A very handy feature of previous versions of Outlook was to Delete and flag e-mail messages based upon the sender and a small snippet of information of the e-mail within the desktop Alert.
Alas, If you run windows 8 and Outlook 2013 you are subject to the Basic Windows 8 Notifications where you can click to read the mail, and that is It ! not the best when you know the mail is Junk and just want rid !.
Solution
Fear Not, There is a quick and handy workaround to bring the feature back. Simply make Outlook (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\outlook.exe), (may be different for x86) run in Windows Vista Compatibility Mode. Simply Right click, properties, Compatibility, Select run in Windows Vista (Service Pack 2) mode.
Close and Re-open outlook and all is Good. Welcome Back Desktop Alert !
Wow, even Microsoft specialists could not answer this one! Good for you and that one worked. Thank you, this was a great help!
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful idea, and it does work !
DeleteThe problem is, that for several versions of Win8 the compatibility tab is missing,
But it can be overcome by workaround described here: http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/6832-compatibility-mode-use-windows-8-a.html, option three.
Thank you for the very helpful solution to a MS annoyance.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, this solution works.
ReplyDeleteHi
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing. Really a good fix Outlook
this is great....works running Office 2013 on windows 10, using windows 7 compatibility
ReplyDeleteThis worked a treat on Windows 10. Cheers
ReplyDeleteThis had bothered me since i upgraded to Windows 8. Thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteYeah, thanks for that! Windows 10, using Windows 7 compatibility mode as well. :-)
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