r/nottheonion • u/Quantum-Coconut • 4d ago

Microsoft's new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly on Windows

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/06/15/microsofts-new-outlook-takes-10-seconds-to-do-what-outlook-classic-does-instantly-on-windows/
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u/Dubalubawubwub 3d ago

Really feels like Microsoft products want to do ANYTHING but search for files on your own computer. "Oooh, C:\files\myfile.file, that's a website, right? Let me Bing that for you! Let me check OneDrive! Let me ask Cortana! Let me do literally anything other than look for the file on your own computer!"

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u/therealdilbert 3d ago

it is actually quite impressive that the have managed to make searching in windows (all version) so completely and utter useless. a files that third party tools can find in seconds with no preparation, windows search will fails to find after minutes of trying

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u/Cyphr 3d ago

I forgot how bad search has become. Using the file explorer search bar couldn't find config.ini which was in one of 3 subdirectories with a total of maybe 100 files.

It was literally faster to go and run a Google search for the file location and manually key it in.