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navigation bar moved to left
Ugh, this just happened to me this morning also, the new look is showing and a hate it. Tried to change it via steps I saw here and it didn't work, does anyone know a way to revert it back to the original look?
It's the new design, and Microsoft wants you to use it. They have given us a temporary reprieve - build 2211 allows you to "snooze" the feature of File > Options > Advanced - Show apps in Outlook. If you have all updates installed and are in Current channel, you should have this setting in Options.
Please vote for and comment on this suggestion - hopefully they will add a permanent solution for people who want to remove it.
https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/c4da6df0-a9a0-ec11-a81c-000d3a0eaac7
If you have an older version of Outlook, you can add a string value named Microsoft.Office.Outlook.Hub.HubBar to the key below and set it to False, then restart Outlook. (It's only a short term fix, although right now, we don't know how short term.)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\ExperimentConfigs\ExternalFeatureOverrides\outlook
If you don't want to edit the registry, I have a ready to use reg file at the end of this article -
https://www.slipstick.com/outlook/outlooks-left-navigation-bar/
JBojarskiMassively frustrating. The irony is this is an accessibility issue and yet there is no option within the Accessibility feature to makes this bar accessible. So !*&^$%$#%&^!*& at the MS upper management moron who insisted this bar be permanently docked.
