new outlook client : Windows 10 taskbar will not unhide

The problem is that Microsoft's Outlook dev team implemented 'Fullscreen' mode rather than 'Maximise' the window. 'Fullscreen' was designed by Microsoft for game developers, where Gamers don't want the taskbar popping up and interrupting their gameplay. It's use in Outlook is a great example of how it should NOT be used. This is such an easy fix for a usability problem that affects every User.

Pressing the Windows key works instantly on my Windows 10 Pro OS, still very annoying though.

I'm guessing if you have two screens, it's not an issue, but no use if you only have the one screen.

I'm no luddite, I embrace change when there are genuine improvements, but don't try fix what isn't broken. The old version of Outlook was fine.

Also, I'm running a Dell Precision Tower 5810 workstation with an Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4. and 32 Gb of DDR4 EEC RDIMM.

Rock solid & goes like stink, but Microsoft have deemed this is not suitable for upgrading to Windows 11.

There is no way I'm binning this PC for a new one until really need to.

I've no doubt Microsoft will come up with some updates in the near future to sabotage older Windows 10 systems to force us to upgrade as they did with Windows 7.

It "sort of" works in my install of Windows 11, but you have to press and hold the windows key for a while. It is irritating as hell to get used to a particular way of working in windows over a span of nearly 35 years and then experience a change in the OS that alters how you have to work in just one productivity application.

Previously changes like this have either been minor and almost un-noticeable, or they have affected all applications in a uniform way so that adapting to them is quick and easy, and generally there has been some sort of setting that could be tweaked to keep the OS working in them familiar way. But this one really messes up my workflow and even with my most flexible and imaginative brain cells running at full power I just can't see any rational reason why Microsoft broke this feature.

Maybe this is just Microsoft's little way of trying to push us oldsters out of the workforce.

Mike, thank you for the useful work-around. It remains regrettable however, that Microsoft released an upgraded Outlook that breaks one of the more useful features of the operating system.

Mike, I second that! MS said that I need to reduce display scale to 125 from RECOMMENDED 200. It doesn't work, plus I cannot see anything. I have used the window resize, however I have to do it each time I restart the computer. MS also said it is a hardware issue. I am using a MICROSOFT Surface Book 3. I have the identical problem on a Dell XPS.

I have been a Beta tester for 17 years. MS had never before blown me off like this. BTW, I was forced to download New Outlook (not beta) when I reset the Dell.

Unfortunately resizing the window is only a temporary solution. On my computer it reverts to full screen after a day or two. Don't know why, but not willing to risk the smooth operation of my other applications to fiddle with it somewhere in the OS.