Outlook keep resetting ribbon back to default after changes

Anonymous
2023-04-14T13:41:45+00:00

In my Outlook (updated Office 365 ClickToRun with Exchange On-line) there are newer ribbon groups I don't have any use for.

New groups (OneNote, 1-click actions, My templates and Add-In) are in the Home- and Message-ribbons.

I've edited the ribbons but as soon I edit f.i. the Home ribbon, the groups are restored back in the Message ribbon. If I edit the Message ribbon, the groups are again restored in the Home ribbon.

I've tried resetting the ribbons and start all over again and I also made an Office repair but nothing helps. It looks like editing one of the ribbons toggles back the default in the other ribbon.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-21T17:59:54+00:00

    I'm going back to Office2019! I resisted going from Office 2007 until going to 2016 about ten years ago as it was. I still use the picture manager. It just doesn't show ISO, and is still pretty clunky, but unbeaten by a wide margin. ;)

    Office Picture Manager was indeed useful until it was removed from the Office Suite (I believe it was in Office 2010). However there is a very robust free-ware picture manager with similar features but more editing features than Picture Manager: Fastone Image Viewer FastStone Image Viewer - Powerful and Intuitive Photo Viewer, Editor and Batch Converter

    For opening .iso files you can use the freeware archive application "7zip" 7-Zip

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-21T14:50:22+00:00

    I'm going back to Office2019! I resisted going from Office 2007 until going to 2016 about ten years ago as it was. I still use the picture manager. It just doesn't show ISO, and is still pretty clunky, but unbeaten by a wide margin. ;)

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-21T13:16:07+00:00

    I agree with the basic premise (which I noted in a previous post) that Microsoft is trying hard to push users to web-based applications, which gives them more control (control = $$).

    But, let's be fair. Microsoft has almost never "handed out software" free; even the "free" upgrades to Windows 10 and 11 required having purchased a Windows license at some point. While there have been a few cases where an application was distributed free for awhile after MS stopped developing and supporting the application (Microsoft Money comes to mind), almost all MS software costs money at some point; the basic Office 365 suite costs $70 per year for individual consumers, if you have an enterprise license uses ask your IT dept just how much your organization is paying each month for Office 365 licenses.

    Regarding Outlook specifically: the "new" Outlook is bundled ("free") with Windows 11 but you still need an Office 365 license in order to use it. :-)

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-08-28T07:47:45+00:00

    over the last few years there have been persistent rumors that MS ultimately wants to force users of the desktop version of Outlook to move to the web version, which they have more control over.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-14T15:57:38+00:00

    in my case the registry hack to remove Quick Steps from the ribbon did NOT prevent otheer ribbon changes.

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