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I wanted to disable the prompt and button for new Outlook. I found this guide and wrote a few lines of PowerShell to automate it and wanted to share.

# Source https://edi.wang/post/2025/1/20/how-to-stop-automatically-switching-to-new-outlook
$path='HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook'

# Remove and create to ensure correct data type
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "$path\Options\General" -Name 'NewOutlookAutoMigrationStage' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
New-ItemProperty -Path "$path\Options\General" -Name 'NewOutlookAutoMigrationStage' -Type DWord -Value 1
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "$path\Options\General" -Name 'NewOutlookAutoMigrationStage'
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "$path\Options\General" -Name 'NewOutlookAutoMigrationType'
Remove-Item -Path "$path\NewOutlook"
# Remove and create to ensure correct data type
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "$path\Preferences" -Name 'UseNewOutlook' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
New-ItemProperty -Path "$path\Preferences" -Name 'UseNewOutlook' -Type DWord -Value 0
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "$path\Preferences" -Name 'NewOutlookRenudgeStartDate'
Remove-ItemProperty -Path "$path\Preferences" -Name 'NewOutlookRenudgeStartDate'
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[-] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

So this is all user-based though?

I would assume so since it is HKEY_CURRENT_USER. I took a glance at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and the same keys were not there. Perhaps this would had to be run for each user at first login.

I am the only user of my work computer and it is not even managed, so PSADT would indeed be overkill. :-)

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yes, indeed!

edit but, you know, don't let that stop you from really fixing it (so hard that it might need some additional remediation afterwards)

this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2026
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