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I have been trying to run the "NEW" outlook for a few months now. It is SOOO frustrating to use as commands and functions have just been deleted. Adding files to an email has become a chore and now requires extra steps! I DON'T want to send a link; I want to send the file itself... it is so confusing.
Viewing an attachment becomes a whole new experience as it doesn't open the app related to the file type but leads you down more complicated corridors. Saving attachments is also time consuming as it saves it (unless you are careful) in some sort of folder on One Drive.
I run three accounts (corporate, outlook.com and gmail.com) on mail plus I monitor a few shared folders as well. What used to be simple is now a real chore! Want to change how often in checks for mail... forget it. want to change the functions when it goes to get the mail. Completely disappeared.
Switching back to the "old version" froze the application as it could not update the Outlook account. It is a real tragedy that we seem to have to accept this as the "only" version soon. I am already looking around for alternatives. I have now reverted back to "OLD" and fixed the problem with mail. I have send a note to the organization to NEVER try and load this cut down version... it is a terrible replacement.
Come on Microsoft, you can do better than this.... or is it impossible!!
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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I can't believe MS took a near perfect product and turned it into "Franken"Outlook. Nothing about it works properly now and it takes three or four steps to do what I used to be able to do in one. Progress this is not!
I absolutely hate the new MS Outlook. I set up subfolders in it (I now realise foolishly) and dragged some of my sent mails into them. Now these sent emails appear to be lost forever! How do MS get away with it?
Agree! This damn thing is so frustrating!!!!
Using multiple accounts and calendars was fine in the old version. Now I can't switch between email streams or drag and drop attachments or copy meetings across calendars? Need that functionality back!! Also adding Zoom link back in was such a pain.
AND why for love of ALL THAT IS HOLY do I have to download every stinking attachment!!!! **** Satya!!!!
30+ years ago, I believe, Microsoft had a saying 'Embrace-Extend-Extinguish'. Back then there were many other software brands such as:
Word Perfect my wife assures me much more user-friendly than Word
Quatro Pro spookily similar to Excel
Supercalc- much much better than Excel in those days!
Etc. etc.
My theory is that MS EEE'd them all. Their operating system wouldn't accept other software apps. This way all software competition to Microsoft was Extinguished.
I have never considered MS to be innovative; new versions of their software merely generate fresh and more revenue for them by causing confusion like the latest version of Outlook. I have just endured a stressful morning thanks to MS Teams; I'd far prefer Skype!
I'm afraid that all the stupid problems we now encounter with MS software started 30+years ago when all the competition was eradicated.
Put it this way: If I owned 100% of the worlds production of bread, I could sell stale loafs and get away with it, make a fortune- charge top dollar for 2nd rate bread. Be a Billionaire!
Same thing with MS in my humble opinion.
I could go on and on....................... but I won't
Gary Moonshine
I hate it so much! I keep trying to use the new version only to get so frustrated that the tools and organization that work for me are not options on this version. I keep refusing to use the updated version and I think that is causing a delay of up to 4 minutes anytime I receive a calendar reminder. I can only guess that the old version is not supported and is causing these long lags where I must sit and wait for the spinning wheel to let me start typing again? I am required to use this program for work and it makes my life so much harder.
Just chiming in to add my hate to the fire. So very frustrating!!!!!!