Hovering over a hyperlink in the "new" outlook doesn't display the actual URL. How can this be remedied.

Anonymous
2024-06-22T00:02:14+00:00

A very dangerous behavior in the new outlook is that hoving the mouse pointer over a hyperlink in an email no longer displays the actual URL of the link.

Seeing the true URL is the #1 way people can avoid getting email scammed. Removing this tool is inviting people to get defrauded. This should not be a default behavior and I cannot see how to resolve this.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-10T21:26:11+00:00

    We don't want to preview links. Seeing a picture of what the destination site looks like doesn't remotely solve the security issue of not knowing what the actual URL is. Scammers have gotten really good at making websites that look like official Microsoft Sites, Banking Sites, Retailer Sites.
    I know that if I go to www.bankofmychoice.ca/myaccount I'm safe but if I go to www.bankofmychoice.america.co/myaccount that I'm going to an unsafe site. This shouldn't be a difficult concept and I'm alarmed that people at microsoft aren't alarmed by this and haven't done a day 1 fix.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-10T21:11:47+00:00

    Is this fixing it so that it shows the URL when you hover? Or is it showing an actual preview of the page that the URL points to?

    I do not want a preview of the link, I don't want the link being requested at all unless it's specifically clicked on. I just want to see the URL.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-10T20:00:52+00:00

    I concur, it did not fix it for me.

    And even if it had, it's not a viable solution to deploy to all my users across our organization as it requires elevated credentials. And how often would we have to rerun this 'repair' to keep this feature active?

    Bah. I don't know why I continue to be astonished by MS' decisions.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-10T15:37:23+00:00

    Just tried that and it didnt work for me, hovering still does not show the URL preview

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-07-10T15:00:49+00:00

    Hey

    This might help someone. This issue got fixed for me after going into Programs and Features and repairing Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime installtion. I can now preview links in New Outlook.

    Marcin

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