I hate Outlook, I'm trying the advice to click on the gear thing, hope it works.  Nothing happened yet.  Any other advice?

 

How do I delete a hotmail folder when no 'gear' appears beside the folders icon?
I just completed training my staff on Hotmail use and do not want to "automatically " upgrade w/o time to plan retraining please restore my Hotmail capability asap If not I will contact Atty General, FCC, AZ corp Comm anyone required to get resolutuion

I asked about ungrouping e-mails by conversation, which microsoft apparently automatically did to my hotmail when they forced me to upgrade to Internet Explorer 8:

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My saved emails are chained together if they are forwarded or replies. How do I unchain them?

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Hi,

 

It is possible that your Conversation threading feature is enable. Please be informed that in Conversation Threading, it’s easier to find the email you’re looking for by customizing your Hotmail inbox view. Just group together messages based on conversation, date, subject, and size.

When you sort by conversation, you can find multiple messages from different people on the same subject. That way you can view them all together and not miss an important response. 

 

If you want to disable this feature, please refer to the steps below.

 

1. Login to your Hotmail Inbox.
2. Click Gear Icon - More mail settings
3. Under Reading email, choose Group by conversation and pre-loaded messages
4. Under Conversation settings, Click button beside Show messages individually to disable conversation setting.
5. Click Save.

To know more about conversation threading, please refer to this
solution article.

Thanks!


I tried to Reply with:

Your suggestion was:
1. Login to your Hotmail Inbox.
2. Click Gear Icon - More mail settings
3. Under Reading email, choose Group by conversation and pre-loaded messages
4. Under Conversation settings, Click button beside Show messages individually to disable conversation setting.
5. Click Save.

I don't see a gear icon.  "Options" doesn't have more mail settings.
 
But the e-mail wasn't delivered.
 
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I unintentionally clicked on the small gear icon next to my name on the contacts page.  Now my non-group contacts do not appear unless a name is listed in the search bar.  How do I correct this?

 

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