After a sudden shutdown to my computer (electricity off), the Outlook 365 pro 2016 search bar has changed to the top of the window as shown in the photo.
I need to get it back to be next to "read & unread" messages. I did rest the view and searched everywhere in the outlook with no luck to get it worked,
I performed online & quick repairing and still the same issue.
How can I fix it?
3 Answers
Unfortunatelly it's a new mandatory "feature" now in Outlook, without the option to reset the search bar position back :(
If you search internet for outlook return instant search bar to its original place site:answers.microsoft.com, you will find that many users are very upset by this unpleasant change, too, but that there is no solution at the moment. It cannot be moved back any more by unchecking "Coming soon".
The only soothing fact might be that you may use F3 (or Ctrl+E) to jump instantly into the search bar.
You can create a new profile in case some personal settings are corrupted.
If not, some registered settings may be broken during shutdown, reset Outlook related settings in Registry:
Find this path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\x.0\Outlook
Rename it to Outlook-1
Restart Outlook.
(Note: this will reset all Outlook settings, such as profile/view settings. You need to reconfigure your email account after this.)
5The simple fix is just to turn off 'Coming Soon' future right on top, restart outlook and wolla issue fixed
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