Mar 09 2022 02:49 AM
Dears,
The navigation bar has been moved to the left. How can I change it back to be on the bottom?
Mar 13 2022 04:00 PM
Mar 14 2022 05:59 AM - edited Mar 14 2022 06:04 AM
Add me to the group who came here in hopes of finding a solution for moving the navigation bar from the left. One of my pet peeves across platforms and apps is the tendency for navigation bars and even pop-up windows to trend to the left. It's awkward, inconvenient, impedes efficiency along with ease of movement. Guessing one of the higher ups at MS set in their ways was determined that this change be made.
Mar 14 2022 06:03 AM
Mar 14 2022 06:24 AM
@42forall did you try my trick of opening in safe mode, closing, then reopening in regular mode? It worked for me.
Mar 14 2022 12:04 PM
I followed your instructions, and even though it wouldn't let me open outlook in safe mode, I read between the lines and turned off "Coming Soon", closed Outlook, opened it again and voila! Icons were back at the bottom - where they need to be - are you listening Microsoft???!!!
Mar 14 2022 01:28 PM
@Jim_K-MI did. That part which says "The option to turn "Coming Soon" back off is available again in the upper right"? Nope. Sadly not there.
Mar 14 2022 01:40 PM
@42forall I had to use this registry key to get my Outlook to revert.
Mar 15 2022 05:10 AM
@_JR321Happily when I logged in this morning, everything is now tickety-boo. Safe mode did end up working but apparently needed a subsequent log-in to trigger the reversion.
Mar 15 2022 06:02 AM
It is an Outlook coming Soon feature, If you don't like that you can turn if off.
Mar 15 2022 06:20 AM
Mar 15 2022 11:53 AM
@Rj__M Totally agree - for the life of me I cannot understand why they change stuff that in changes the look and feel, but services no functional purpose. I have spent several hours trying this until I ran into this thread and found out they changed it. I just shake my head and wonder why they do stuff like this. Put it back or provide option for user to do it.
Mar 15 2022 01:30 PM
Mar 15 2022 09:45 PM
Mar 17 2022 07:52 AM
@_JR321 I too cannot move my navigation bar and don't like it up on the left.. I like to be able to customize my icons for MY usage. Microsoft~ please read our comments and let us put the bar back where we want it not where YOU think we want it. Try ASKING us first! thanks, but no thanks!
Mar 17 2022 04:07 PM
Another one for the list - this change *SUCKS*. I just wasted too much time trying to figure out why it moved the icons to such an awful place, which for me is way up at the upper left of my leftmost screen, given where I park Outlook. This just wastes a huge vertical strip down the left side of the window now and puts the icons in the absolute worst place for me. Put them back, or at least let me do it.
I am pissed. Fix this.
Mar 22 2022 03:44 PM
Here is what I got from Microsoft help and it worked:
This view is a part of new user interface change implemented by the development team and that is the reason the navigation bar is now appear on the extreme left of the Outlook window.
We request you to access the link in a incognito or in-private window and download the Registry file. Once the file is downloaded, please double click the file and click on 'Yes' to merge it. Lastly, restart Outlook twice. We are positive that this will mitigate the problem observed.
Mar 22 2022 10:11 PM