you can open outlook using the /nopreview switch -this removes it from the
menus too
or start outlook using the /cleanviews switch then got to view, arrange by,
customize, define views and modify messages view.
at the start menu, run command, type
outlook.exe /nopreview
or
outlook.exe /cleanviews
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