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Outlook comes with lots of command line switches and parameters which can be very handy for troubleshooting and (limited) automation. This guide contains an overview of all available command line switches per Outlook version and how they can be used. • • • Using command line switches You can directly execute command line switches in the following way: • Open the Run command by pressing the Windows Logo + R on your keyboard. Alternative ways are: • Windows 7 Open the Start Menu and use the Search field to type in for the next step.• Windows 8 Open the Start Screen and directly start typing. This will automatically open the Search Pane which also allows for commands.• Windows 10 Type in the Search field (Cortana) or open the Start Menu and directly start typing.
This will automatically open the Search Pane which also allows for commands. • In the box you opened in step 1, type; outlook.exe• Press the SPACEBAR once, and then type a forward slash mark ( /) followed by the switch you want to use (see the list below). For example, if you want to use the CleanReminders switch, the command you type in the Open box should look like this: outlook.exe /cleanreminders• To run the command, click OK or press ENTER. Starting Outlook with the cleanreminders switch in Windows 7. (note the space in the command above).
Starting Outlook with the cleanreminders switch in Windows 10. To have easy access to the “direct start” command line switches (the switches that do not require further variables), you can use HowTo-Outlook’s very own (free). How to get registration for quickbooks simple start 2010 for mac free edition. Creating custom shortcuts with command line switches You can also create a shortcut which includes one or more switches so you can automate tasks or start Outlook in a certain folder like the Calendar; • Search for the location of outlook.exe: • Windows 7 Open the Start Menu and in the Search field type: outlook.exe• Windows 8 and Windows 10 Open the Start Screen and directly type: outlook.exe• All Windows versions You can also browse to the path of outlook.exe.
Examples: • Outlook 2010 on a 32-bit version of Windows C: Program Files Microsoft Office Office14 Outlook.exe• Outlook 2013 32-bit on a 64-bit version of Windows C: Program Files (x86) Microsoft Office Office15 Outlook.exe• Outlook of Office 365 on any version of Windows C: Program Files Microsoft Office root office16 Outlook.exe • Right-click on Outlook.exe, and then on the shortcut menu point to Send To, and then click Desktop (create shortcut). • Windows 8 and Windows 10 Right click on the outlook.exe search result and choose “Open File Location”. This will open a new Explorer window with outlook.exe highlighted. Right click on this file and choose: Send To-> Desktop (create shortcut).
• Go to the Desktop (keyboard shortcut Windows+D).• Right-click the shortcut you just created, and from the shortcut menu click Properties.• On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target box. It contains the path for outlook.exe.• Press the SPACEBAR once to type a space after the path, and then type; /select outlook:calendar The full command should now look like this; 'C: Program Files Microsoft Office root office16 Outlook.exe' /select outlook:calendar• Click OK.• On the desktop, double-click the Outlook shortcut you created.
Creating a custom shortcut with the command line to start Outlook in the Calendar folder (click on the image to enlarge). To create a shortcut that creates a new message, follow the above instructions but instead of typing /select outlook:calendar use /c ipm.note.
You can also create a Send To shortcut for Outlook which has the /a switch. This allows you to select files in Explorer and use the Send To-> Mail Recipient feature to create a new message with the selected files as attachments while also adding your signature and not blocking Outlook. For details see:. Command line switches overview The overview of commands below are taken from various local and on-line help files of all Outlook versions and from KB articles discussing them. In the right column you’ll find to which Outlook version the command applies. Switch Description Works in /a path: Creates an item with the specified file as an attachment.
Example: 'C: Program Files (x86) Microsoft Office Office14 Outlook.exe' /a 'C: My Documents labels.doc' If no item type is specified, IPM.Note is assumed. Cannot be used with message classes that aren’t based on Outlook. 2000, 2002/XP, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 365 /altvba Opens the VBA program specified in otmfilename, rather than%appdata% Microsoft Outlook VbaProject.OTM. 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 365 /autorun macroname Opens Outlook and immediately runs the macro specified in macroname.