Office 2016 - Outlook??

RobWNY wrote:
Why would you want to switch to Outlook which has been glitchy at best throughout the years. Lost emails, corrupt files, failure to open issues to name a few. Most people leave Outlook to use Thunderbird or use gmail or another web based email option. Very few switch to Outlook from another program. Just the problems you have at the moment should be enough to realize the program is problematic. You can use the other MS Office programs like Word, Excel etc. without having to use Outlook. That's what I've been doing for years.

Don't know WHAT "Outlook" you have been using that is "glitchy, loses emails, corrupts files, or fails to open..

I can say that I have NEVER experience once ANY such problems in over 22 yrs with any version of Outlook.. From Outlook Express up to Outlook 2013.. Corporate email servers and Pop/Imap every version of Outlook I have used for myself has been trouble free.

One of the only things I can say about Outook is it is not for every "user", it is more for "Power Users" that want more features and wizbang gadgets..

If you want a barebones dead straight no frills email client then go with Thunderbird.. After using Outlook for work purposes to me going to TB or any "web based" mail client is sort of going from a modern luxury car to a Chevy Chevette complete with no A/C and manual hand operated window cranks..

OP is also dealing with Office 2016, starting with Office 2013, you have no choice but to install Outlook and as such because everyone is stone scared to not have everything updated and patched 2016 and Win10 forces updates to your system which from the complaints I found resets Outlook 2016 as the "default" email client..

Can't uninstall Outlook 2016 either, you must uninstall ALL of Office 2016 products.

Since OP has it, it WILL be reset to default email client over and over anyways, may as well give it a try..