GET RID OF NEW OUTLOOK NOW - Revert To Classic PLEASE

Anonymous
2024-10-01T14:50:45+00:00

Not sure how this happened but the new outlook is easily the worst piece of software I have ever seen. That takes into account MS-Dos and Win 95 disasters.

No clue why on earth they would force this garbage on us, when most of us used to say how great outlook was......

I MUST get back to classic now and how can I do it as it dropped all my other email accounts and created armageddon

NEED answers now

Thanks you

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-03T11:32:41+00:00

    Reading through this thread was very interesting. One thing that I don't see mentioned is that the New Outlook does not work with Excel VBA macros that send mail. I have MANY of these that I use for my Toastmasters support that now don't work because my new Win 11 laptop has Microsoft 365 with the New Outlook.

    I'll try some of the more promising hints above for sending the New Outlook back to perdition, where it came from.

    I have always loved Outlook as the absolute best app for handling email, calendars, and contacts. The whole experience trying to use the New Outlook was nothing short of a disaster. I can't help but wonder, what were they thinking????? Or, perhaps they just weren't.

    I'll update this post after attempting to kill the New Outlook beast and return my email to sanity.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-02T17:33:29+00:00

    If you are using a stand alone Office product with Outlook, you have to be very wary when updates are offered and check the options. Some updates will attempt to switch you to MS Office 365 which includes the new Outlook.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-05-01T00:23:30+00:00

    I SOMEHOW WAS FORCED into New (crappy) Outlook. Microsoft, this was a huge mistake. I HATE IT.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-04-20T16:32:18+00:00

    ...unless you just bought a new computer.

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  5. Hal Hostetler MVP-Outlook 12,011 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2025-04-17T22:31:27+00:00

    You can download and install Outlook Classic from here, may well fix the issue

    You can't open classic Outlook on a new Windows PC - Microsoft Support

    After getting/making sure Outlook Classic is installed, this is a good page to check:

    Use Classic Outlook, not New Outlook

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