Windows 10: Your account privacy settings are being applied to this device

Today I launched Outlook Desktop 2019 and I am greeted with a yellow bar stating: "PRIVACY SETTINGS APPLIED Your account privacy settings are being applied to this device. To adjust your settings go to privacy settings". The last sentence is an underlined link and hovering over it says "click here for more", yet it does nothing when clicked. I've clicked it a dozen times.


I have a Microsoft personal/consumer account AND a Office 365 Business Account. I am using both of them with Outlook desktop. I am signing into Windows 10 with a local user account though.



Right now I don't have a clue which privacy settings management mechanism is being applied to this device, or Outlook as the warning comes up in Outlook desktop rather than a Windows notificaton. Is it Windows 10 Privacy Settings? Is it the Microsoft Account Privacy Settings? OR Is it the Office 365 Business Account Privacy Settings? The link doesn't work so I don't know where to go check/adjust this as it suggests. I don't even know which category to post this.


What I REALLY want from Microsoft for Christmas is to stop wasting my time having to deal with things like this. I can't get any work done due to the constant management of the computer, applications, online accounts, security, telemetry, updates, upgrades, notifications, nag nag nag nag nag.... ALL THE TIME and all of it seems to be unwelcome interruptions too. I thought computers and technology were supposed to help us.. It's becoming a nightmare to use it.


This constant interrupting for updating, upgrading, reviewing, renewing, deprecation/changing of things I use, changing of how I do things is making me frustrated with Microsoft products and services. I hear it's much simpler and easier on Apple's platform.


Anyone got a clue what exactly is generating this warning in Outlook?

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Checking Privacy Settings

Just rebooted PC, which has Windows 7. Outlook will not restart. Message has come up saying: PRIVACY SETTINGS APPLIED. Your account privacy settings are being applied to this device. To adjust your settings go to privacy settings.

Where do we find said "privacy settings"?

 

cant open privacy settings

Hi Sean,

There are several possible explanations as to why you're encountering issues with accessing your Xbox account's privacy settings. Here's a list of the common factors:

• There's an ongoing Xbox Live server outage.
• You're using a child account which needs a parent permission in order to change the privacy settings.
  
• Access to Xbox Live is not yet available to your location.

For us to determine the root cause of this issue, kindly answer the following questions:

• Are you using a child or a parent account?
• Have you made any changes to your Xbox account before encountering this issue?
• Have you tried using a different web browser to access your account's privacy settings?
• Are you encountering the same issue when accessing your account's privacy settings on a different device like an Xbox console?

 

Settings can't be opened using the built-in administrator account


Hello,
Unfortunately I have the same issue as Dabz from upgrading win7 to win10.
I've tried opening settings using all the suggested methods and it will not load using my account with Administrator access nor the built-in Administrator profile. I also tried other methods not listed such as using Run. Control panel is just a stepping stone to add users in Settings.
I'm also having explorer.exe issues, which I believe is preventing Settings from loading.
Using cmd (Admin) I successfully created a new user profile [and granted admin access also using cmd (Admin)], however win10 will not allow this account to log on. win10 does not list this new user within control panel but it does in the start menu. win10 will not allow to log in or switch to the new account via the start menu either.
I can access settings in Safe Mode but this will not allow me to create a new account.
Any help/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers