Outlook batch file switches

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Load More Comments. Close this module. You are going to send email to. Move Comment. Resets the views to Outlook's default views. Note: this will delete all custom views you may be using. Use when Outlook won't open. This resets Outlook's navigation pane to the default settings. Starts Outlook and opens the specified folder in a new window. Create a shortcut using this switch when you have multiple profiles to load the specified profile.

If your profile name contains a space, enclose the profile name in quotation marks. Use when dismissed reminders keep coming back. Delete reminders that keep returning. Deletes and recreates the To-Do Bar task list for the current profile. The To-Do Bar search folder is also deleted and re-created. Outlook and Outlook only. Error with the To-Do Bar's Task list. Creates an item with the specified file as an attachment. Creates a new item of the specified message class, works for any valid MAPI form.

Deletes any custom category names that you have created. All previous roamed preferences are deleted and copied again from the local settings on the computer where this switch is used. This forces Outlook to reset the Sniffer Lock value to the computer on which the switch is used.

Deletes the subscription messages and properties for subscription features. Used with SharePoint alerts. Opens the specified message file. Imports the contents of an. Provides a way for the user to add an e-mail name to the item. Loads the specified profile. Starts Outlook using an existing Outlook window, if one exists. Starts Outlook and upgrades colored For Follow Up flags to Outlook color categories, calendar labels to Office Outlook color categories.

If you use Vista or Windows 7, you can type the command line in the Start Search field on the Start menu, or on the Start screen in Windows 8 and Start menu in Windows You'll need the full path if you want to create desktop shortcuts using a switch, such as to open Outlook to a specific folder use the correct path to your version of Outlook.

This group of switches are the most commonly used switches. A complete list of switches is in the next section. Loads the specified profile. If your profile name contains a space, enclose the profile name in quotation marks.

This switch is useful when there are multiple users of a Windows logon and each has their own Outlook profile. Create desktop shortcuts to load a specific profile — use the following command line in the shortcut, replacing my name with your profile name:.

Opens the Choose Profile dialog box regardless of the Options setting on the Tools menu. Outlook and only. Resets the to-do bar pane to the default settings when Outlook starts. Starts Outlook without extensions, Reading Pane, or toolbar customization. Works with all versions. Can also open Outlook in Safe mode by holding Ctrl key as you click on the Outlook icon.

If no item type is specified, IPM. Note form is assumed. This switch cannot be used with message classes that aren't based on Outlook.