(4) When I eventually get to starting Outlook properly, is there a way to create a profile that doesn't connect to a Microsoft account? I bought it (instead of Office 365) in order to manage my personal information locally, and avoid Microsoft's cloud. (3) Is there actually a way to install Outlook alone, or does buying Outlook mean installing all of Office and only enable Outlook? That seems incredibly disrespectful and wasteful of user resources. (2) How do I go about uninstalling the suite of apps which were imposed upon me? (1) How do I rein in this malware behaviour of the installer and just install what I bought?
I rebooted and found Word, Powerpoint, and Outlook installed. I did the same from the Control Panel, then noticed that the system notification area still showed an icon for Office downloading. After waiting for a long time, I pulled up Outlook from the Start Menu and Uninstalled it. The progress bar never budged from the left edge. I tried to stop it while it was happening, but closing the window only minimized it (there was no cancel, or anything sensible like that). All of Office installed, which is not what I expect or want. I just bought Outlook 2019 from Microsoft, downloaded it, and attempted to install it.
