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I didn't attempt to offer a way to get rid of this because there is nothing we can do as Users. As an IT type person myself, I do not like Registry Hacks as I've indicated in my prior Posting. They are only temporary (and end up needing to be re-hacked again) and contrary to the Documentation on how the product works. The only real solution is for Microsoft to make the change itself.
I would also speculate it isn't the Engineers but rather a mandate from the Area Of Microsoft which is promoting this product to the customers of Microsoft. The Engineers only produce a product mandated by the Department in Microsoft that is selling this product. The Engineers do not get to dictate what is presented to the Public.
But when you talk about Microsoft doesn't care about Feedback. Where are you interpreting this Feedback is being presented to Microsoft? If you are referring to this Forum, there have been several commenters (who seem to be closely associated with Microsoft) in this Forum which have indicated that Microsoft doesn't look at this Forum for Feedback but rather only look at the Feedback mechanism within Microsoft Teams (in this case for this product). Not knowing if that is entirely correct, I have been giving my Feedback through the Application Feedback mechanism for Outlook as well as through this Forum. I have done so already many times and my last Feedback a few days ago was rather Vehemently Expressed.
So, when you say Microsoft doesn't care about Feedback, I hope you have given your Feedback through the application Feedback Mechanism of Outlook as I'm guessing all the complaining being done in this Forum may not be noted by Microsoft. This Forum seems to be mostly a place for Application Users to get assistance from other Application Users with their problems in actually using the features or just generally expressing their frustrations.
I am just as much irritated by this change as everyone else and rather more so than some of the others. Microsoft seems to be gradually over the years been eliminating or breaking useful features. Some of the problems I've found in Word, for instance, appear to be because of a Design Flaw of the application code.
