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For several months now, when I click on links in emails from LinkedIn or Indeed, Outlook (new) opens two (2) tabs for the same link. Every time.
It does not do this if I switch back to the (Old) Outlook.
It does not do this if I open the same email/links in my Outlook 365 desktop application.
Since Microsofte embedded "safelinks" scanning, the Outlook (New) app has been a royal pain with links in emails, hiding links from view, and with this additional irritation, it seems that the development team have lost the plot.
My "Default" browser has no bearing on the result., it does it in Chrome or Firefox when set to default.
Switch to the old version of Outlook App, the issue goes away.
Forward an email to my priamary Outlook365 mailboxes... the issue is non existent...
By testing 3 versions of Outook with 3 web browsers, I only get the issue with the New Outlook App,... therefore I can only conclude that Microsoft have fudged this (New Outlook) version up even more.
*Note that for me it is only email links from LinkedIn and Indeed job alert emails and notifications, I have yet to find another platforms emails that are affected.
Are you getting any issues with these?
Lmk here if you find any other major platform emails too,
Ta!
Using New Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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Same for me. Just 1 tab (Outlook New + Edge). And more importantly, no more excessive memory consumption.
Same here! It started around a week ago.
Disabling pop-ups for outlook.com helped
Thank you for your reply.
So, obviously, the answer for the fix is not to simply switch to Edge.
Thank you all for validating my current Outlook experience reality!
I have the same problem and I can see by the number of people with varying degrees of the same complaint are also experiencing this frustrating and annoying issue. Sometimes, a click on a link opens 2 tabs displaying the same link, and other times clicking on the link will open up to 5 tabs, all with the same link information. I hope Microsoft (or whoever) fixes this soon. None of the suggested remedies to resolve the issue have worked thus far. I did receive a suggestion that I use Edge as my browser, as it won't happen with Edge. But... I don't want to use Edge, or I would aready be doing so.
I confirmed that middle mouse click does open only one tab in Edge. Thanks.