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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.
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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Like some of the other suggested workarounds this one seems to help somewhat (with the emphasis on "somewhat") but definitely does not prevent the sporadic ribbon changes. Just today my message ribbon suddenly showed 5 icons that I have repeatedly deleted (see attached jpg).
Microsoft, I give up. You win (and **** you).
Like some of the other suggested workarounds this one seems to help somewhat (with the emphasis on "somewhat") but definitely does not prevent the sporadic ribbon changes. Just today my message ribbon suddenly showed 5 icons that I have repeatedly deleted (see attached jpg).
Microsoft, I give up. You win (and **** you).
It looks like you still have Quick Steps in your ribbon.
I used the registry entry to get rid of Quick Steps (mentioned this thread, Page 2, half way down) AND I set those files mentioned earlier as read only (mentioned this thread, Page 3, top).
After making those two changes, and customizing my ribbon again, my Outlook ribbons have not changed in a month.
For a while I thought that setting the customization file as read-only was the solution. But, no, the invasive and unwanted icons found a way to sneak back onto my ribbon.
I also thought that setting the customization file as read-only was the solution. It seemed to work for awhile but eventually those invasive and unwanted icons found a way to sneak back onto my ribbon.
only my inbox has the Quick Steps in the ribbon, all the others do not but they still get changed.