Disable New Outlook from appearing in the Taskbar after OOBE (W11 24H2)

Doesnt work unfotrunately, applied via GPO, I think the icon is added to the taskbar before the key is applied via gpo and once on the taskbar the key doesnt seem to affect it at all. Does anyone know of a local machine key rather than current user?
 
Hi, stumble across this thread searching to disable this Outlook bloatware. What I have seen for now :
- This shortcut appear a few seconds after the profile is created.
- Except the icon used by the shortcut, I have not found anything in user folders.
- In HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband, the registry key Favorites contains some value about Outlook (new). If you edit the Hexa code, remove values linked to outlook, and restart explorer process, the shortcut disapear. Nevertheless, you can't do that in default profile, as the shortcut does not exist when the profile is created, same rule for GPO, even if I did not try.
 
pieterdezwart said:
Did anyone manage to find a solution for this issue?
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I didn't find the best suitable solution. But during system installation, I create a RunOnce key in default profile who call a local Powershell script replacing the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband Default value, and restart Explorer process. For now, 24H2 installations will not be in production in my company with this, as how awful it is for the final user :(
 
i used lite template when removing components and there is no icon, when i have more time ill test gaming and privacy templates, and then try to find the specific package.
 
found the component, no more icon by removing:
Windows Feature Experience Pack - Desktop (MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS)
 
Must be the most funny support thread all year. LOL!
2 sites support for 49 removals and OP still don't listen to Tistou77 advices.

For OP - 49 removals is nothing given there's over 1000 removal options in NTL.
And your preset still show you don't remove OUTLOOK InBox App.
Tested on 26100.2605.
And for that matter remove Outlook for Windows too in App section of removals and you can kiss Outlook goodbye.
Thanks.
 
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cristhian2k47 said:
solved:

Code: 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent]
"DisableCloudOptimizedContent"=dword:00000001
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Thank you very much! This works perfectly! found it being discussed on a win10 forum years ago for xbox app and dismissed it as it looked specificly for xbox. Silly me!
 
cristhian2k47 said:
solved:

Code: 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent]
"DisableCloudOptimizedContent"=dword:00000001
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Thanks! This works indeed. At first I thought it didn't, but I made a mistake that resulted in the reg not being applied.
 
francis11 said:
Must be the most funny support thread all year. LOL!
2 sites support for 49 removals and OP still don't listen to Tistou77 advices.

For OP - 49 removals is nothing given there's over 1000 removal options in NTL.
And your preset still show you don't remove OUTLOOK InBox App.
Tested on 26100.2605.
And for that matter remove Outlook for Windows too in App section of removals and you can kiss Outlook goodbye.
Thanks.
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I'm really sorry that due to the language barrier I don't know how to insult you to dispel your arrogance. You didn't even think carefully about the problem I encountered and just used your limited knowledge to laugh at me. At first I thought you were too anxious and didn't have the energy to think carefully, but after reading your words carefully I think your knowledge is simply too narrow, so narrow that you can only customize your system through the limited options of ntlite. You may not even know their principles, and don't know the relationship between Windows and uups, uwp applications, and inbox apps.
Now let me explain all this to you. The Outlook Inbox app you mentioned only appears in the Pro version. It is a feature of the Pro version that has been completely abandoned. It has nothing to do with Outlook for Windows. I also tried to delete the Inbox app in the Pro version. As I mentioned before, when creating the original ISO, I had selected skip apps in the uupdump script, so there was no Outlook for Windows in my ISO at all. At the same time, I deleted Windows Update, which would also delete all uscheduler tasks, which would ensure that Outlook for Windows would not be automatically installed on my system. It is worth noting that these have nothing to do with the OFW on the taskbar. The OFW on the taskbar is just a shortcut like the promotional app on the start menu.
To sum up, you just took an irrelevant example and arrogantly thought that this was the solution to my problem. You didn't even look at what others said. What they said has proved that your method doesn't work and that someone has already come up with a solution. Not only do you not have a high IQ, you don't have good eyesight. Most importantly, you don't even have manners or kindness. You just use your narrow mind to speculate about others and then ridicule them.
I haven't visited this website for a long time after I posted. Today, I accidentally found my post on Google and discovered that there are so many replies, including yours. Although it has been a long time, I think I need to reply to you.
 
Dosn't matter. Your're probably logged into MS universe as a HOME user and if not it dosn't matter.
But my misunderstanding i didn't take that into consideration.
However, everything cloud-related you haven't taken into account for NTL.
From Components:
Components no removals.jpg
And the related REG posted from Itzdan could be easily changed from Settings:
Settings cloud.jpg
Have a nice day.
 
cris2k47 said:
solved:

Code: 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent]
"DisableCloudOptimizedContent"=dword:00000001
Click to expand...
This has side effects.
By disabling this reg key you also disable the ability for users to select "Windows spotlight" for their desktop background.

Is there a way to disable the outlook pin while not affecting windows spotlight selection?
 
Unfortunately, not while using a reg setting.

But if you're a single user on this PC (and don't intend to create new or other users), then you can revert this setting right after your first desktop logon. At that point, Windows will have stopped trying to add Outlook to the toolbar.

This can't be easily automated, because there's an unknown delay before CDM tries to pin new icons. If you revert the setting too early, then Outlook is still gets pinned.
Code: 
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent] /v DisableCloudOptimizedContent /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

A more drastic approach is to export the Start Menu and Taskbar layout from an existing desktop, by copying the Start2.bin binary file from %APPDATA% and forcing a copy back to your user profile. This gets you the exact layout you want, but you have log out to have the changes take effect.
 
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