My outlook is stuck on the new version. How to go back to classic version?

Anonymous
2024-05-01T01:35:22+00:00

My email does not have the toggle option in the top right corner to get the classic outlook back. There is no longer the old outlook in the store either. I have also tried the steps in registry editor and that didn’t work out either.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-12T00:05:30+00:00

    Thank you, I will try this

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-13T16:08:32+00:00

    I never chose this new outlook emaiol look -- it is stuck in an impossible to use format -- the new email window in tiny

    And you make it very difficult to change back to something usable

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-13T17:15:37+00:00

    Yes I do have both icons. If I right click the old outlook icon I do get options but the actual executable file "outlook.exe" does not work anymore. I have double clicked, hit run, hit run as administrator and none of these actions will execute this program. The root directory is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office \Office 16\OUTLOOK.EXE.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-13T17:19:50+00:00

    Sorry, this is not an answer but I am curious to know which of the people having this issue own their own copy of Microsoft Office and which us Office 365. Is there a possibility that only owners are having this issue?

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  5. Hal Hostetler MVP-Outlook 12,011 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2025-01-13T20:16:44+00:00

    If you try to launch Outlook Classic from the root path, C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office \Office 16\OUTLOOK.EXE, what exactly happens? Error message(s)? Nothing at all? Have you tried repairing it from Settings > Apps?

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