When a new email is received, Outlook shows an envelope in the Windows taskbar to alert the user of the new email. If for some reason, the alert is turned off, the following steps will help you bring it back on. The new email alert in the taskbar is quite useful for those of you who want to stay on top of emails.
There are two types of alerts the user gets when a new email arrives. The first one is a desktop alert which shows who the email is from and a short excerpt of the message. Clicking on this popup alert opens the email message.
The second one is a yellow envelope in the taskbar which simply alerts the user of a new email which is waiting to be read. Clicking on this icon doesn’t open the new email.
If you want to turn off the popup email notification for any reason, perhaps to keep your messages confidential when you are sharing the screen with others, here are the steps to follow:
If for any reason you want to turn off the little yellow envelope icon that shows up in your taskbar when new emails arrive, here are the steps:
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Is it possible to choose any free icon to access my e-mail? Is there a way an icon, not owned by Outlook, would work? If so, how would I put it into my taskbar?. The bar at the bottom of my screen. I am retired and really broke, and I cannot afford Outlooks icons. I am also visually impaired and Outlook has an icon that looks like every other icon. Thank you