Stop automatically installing the new Outlook

You can create a batch file that uses a wildcard for the username to delete files in a specific folder across all users. Here's an example of how you can do it:

batch
@echo off
set folderPath=C:\Users%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Migration\*
del /Q "%folderPath%"
echo Files in %folderPath% have been deleted.
pause-------------------------------------------------------------- This script does the following:

1. @echo off prevents commands from being displayed in the command prompt.
2. set folderPath=C:\Users\%username%\specific_folder\* sets the folder path, where %username% is a wildcard that automatically gets replaced with the currently logged-in user's username.
3. del /Q "%folderPath%" deletes all files in the specified folder quietly (/Q).
4. echo Files in %folderPath% have been deleted. prints a message indicating that the files have been deleted.
5. pause keeps the command prompt window open so you can see the message.

You could then save this file in the startup shell, just press the Windows key + R then type Shell:startup then OK

This should take you to the folder where you could save the batch file which will run each time a user logs on.

Hope this helps :)

What's even worse is I have auto app updates feature turned off, but it installs the new app anyways even though it's not supposed to update any apps.

hi corey,

I deleted these files however after 10 seconds of using the old windows mail, outlook(new) had reinstalled itself again. What am I doing wrong? it was definitely the correct files as you stated above.

Hello,

As of today, they have changed the way the new outlook is installed.

I haven't found out how yet, if someone can help me I will appreciate it.

Just wanted to mention it.

This app is borderline malware.

Edit: I found that if you uninstall it, when you launch the old mail app it unpins the old app, downloads the new outlook and pins it instead.

They have also changed the registry so you can't stop it from the registry editor.

Microsoft will soon be getting out the big stick. They'll spank us for bieng naughty and not doing what we're told :-(

Then there's the naughty step....