How to TURN OFF auto start of OUTLOOK (NEW) on computer?

Looks like Microsoft has sealed off that option for me too. The "Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update or restart" is greyed out and I cannot actuate the toggle switch. I find the arrogance of software designers making my choices for me infuriating.

I respect your opinion and don't doubt that you have reason to believe that you are correct.

This setting stopped the problem for me. It persists when that is on, and it does not persist when it is off. So while my explanation as to why it works may be incorrect, it does not change the underlying fact that it controls the problem on my machine.

Because this can be demonstrated on my machine empirically, /that/ it works is not subject to criticism or argument. Moreover, the fact /that/ it worked means more to me than the /why/ it worked.

So, I would ask that you refrain from wasting this space to debate what conclusively worked for me and please direct your efforts to helping those that still have the problem. Or, perhaps to microsoft to help them track down the third variable that leads to this correlation. Both parties could learn from your insights. But, since this resolved my problem, I have no need of your advice.

Cheers

That is not what this setting is for Jon. That setting is used by the Windows Update process. When an update occures that requires a reboot to finish processing the update, this tells Windows to automatically use the user's credentials to log in and complete the update process (without you having to login first so it can complete) when a user needs to be logged in for completion..

This has absolutely no effect on the recurrence of Windows Mail (running under the "new" Outlook "lite") from auto-launching every periodic time.

Pretty crappy of them to not put a disable feature in.. Sick of it opening on every startup!!

Hello

Let us see if the following works. Before you begin:

1. Make a restore point.
2. Take Backup of the registry.

Here you go:

1.Open Windows Terminal, and select either Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt.

2. Copy and paste the command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter to see a list of all startup apps for your account and their registry location.

wmic startup get caption,user,location

3. Make note of the registry Location (ex: "HKU\S-1-5-21-2212846312-626644311-134141314-1001\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run") for the startup app Caption you want to remove from running at startup for your account.
4. Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe)
5. Copy and paste the registry Location (ex: "HKU\S-1-5-21-2212846312-626644311-134141314-1001\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run") from step 3 for the startup app Caption you want to remove into the address bar of Registry Editor, and press Enter to open that location.
6. In the right pane, right click on the startup app Name you want to remove, and click/tap on Delete.
7. Click/tap on Yes to approve deleting.