How to change download destination in "New Outlook" (May 2023)

Quite right--it's not great, and some folks (below) even prefer the old default behavior (downloading to Downloads folder).

Obviously (perhaps not to MS? ;-)) the best solution is to both restore the drag-and-drop function, and also to allow users to set their own default, one-click download location.

Come on MS, you've got the resources to get this done. Stop treating it like a moonshot!!!

Hello Ryan,

After various times turning the new look on and off to see if the "normal" file handling had been resumed (which as of 23/01/24 it hasn't), I found you post.

Never even considered that would be an option. Every day is a school day.

Thanks for posting this.

For sure! There's always a way to make things work.

First, let me say I like the new Outlook. I think it's a job well-done. It takes some getting used to & as stated, it is still in the development stage. It has a cleaner & more simplified GUI. Some of the old Outlook things are there; you just have to find them.

To send feedback, do we turn on "Experiences that analyze your content" or "Experiences that download online content"? Both of these seem like we're allowing collection information we might not want disclosed.

Can you forward this as feedback to the development team?

I found where downloaded files go, so that works until desired folder options are implemented.

Getting an email to print is a vast improvement.

I would like to mark & block spam. The old Outlook rules did little to stop spam. Even reporting them to my ISP did nothing to stop them.

I haven't found the Send/Receive button, but my mail does come & go quickly. Is it even needed anymore?

Some old Outlook problems that are gone:

Disappearing & reappearing folders. I couldn't delete folders under the Inbox. They would come back immediately. Once I logged into my mail on a web browser & deleted them, they were gone.

Setting up an IMAP email that connected to ATT & required an OAUTH key was a real pain. Old Outlook changed sometime around August, 2023, & I could no longer enter that key or a password when adding a new IMAP email source. You had to open the Mail in Control Panel & do it that way. Even then, the server setting & others were difficult to master. The New Outlook didn't have a problem connecting to the ATT email client. I don't even remember if it gave me a chance to enter all the necessary settings. It just worked! Maybe it somehow used the old Outlook settings without me knowing it?

I hope we no longer have to repair or compact PST & OST files.

I have an IT background & sometimes I like to look under the hood to understand & resolve stuff. I don't want to do that anymore; I just want Microsoft products to work. The new Outlook seems to be doing that.

This is an embarrassingly stupid answer. "MS provides no support for its terrible software", is what I read in this response.