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The report highlights that microsoft hopes that as many users as possible will make the switch as soon as possible. However, the fresh version still lags significantly behind the old one in terms of functionality. For several months now, the ‘Try the fresh Outlook’ button has been appearing in the classic Outlook, allowing you to switch to the fresh version of the email program.
In a fresh development, if you want to ensure that the button for the fresh Outlook isn’t accidentally clicked, you can remove it using a registry entry. To do this, first close the classic Outlook. Then type regedit into the search box on the taskbar and click on the ‘Registry Editor’ result. Furthermore, it only allows emails to be stored online on a Microsoft server.
As part of the ongoing story, if you want to avoid accidentally activating the fresh version of Outlook, you can remove the toggle in the classic Microsoft Outlook.
Industry observers note that select ‘Recent > DWORD (32-bit) Value’ and name the fresh value ‘HideNewOutlookToggle.’. Follow the path “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Applications\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\General” and right-click in the right-hand pane.
As part of the ongoing story, when you restart Outlook, the toggle will have disappeared. Then double-click it and enter 1 as the value.
According to the latest update, further reading: Windows’ fresh Outlook app: 4 key details you absolutely need to know.
In a fresh development, this article originally appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.
In a fresh development, roland Freist is a freelance IT journalist covering topics related to Windows, applications, networks, security and the Internet.