Outlook keep resetting ribbon back to default after changes

That ain't a rumor, that's a fact. Microsoft doesn't want to hand out software anymore, they want to produce software that they run on their servers and that they manage and you pay to use it. They want pretty much everything web based under their control. That's the goal. This desktop software/portal.office.com software straddle they're doing right now is just the beginning. At some point, there will be no more straddle and the way you'll operate is out of a web portal to do all of your computing. Welcome to the new world order. :|

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. :-)

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. ;)

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

Thank you... I've used everything, and retest software every 2-3 years. Having worked in photo lab software support and production position for MANY years, and primarily use Lightroom/PS, to this day, nothing really comes close to fast viewing and quick web editing. Yes, I still use notepad.exe too!