This browser is no longer supported.
Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support.
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(128, 8%, 22%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EA%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
I like to open unread emails in a new window vs the email window. It sometimes works by double clicking but not very often. Is there a trick I'm missing?
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.
Wow, that's a real bummer. They should be ashamed of themselves for not testing the new version before forcing it on people. Incredibly irresponsible of any IT team to push a new version on people without sufficient testing.
Agreed! My default workflow is to open email in individual windows which allows me to reference/cut-paste/action many items in parallel.
The reading pane is not a workaround as it marks items as read, regardless of if it has been viewed, and it is also a clunky workflow that I always have disabled in outlook.
If 'open in new window' is not a selectable or default action when opening/reading email, then I won't ever be using New Outlook .
(BTW - I do realise we actually work in serial regardless of how many windows are open)
I do not have either of these option with my mail, there are no setting showing at all!
We need the double left click to open email in new window.
It's not working and this is one of the most important feature to the workflow.
Also, you need to create an option to "always open messages in a new window".
ASAP!
When I first open the New Outlook, doubling clicking an e-mail does open the message in a new window, however this only works for the 1st e-mail, if I try and do this for another e-mail, it stays within the main Outlook window. The app can clearly do it, however there must be a bug which stops it working after the 1st e-mail
Yes, that's exactly what i've noticed.
The first mail I double click opens in a new window (as expected).
After that, it doesn't work anymore and it starts to open in the main window, no matter how fast I double click.
It's clearly a BUG.
Annoying!