Outlook Email Notification Appear but will not open the message

In Outlook 2016, the new mail notification pop-ups (on the bottom right corner) won't disappear after a few seconds like it is supposed to do for some reason.

Email notifications alerts are still popping up, but clicking on them no longer produces the desired/logical outcome.

In addition, if you don't want it to pop up messages in the bottom corner of the desktop, you can click the small triangle icon on the right to ...

Turn alerts on or off for new Outlook · Open new Outlook · Under View, select ​​​​​​​View Settings. · Select General, then Notifications. · Under Notify me ...

To turn notifications on, set the toggle to On and expand the Mail section. Select how you want to view your reminders and whether you want a notification sound ...

This issue may occur if you have other application windows open and active such as PowerPoint, Word, or Teams.

Turn the notifications window on or off for Calendar events · Go to Settings > General > Notifications. · Under Notify me about, go to the Calendar section and ...

Check the box next to Show reminders on top of other windows. Click the OK button at the bottom to save your changes and close the Outlook ...

In Outlook, in File > Options > Mail, display a desktop alert (this is the feature the user is desperately missing) is enabled.

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