarks Toolbar visible.

No need for any add-ons for your browsers. Just bookmark the link, and be on your way to logging in multiple email accounts. **This is a workaround, not a fix. It's highly unlikely Microsoft will do something about this.**So simply use the bookmark and be on your way.

I can't believe how stupid I must be! I found a really simple solution. Well kind of it stops the page from redirecting to MSN anyway. It may or may not work for you depending on your browser settings etc. In fact I think someone else already suggested it earlier in the thread so I can't take the credit. The OP's solution didn't really sink into my dumb brain at the time because I was quickly reading through every thread to find an answer. I finally rediscovered it for myself when I inadvertently closed hotmail without signing out. If you're really observant you'll notice I've already given you the answer. If you'd like a further explaination....

All you have to do if you don't want to be redirected to MSN don't sign out of outlook/hotmail instead look up to the top right hand corner of your screen you see that little rectangular red box with the [x] in it alongside the minimize/ maximize window buttons. Click on this and you should be redirected back to your desktop or whatever program you were running when you suddenly had that urge to check your email. This works for me but as above I am now using Google Chrome as my default browser not IE 11. 

Don't worry I am not going to explain again why? If your wondering hotmail will automatically sign you out after 10/15 minutes. I wouldn't suggest not signing out of your email account on a public network i.e. at an internet cafe for examplebut then I think it's relatively safe to assume most of you are more concerned with being redirected to MSN from the privacy of your own PC.

Hope that helps!

Regards,

JW

I have tried with the following scenarios:

• Login via Outlook.com on Firefox/Chrome on Windows 7; Signout takes me to msn.com.
• Login via Hotmail.com on Firefox/Chrome on Windows 7; Signout takes me to msn.com.
• Login via Login.live.com on Firefox/Chrome on Windows 7, click on View Inbox, click Signout in Outlook; Signout takes me to msn.com.
• Login via Hotmail/Outlook.com on Firefox/Chrome on Windows 7, open Account Settings, close Outlook tab; Signout in Account Settings takes me to https://account.microsoft.com/about.

That last one is the only way that I've found to avoid the msn page. This is very disappointing and I will not be recommending Outlook as an email service to anyone until this is rectified.

I recommend that everyone who has an issue with this leave feedback from inside Outlook. This is available from the settings "gear" icon in the top right of the page.

K

I completely agree.   MSN.com is little more than a Hollywood tabloid site.  Someone in the Marketing Dept at MSFT (who should have been fired when Steve Ballmer resigned) apparently has enough pull to keep this site alive and even expand it's presence..

They claim MSN.com gets 400 million unique users per day..  I contend that if it weren't for the Outlook.com users logging out (about 400 million of them per day)  AND the default home page set to MSN.com on new PC's ..  MSN.com would be a ghost town..   No one goes there on their own free will... ever.

No one wants to see this Hollywood filth..  There are better sites for this shallow-minded content anyway. What surprises me so much as why MSFT even wants to attach it's name to it.  It's embarrassing for them, or it should be.

I would pay money for software that would help me block MSN.com permanently using IE..   I abhor msn.com.   If it takes Firefox, Chrome, or Opera to stop this marketing filth then so be it.  IE will suffer more market share loss.

Bryan

Ok, It looks like it's allowed to give you some software recommendations, I'm giving you guys the easiest fix, a browser redirector.

For Firefox look for the add-on called redirector, open the add-on options and click "New redirect" then you can enter a description, in "Example URL" type "http://msn.com/*" then in "Include pattern" type "http://msn.com/*", then in "Redirect to" type "https://signout.live.com/content/dam/imp/surfaces/mail_signout/v7/mail/en-us.html" (or any other url you want), check the "wildcard" checkbox and the "Enabled" checkbox.

You have to repeat the steps for every url you get redirected to, for example "http://www.bing.*"

That will make your browser redirect to the signout form (or any url you want). But you wont be able to visit that url unless you disable the redirector entry.

I haven't tried this one too much but for Chrome you can download the Switcheroo Redirectoradd-on. With this add-on you can redirect from  http://www.msn.com/ to https://signout.live.com/content/dam/imp/surfaces/mail\_signout/v7/mail/en-us.html or any url you want.

Thanks so much for your info, but the "redirector" link is in French. I went to my own (English) tools/addons in Firefox to find it and did searches for "redirector" and "redirector 2.8.1" coming back with no results in either case. Maybe they have this in French speaking countries, but not the USA? Or maybe it is under a different name or spelling here?

This forced redirection to the MSN page irritates me too. They just keep ratcheting up their control tactics knowing that many will not notice nor care and others will "adjust/comply" eventually. All they have to do is post their smarmy, useless responses and bide time for a little while.

I have the hotmail/outlook sign-in page set as my home page so I just click on the little house symbol on the upper right of my screen to go in 1 click from MSN to the sign-in page..... or I can put up a new tab, delete the MSN page and put sign-in in the blank tab (3 clicks LOL).

Another idea, if you do not want "sign-in" as your home page, would be to bookmark the sign-in page, place it at the top of the bookmark list and click it on top of MSN- that is, stay on the same tab as MSN and stick the sign-in page "on top" of it. Or, same as above, put up a new tab, delete the MSN page and pop sign-in into the blank tab. It's still a little bit of extra work and irritation but MSN is not ever going to fix this (to them it is not broken!)  and anything we can do will entail some sort of  work around that will vary for each person/browser.

I already use several addons and even if  I manage to find "redirector", I'm not sure I want to load in any more addons unless absolutely necessary, so my simple 1 click work around will do for me.

All that said, I loved hotmail for years and years but I am now doing research to find a good email program. This is not as easy as it should be as the ones I've looked at so far have a few pluses and a lot of minuses. Yes, we hate to change the email address our contacts have had for years but if I can find a program I sincerely believe will be better than inlook/coldmail which is slow...slow...slow- and was forced upon us, I will make the change gladly.