Mail continues to switch me to Outlook - how do I disable?

Anonymous
2023-12-21T10:06:19+00:00

About every 2- 3weeks, the Mail app continues to automatically switch me to Outlook, without asking me. And I have to manually switch back to Mail.

I run an HP Pavilion laptop with Windows 11.

I'm aware that Mail will eventually be discontinued, however, that's not for another year. I plan to use Mail for the next year, since Outlook currently is very difficult for me to use. However, Mail continually tries to suggest I switch, and then forces me to switch. This has happened over and over again for the last few months.

What can I do to disable Mail from switching me to Outlook?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-06T18:23:08+00:00

    My dude here has the answer. I have tried everything and nothing worked. I did what he said. It took a little doing because you have to remove all inherited permissions from the folder. After you remove all inherited go back and add yourself and administrator and change those permissions to read only and bam, no more switching. It doesn't stop it from downloading Outlook but it does stop it from switching automatically and it also stopped it from replacing my mail shortcut on the taskbar. You my friend walk on water too I bet. Thank you, I hope others see this response and it helps them too.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-23T23:32:44+00:00

    You are welcome

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-23T22:53:19+00:00

    This Worked!! thank you

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-13T21:42:39+00:00

    Try this: delete or rename in %AppData%\Local\Packages\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState Migration folder. Then create file "Migration" and make it Readonly. Must help.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-10-31T12:26:25+00:00

    When will Microsoft realise no body likes or wants the new Outlook, and that people were happy with the old Mail Calendar app, as it was easy to use, nice fuss free look and didn't take 200 years to open/load, and you could have as many email addresses from various other places as you wanted, now Oct 24, every time I open Mail this new rubbish adware bloated Outlook keeps downloading it's self in the back ground and taking over my pc... I have repeatedly uninstalled it and yet it keeps forcing it's self back onto my pc, NOT funny Microsoft, you should not be forcing end users to use something they don't want.

    I'm so fed up with this, forcible takeover by "new" Outlook and having tried various other email clients, but they are pretty much as bad as new Outlook, I'm thinking about going to Linux after being a solid Windows user since Windows 95.

    If anyone has a fool proof way to keep the old mail app and stop Outlook taking over, I'd love to hear it, other wise I'm off to find a different OS

    Regards

    One very disgruntled (ex) Windows user

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