Hotmail account opens automatically

Rockman · 17 March 2017 at 9:42AM

Whenever I start up my PC my Hotmail account appears automatically. I get a message in the 'Action Centre' box showing how many unopened e mails I have even though I have not signed into my Hotmail account. I have checked my setting but I cannot see anywhere where I can stop this happening.

Any help greatly appreciated.

AndyPix · 17 March 2017 at 9:55AM

This is windows 10 ?

If so , open the mail application and click on the settings icon
Choose notifications and turn off "Show notifications in the Action Centre"

You will still be able to get your emails from the mail app, but they wont automatically preview in the action centre pane

Andy

DoaM · 17 March 2017 at 9:57AM

I'm guessing Windows 10 too, and OP logs on to the PC using their Hotmail account as their profile. (i.e. they setup their Microsoft (Hotmail) account as the login when W10 was installed).

Rockman · 17 March 2017 at 11:41AM

AndyPix wrote: »

This is windows 10 ?

If so , open the mail application and click on the settings icon
Choose notifications and turn off "Show notifications in the Action Centre"

You will still be able to get your emails from the mail app, but they wont automatically preview in the action centre pane

Andy

Thanks for this, When I go into settings on my Hotmail account I get the followings options:
Mail settings
Refresh
Automatic reply
Display settings
Manage Integrations
Connected accounts
Offline settings
Change theme
Options.

I have opened all of these and there does not appear to be a 'notifications' option and I cannot see anything about 'show notifications in Action Centre'.

Am I looking in the right place?

Thanks

Rockman · 17 March 2017 at 11:43AM

AndyPix wrote: »

This is windows 10 ?

If so , open the mail application and click on the settings icon
Choose notifications and turn off "Show notifications in the Action Centre"

You will still be able to get your emails from the mail app, but they wont automatically preview in the action centre pane

Andy

Sorry just found it now. I was looking in the wrong place. Think I am sorted now. Thanks very much for your help.

AndyPix · 17 March 2017 at 11:55AM

DoaM wrote: »

OP logs on to the PC using their Hotmail account as their profile. (i.e. they setup their Microsoft (Hotmail) account as the login when W10 was installed).

I HATE that ,and I hate the way M$ shepherd users into setting it up like that by hiding the option for a local account under "skip this step" in tiny writing ..

Grrrr

Rockman · 17 March 2017 at 12:03PM

Rockman wrote: »

Sorry just found it now. I was looking in the wrong place. Think I am sorted now. Thanks very much for your help.

Sorry for coming back to this again. I went into settings and set the notifications not to be displayed in the Action Centre. However it appears to automatically default to the 'on' position as I am still getting notifications in the action centre. When I went into the notifications setting it is showing as the notifications in the action centre as being 'on' again.

How can I get this permanently turned off?

Thanks

AndyPix · 17 March 2017 at 12:10PM

Have a look here :

https://www.howtogeek.com/226868/how-to-enable-and-disable-email-notifications-in-windows-10/

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