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
    2024-09-30T19:05:18+00:00

    Microsoft is a **** joke, I agree 100 %

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-19T09:59:37+00:00

    Second point to note, they've UNINSTALLED 'Mail' on my pc now too.

    RIP

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-22T19:13:17+00:00

    I am a legally blind man that manages 5 mail accounts and my PC came with the mail app. It seems to me that programs that were on the PC when I purchased it should not be forceably taken and exchanged for something I'm not as familiar with. Just saying. If I find a way to halt this forced exchange, I'm going to do it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-30T10:04:33+00:00

    Hi I also found another way to stop outlook from auto installing, after I recently ran windows update, found as soon as I opened mail it took me to outlook, immediately closed and uninstalled outlook, I opened mail again and that damn outlook reinstalled, so every time outlook uninstalled it kept reinstalling, so I deleted Outlook update in the registry, now have mail back permanently, with no pesky "try Outlook" pop up in mail, but do have the try Outlook button still there, strange thing as well I ran windows store update and my mail app had an update so updated, so MS must be still supporting Mail for now.

    My fix: [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\Orchestrator\UScheduler_Oobe\OutlookUpdate]

    I went to this location and deleted the OutlookUpdate file, I checked my mail app after pc reboot and all ok up to press, few days now now issues.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-19T16:03:44+00:00

    This solution is no longer working, at least for me anyway.

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