Outlook thinks it's my most important application
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Today I started work by opening the programs I commonly use (thankfully my company still uses Win7), but then quickly noticed that Outlook would not allow itself to be hidden by any other windows, unless I minimized it. Yes, I could minimize it whenever I wanted to see what might be underneath it, but as you can imagine, whenever I only needed to see a part of an email while I work in another program, this quickly becomes annoying.
I tried minimizing, maximizing, resizing, and restoring Outlook and the other programs a number of times, as that has fixed the problem before, but all to no avail. So I googled the problem. Turns out, this is a not-uncommon issue with a couple possible solutions (any of which might fix your particular instance of this problem):
- Change a registry value
- Disable Add-ins
- Unlock-Lock the Taskbar
Of course, after trying one of these fixes, Outlook needs to be restarted, which as we all know is a regular, normal, and expected step in fixing IT problems. (side note: should it be?)
So let's consider this third solution. It only works when the Taskbar begins in a locked state, then is unlocked, then is locked again. If you have your Taskbar unlocked to begin with, you have to lock it to put it in the expected starting state, then you can unlock-lock, and then finally unlock it back to your preferred setting.
What in the world?!
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@djls45 that's the problem with a lot of software. they think they are the most important stuff on your computer
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Once upon a time, I worked at the front desk at a clinic. One day, we were having network trouble, with connectivity going on and off randomly. At one point, it must have affected my coworker's connection to the email server, because she suddenly groaned, "Oh, now I've lost my Outlook!"
One of the clients sitting in the waiting area looked up with concern on her face. "On life?"
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@djls45 said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
needs to be restarted, which as we all know is a regular, normal, and expected step in fixing IT problems in the Microsoft world. (side note: should it be?)
FTFY
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@TimeBandit said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
@djls45 said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
needs to be restarted, which as we all know is a regular, normal, and expected step in fixing IT problems in the Microsoft world. (side note: should it be?)
FTFY
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@TimeBandit said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
@russ0519 This video contains content from Fremantle International, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.
Thanks Fremantle !
really? That video is so old, it should be public domain by now.
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@djls45 said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
Outlook needs to be restarted,
I restart my outlook a dozen times a day. Whenever I change between docked and undocked, it loses track of my network, and asks for credentials again. Restarting it makes it see the AD connection again and fetch new mail.
My padawan has this problem more often than I, but I've also seen it just... quietly stop fetching mail.
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@TimeBandit said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
@djls45 said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
needs to be restarted, which as we all know is a regular, normal, and expected step in fixing IT problems in the Microsoft world. (side note: should it be?)
FTFY
Is it different in the Mac or Linux world? I have little experience there. I know that, with their mobile devices like MP3 players or cell phones, power cycling the device is often a way to fix certain issues.
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@Yamikuronue Could be worse. Could be HipChat, which actually crashes every time you unplug a monitor.
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@russ0519 said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
really? That video is so old, it should be public domain by now.
Thanks The Walt Disney Company !
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@blakeyrat I suspect Eclipse's tendency to stop building after a while for no reason has to do with undocking and docking too, but I can't prove it.
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@Yamikuronue said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
@djls45 said in [Outlook thinks it's my most important application]>
I restart my outlook a dozen times a day. Whenever I change between docked and undocked, it loses track of my network, and asks for credentials again. Restarting it makes it see the AD connection again and fetch new mail.For all the snark it's been getting, Outlook is actually surprisingly stable for me. I generally restart it about once a week, and only because another program we use that integrates with it gets updated about once a week and it needs me to shut down Outlook so its installer can update the plugin.
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@djls45 said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
Is it different in the Mac or Linux world? I have little experience there. I know that, with their mobile devices like MP3 players or cell phones, power cycling the device is often a way to fix certain issues.
Don't know about Mac, but if something doesn't work on Linux and I reboot, it still doesn't work.
Windows : if you reboot and it still doesn't work, you have a real problem.
Warning
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@TimeBandit said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
@djls45 said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
Is it different in the Mac or Linux world? I have little experience there. I know that, with their mobile devices like MP3 players or cell phones, power cycling the device is often a way to fix certain issues.
Don't know about Mac, but if something doesn't work on Linux and I reboot, it still doesn't work.
Windows : if you reboot and it still doesn't work, you have a real problem.
Warning
Linux is not really meant to be used as a desktop. It's great on servers, but once X gets involved, watch out.
As much as I hate Apple, if I wanted a Linuxy desktop I would probably get a mac.
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@russ0519 said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
Linux is not really meant to be used as a desktop. It's great on servers, but once X gets involved, watch out.
As much as I hate Apple, if I wanted a Linuxy desktop I would probably get a mac.
I've been using Linux on the desktop for years and don't have any problem with X. YMMV
If I couldn't run Linux on the desktop, I would probably get a Mac.
Windows is not that horrible, for a couple hours at a time, it's a nice gaming platform ;)
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@russ0519 said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
As much as I hate Apple, if I wanted a Linuxy desktop I would probably get a mac.
If I wanted a Linuxy desktop, I'd get an Android desktop.
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@TimeBandit on the other hand, X on a Mac for apps (like you, Inkscape) can DIAF.
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@Yamikuronue said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
I've also seen it just... quietly stop fetching mail.
No! Nonononono, don't tell me about things like this, plausible deniability means I don't know it could have been doing this so it's not my fault for not replying to emails within 4 hours...
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I restart my outlook a dozen times a day.
In my experience, at least recently, it mostly restarts automatically, because "Outlook has stopped working..."
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@TimeBandit said in Outlook thinks it's my most important application:
Don't know about Mac, but
if something doesn't work onLinuxand I reboot, it stilldoesn't workFTFY