How to Open Emails in Separate Window in New Outlook

Anonymous
2023-05-08T18:21:51+00:00

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?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-03-15T19:51:06+00:00

    I found that a fast triple click opens the email in a new window but it sometimes doesn't work if I don't click fast enough. It's really annoying. I would never use outlook if my company didn't have it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-06-22T17:41:45+00:00

    Why is anyone still using this new version if it's messing with the way they work? I don't see a single feature that one can't live without in this new version. Old one works just fine and has all the necessary features. New one looks nice, but is broken in more ways than one, and it's clear that Microsoft has no intent to fix the issue. I'm also part of the group that hates the reading pane. I've hated it since the day Microsoft released it and turned it on as a default. It's the first thing I turn off on a new install. I won't use the reading pane just to be able to open an email in a separate window. Again, old version is great. When you revert to the old version, Microsoft becomes aware of this in their usage metrics. Please stop using the new version if it doesn't meet all your needs.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-01T09:18:06+00:00

    I'm afraid this doesn't work, as that option has been disabled.

    In another spectacular triumph for Microsoft I am unable to paste nor insert the screenshot I have taken, but take it from me: those options do not exist.

    All I get in Settings > Email > Customise actions is six options, not the long list shown in theory above.

    The six options I get are Delete, Archive, Pin, Mark as read or unread, Flag and Move to a Folder.

    This really is a total failure. It should be blindingly obvious that there is a need to view a number of emails at once, for instance if you want to refer to the thoughts of a number of people while composing another email. That this has not occurred to MS developers after thirty years of working on Outlook just shows how hopelessly removed they are from the customers who pay their wages.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-09T00:36:27+00:00

    This is not the solution, nor is it a new option. That option is specific to "what happens when you write, reply or forward a message", not what happens when you are looking at an email folder and click on an email to open.

    When reading pane is disabled a single click should NEVER open the email within the same window.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-06-16T09:40:07+00:00

    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

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