Command-line switches for Outlook 2010
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The command that starts Microsoft Outlook 2010 is outlook.exe. A command-line switch is the addition of a forward slash followed by the command name and any parameters.
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What are commands and switches?
Use a switch one time by adding it to the Run command
Outlook 2010 32-bit installed on Windows 64-bit
Make a switch available for reuse by creating a shortcut
Outlook 2010 32-bit installed on Windows 64-bit
Available switches
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What are commands and switches?
Each time that you start the program, you run the outlook.exe command, although you do not usually type the command or even see it. You can change certain aspects of how the program starts by adding subcommands called switches to the outlook.exe command.
A switch appears as a space after the main command, followed by a forward slash and the name of the switch, which provide additional information about how to execute the command.
For example, the following command instructs Outlook 2010 to start with the Reading Pane (Reading Pane: A window in Outlook where you can preview an item without opening it. To display the item in the Reading Pane, click the item.) turned off.
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The command outlook.exe starts Outlook.
The switch /nopreview starts Outlook with the Reading Pane turned off.
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Use a switch one time by adding it to the Run command