How to remove old Outlook after switching to New Outlook

Anonymous
2023-08-31T13:11:06+00:00

After changing to the New Outlook, my office apps still try to use old outlook application when I try to share a document (File - Share - Email). It opens old outlook but wont send. It just sets in Outbox. I assume some clean up is necessary to remove remanence of old Outlook?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-04-29T21:57:38+00:00

    This has been a really frustrating experience. I followed your instructions, and it keeps asking whether I want to repair it or not. Once I cancelled it, it was going nowhere, so I finally clicked to repair, and it downloaded the program again. then nothing happens. I followed the steps again, and it asks to repair again. I tried other different things, but this is really frustrating. In the meantime, some of the meeting invites go to Classic Outlook, not New Outlook....

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-04-28T06:16:35+00:00

    I just want some 365 apps, but Microsoft are worthless

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-04-25T10:49:58+00:00

    What has worked for me (I think), I opened old outlook, and closed new outlook. Ran task manager right clicked>open file location and deleted from there.

    So far I cannot see old outlook anywhere in my apps and new outlook seems to be okay.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-26T13:49:48+00:00

    14?? 3.1 was 32... ;)

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-03-03T08:26:50+00:00

    Thanks Nathan, that is helpful and at the same time explains at the same time why it is behaving so differently then parallel installations. I have solved my issue of some features being linked to the old mode of outlook (like sending files from explorer, opening vcs files) and some to the new outlook (like opening mail links) by creating a new windows profile where everything is still linked to the old outlook mode.

    I won't use the new outlook mode as it does not support opening of vcs files and pst files, which I need to access archived mailboxes. I still really don't understand how Microsoft removed these features. I understand that you maybe don't want to create pst files anymore, but opening existing pst files should be possible. And vcs files are a standards way of sharing contact information and it is beyond me why this feature has been dropped.

    I hope that the old outlook mode will be available as long as these essential features are not in the new version.

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