Outlook 2016 App Search Bar

Anonymous
2024-01-29T08:39:51+00:00

One of my clients woke to a new search bar in Outlook 2016 right next to the regular search bar, the new search bar is called "App Search", it is bigger than the regular search bar, pushes it aside to the point that it is too small to work with, and the App Search bar itself doesn't work at all, you can click it but nothing happens, I have tried to find a way to remove it but even uninstalling and reinstalling the whole office suite the App Search bar still remains, she has two computers but only one is affected by it.

I would like some help with it, or at least make a notice of it so Microsoft can fix this bug.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-02-03T18:30:20+00:00

    I've been a MS gal since the 90s and have always hated Apple products due to the lack of control the end user has compared to MS. Yet when my 7 pro laptop died last year I had no choice but to get an 11 machine. That's fine, HOWEVER I HATE (with a passion) that we as end users don't have the control we once did.

    As if the lack of full control isn't bad enough, having these types of updates forced on us with no way of removing them is just as bad. Come on MS, fix this, and just as important, let us take control back of our machines, like we had for decades.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-03T11:34:33+00:00

    The fix is to wait until 2/13/2024 or roll the update back. There are some unsatisfactory workarounds too.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/outlook-unexpectedly-has-an-app-search-bar-above-the-message-list-c1bed629-0d4e-42d4-b66e-877cccb74b47

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-03T06:28:28+00:00

    The idiot who did this must be terminated.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-02T10:49:09+00:00

    Do we have any updates?

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