Microsoft will “forcibly” install the new Outlook on Windows 10 as part of the monthly security patches for February 2025. An unusual method of adding applications and even more so when Microsoft canceled quality updates and new functions for Windows 10 more than a year ago and is embarking on a crusade for users to migrate to Windows 11. But when for commercial reasons it has been interested in adding software to Windows 10, it has done without any problem. We saw it with the Copilot assistant and now with Outlook.
Beyond this confusing strategy, it must be said that Microsoft’s new email client is a breath of fresh air, as long as you use this type of applications because the use of email has been greatly reduced at the consumption level and, furthermore, , webmail services like Google Gmail dominate the market almost absolutely.
Microsoft wants to close the gap and has been developing a new application for some time that we knew years ago as ‘One Outlook’. The new client has been based on the Outlook.com web application, but with a revised Windows 11-style design and a improved integration with other services such as the Microsoft 365 online productivity suite. In the development phase, Microsoft has been adding functions and improving its design, adding support for personal Microsoft accounts, offline support, POP account support and the addition of AI that the company you will use in all your software.
Of course, you will have support for multiple third-party accounts such as Gmailin addition to Microsoft’s own in what is perhaps its greatest advantage over integration into Windows, since it will allow you to use and switch between all of them under a single application. The new client will replace the current Mail, Calendar and People applications and will be included as the default mail client in Windows.
Outlook in Windows 10, can it be avoided?
In Windows 11 it is installed by default and the same will happen in Windows 10, forcibly installed in the next security update. For Windows 11 and once installed, Microsoft itself explains you can use the following command in Powershell to delete the app and prevent it from being installed again in future updates:
- ‘Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage’ with the value Microsoft.OutlookForWindows.
The following registry key must also be removed:
- ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\Orchestrator\UScheduler_Oobe\OutlookUpdate.
However, It will not be possible to block the installation of Outlook in Windows 10 in advance due to the way in which it is going to be deployed, the monthly security patches. However, in this version it can be uninstalled like any other application transparently. This means that you must allow the monthly security patches for February 2025 to be installed and only then can you uninstall it.
Third-party tools like the popular Bloatynosy they say they are capable of pre-lock installing Outlook, but only on Windows 11 installations.
Source: www.muycomputer.com
