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Bye bye App Search Window
Outlook 2016 App Search Bar
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Anonymous
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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2024-02-14T11:36:39+00:00 -
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2024-02-15T00:52:39+00:00 Thank you so much community members that posted as I Googled today and this thread came up. Thought I was going mad with a shrunken search box and a large app box that I couldn't find to turn off that you couldn't even click in. Why did it suddenly appear - because Microsoft had tweaked something that then impacted this?
The thread above worked for me 'The Outlook Team implemented a fix for this issue in Version 2401 Build 17231.20236. The fixed build is available starting on 2/13/24 (for us Aussies it is 13/2/24 or just write in full 13 February 2024 to avoid confusion). To install the update immediately selectFile*,Office Account,Update Options,Update Now.'* Need to wait for updates to finish but to really be sure I restarted my PC.