Windows 10: Outlook Notifications not showing because of Windows 10 Notification Center

Hi,

I want to have Outlook New Email Notification banner displaying, without the Notification showing via the Windows 10 Notification Center.

I have gone to Outlook Mail Settings and enabled the Notification Banner.

And in Windows Notifications Center Settings, I have:

- Notifications for Outlook set to Yes

- Show Notifications Banner to to No

But still I am not able to get the Outlook New Email Notification.

If I set Show Notifications Banner to to Yes, the New Email Notification comes via the Windows 10 Notification Center, and not via Outlook.

Can you advise what the right combination of settings should be to allow me to get the Outlook New Email Notification, without getting the Windows 10 Notification Center banner?

My reason for asking this is because the Outlook New Email Notification banner has additional actions included on it, like Delete and Flag, whereas all I can do with the Windows 10 Notification Center banner is wait for it to disappear or send it to the Action Center.

Regards

Mark

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Windows Notification Center not showing Email Notifications


Since the original release of Windows 10 I've had a periodic problem with the Windows Notification icon in the system tray.

I use Outlook 2010 as my email client however I have the built in Windows mail client set up so that I can received email notifications as I like to quickly look at the icon to see of there are notifications and to quickly scan the email subject to determine if I need to sit down and actually open outlook and download my email.

What happens periodically is that the notifications simply quit showing up. I have checked the notification center and Email appears on the list and is turned on. I have also went to the settings for the mail application and have found that notifications are turned on. That being said, a few minutes ago I I clicked on the mail application and there were 4 emails in the list however there wasn't a single notification showing up within the notification icon.

Now each and every time the notifications quite showing up something happens to trigger their return but thus far I have not been able to determine what it is that gets turned off and what it is that mysteriously turns it back on. It seems to me this has something to do with how frequently Windows is polling my email providers server for changes but that's just a thought as to what the issue is. Has anyone else seen this behavior and been able to determine what the issue is and how to fix it? Thanks.

 

Outlook Notifications appear after a delay

Turning on notification in Outlook does not guarantee Windows 10 will honor them. So, you have to ensure Windows 10 notification settings are set to allow notifications from the application (they may be in the Action Center, but not displayed on the Desktop).

If you already have Outlook configured to display the desktop alert, then follow these steps to configure Windows.

1. In the Action Center (in the bottom right corner, next to your time)
   click on All Settings. An alternative method to open the Settings
   app would be to open the Start Menu and then click on Settings.
   
2. Click on: System.
   
3. From the panel on the left select: Notifications & Actions.
   
4. In the “Show notifications from these apps” section at the bottom,
   click on
   Outlook. (If Outlook isn’t listed, you haven’t received a new message yet so Outlook isn’t registered yet as an app that receives
   notifications. Simply send yourself a test message in that case and
   reopen the Settings app.
   Also note that you must be using Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016 as Outlook 2010 and previous have their own notifications which do not
   integrates with Windows 10)
   
5. Make sure that you have enabled all notification options.
   
6. Close Settings.
   

You may or may not need to restart Outlook.

Source - Not getting New Email Alerts on Windows 10

If this doesn't fix the issue, you may need to perform a repair install of Office.

 

Windows Notification Center not showing Email Notifications


If you don't see 'Mail' listed in Background Apps, one thing you could try is resetting the Mail app in order to make it become visible in the Background Apps section. Obviously, I haven't found out yet whether or not this fixes the issue, but it could be possible that when the Mail app isn't running or suspended, it needs to be able to run background processes in order for new email notifications to be displayed.

To reset the Mail app, go to Windows Settings > System > Apps & Features > Mail and Calendar > Advanced Options > Reset. Then reboot PC.






Tutorial here:
App - Reset in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Back-up any emails that are only stored locally in the mail app, I.E. Not stored on a mail server or in your Outlook 2010 pst file.

You may need to press the reset button twice if at first it comes up with an error in red writing saying that the app couldn't be reset.

This will remove everything, reset the Mail And Calendar apps back to default factory settings and will need to be setup again (including re-enabling Notifications in the Mail App Settings).






Mail will then be listed under Background Apps. However, I noticed that Calendar then disappears from the Background Apps section instead. I'm not entirely sure whether this is normal or whether I should be banging my head against the desk... *Confused