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but I’ve found people generally become maniacally resistant to any change to what they’ve become used to.
It’s not just a matter of being used to something; it’s also a matter of the something else not being capable of doing the work. QuickBooks Online is the textbook case for this. Intuit states publicly that the online version does not have all the functionality of the installed version, yet they continue to flog it anyway. I have two clients who drank the Kool-Aid and tried QB online. Both reverted to QB desktop for a variety of reasons.
It’s telling that, while Intuit has stopped selling new licenses for the desktop program (except for QB Enterprise), it continues to support current users via subscription.
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But that’s okay. Just because Outlook (new) is on your machine doesn’t mean you have to use it. There are plenty of other email clients out there to which you can choose to route your email traffic and away from Microsoft’s surveillance.
The point is that most folks don’t want a different email client; they want the Outlook that they bought and that they have used for years. They want the flexibility that comes from having the same program (more or less) on their computers, their phones, their tablets and in their browsers.
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Yes, they are adding Outlook (new) to Win10 and doing it in a sneaky way.
Using a ‘security update’ to add non-security software makes it more difficult for people and organizations to avoid Outlook (new).
It debases the importance of security updates by making them another way to add software to suit Microsoft’s agenda.
https://office-watch.com/2025/new-outlook-coming-to-windows-10-like-it-or-not/
Peter Deegan
Office-Watch.comIf anyone needed any proof that “new” Outlook is not ready for prime time (or even late-night infomercials), Microsoft’s full-court press to force the program onto Windows computers and force replacement of “real” Outlook is it.
It is also proof positive that Microsft does not give a rat’s rump about its customers.
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I am running Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook-classic, OneNote, Publisher, and Access) on a Windows 10 Pro OS held at Version 22H2 by a policy. I have Admin privileges on this machine and (working from a Standard Account) opened Regedit, running it as an administrator. I tried to follow your directions for hiding the “Try the new Outlook” Button and for preventing me from being upgraded to the New Outlook (I use .PST files extensively). I could not see the branches (specifically Outlook) you listed in the Registry Tree under 16.0. What can I do now?
Thanks, Alys
I had the same problem – you can’t find them because they don’t exist. As others have pointed out, they are set by the Outlook group policy ADMX. You can’t create them manually for a regular user due to a lack of permissions and lack of permissions to change permissions. Running regedit as Administrator does not work because, while you can create and set the keys, you are doing so for the Adminsitator which is the HKEY_CURRENT_USER while you’re running as such.
I suppose you could figure out which hive belongs to your normal account, load it using Load Hive under HKEY_USERS, add the keys and them unload the hive. However, I’ve tried doing so with other keys and they’ve not worked.
The one key that does work is the one to turn off the nag about changing to new Outlook. If I recall, you still have to create the key itself, but nothing above it.
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\General]
“HideNewOutlookToggle”=dword:00000001=======================================================
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PC Mag or ZD Net published this a while back. It’s what you said but in a conveniently formatted .reg file.
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}]
@=””[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32]
@=””———————————————————————————–
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Lance says “The Taskbar is less flexible and customizable than its Windows 10 counterpart”.
Certainly true, but StartAllBack helps a lot. That was the tiebreaker for me between it and Start11.
Start menu replacements are fine for one’s own computer, perhaps for the computer in the house. However, using one robs one of the experience needed when working on clients’ computers. Tweaking client computers with one’s personal favorite start menu replacement really is not an option.
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Have some pity for those of us who have to get new machines or have clients who do. Dell, for example, is shipping machines with 24H2 installed. So far, my clients have not encountered any noticeable problems, but there’s always tomorrow.
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