How to switch back to old "Hotmail" interface layout? (Aug 2016)

Seconded... I cry BS.

I have a "paid" account vs free and although there a couple emails regarding the terms of agreement I could find nothing regarding advertising the actual forced migration.

"http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/profile/083c9ada-567f-4b1e-ba21-8a0585616beeZigZag3143 (MS -MVP)"

If it does not Unless you made the back up that Microsoft recommended when you signed up for the email address, the data is gone because, like you, the online servers are not backed up

Additionally there was NO EMAIL suggesting, or requiring a backup.... and I've had this account for over 15 years, pretty sure I was not told to back up when creating this email account, or would it be relevant for the current "flawed", poorly implemented, shoddily advertised, and clearly insufficiently tested rollout.

I am a creature of Habit all my life and I have just done the same, open up a Personal Gmail account, very easy and you can learn from scratch....

I have found it very slow as well, my emails are not coming through quick, if at all, I sent an email to my self from a gmail account and cc other people in, they have all the email but my new look on hotmail still hasn't received it and this is nearly 1 hour ago now, this is outrageous and to change it on a work day again with no notice is just down right disgraceful .....................  How do i keep my hotmail email address and NOT change to outlook email address, i can't see any obvious options and I don't want to suddenly be told that it has change with out being given a time scale to not accept the change....... Windows 10 was just as bad, my computer was not compatible,  it left my computer with all sorts of problems when i took it off and my computer company was on the phone to me on numerous occasions trying to put it right......    Go back to the drawing board.....   Please ask before you do anything again that disrupts my life again, surely I have the right to choose.......

I have never got the mail you talk about. Just incredible how you change something who did work ok, to work like a very early beta product, with so many errors and a total lack of user freindliness... I never buy a Microsoft  product again

Yes, they have been advertising but I did not get any email saying that they are going to migrate me to the new platform.  Who was the sender so I can search all my previous emails?  Also, like any other company they should have inform users ahead of time the migrate schedule so the users would not be surprise to see a new interface when they log on.