Outlook 2007 will notify you when a new e-mail message is received. This new message alert appears above the system tray on the right side of your Windows desktop. Outlook notifications tell you the subject of the e-mail, as well as whom the sender of the email message is. There are instances where these Outlook notifications get in the way of other aspects of your Windows configuration.

If you don’t want the alert to appear in the bottom left hand corner, you can change the position of it.

1. Within Outlook, click the Tools menu and select Options.
2. Select E-mail Options.
3. Click the Advanced E-mail Options button.
4. Click Desktop Alert Settings.
5. From the Desktop Alert Settings dialog box, click Preview.
6. Drag the sample Desktop Alert that appears to the appropriate location on your desktop.

Now the Desktop Alert will appear in the new location each time you receive a new e-mail message.