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Sharing Outlook on One Computer

A common configuration for home users is a single computer, maybe shared by a husband and wife who want to keep certain tasks, contacts and other items in common, yet keep their mail separate. In Outlook Express, you'd use separate "identities," but wouldn't be able to have a common family calendar. Outlook doesn't have identities,  

Access Folders in Other Users Mailboxes

When you share a mailbox with another user, they can open the folders using File, Open, Others users... but what if you have subfolders in your mailbox? Only the default folders are listed in the Open other user's folders dialog. In order to open other user's subfolders, you need to open the mailbox in your  

Outlook Today

The Outlook Today feature in Microsoft Outlook is a Web-like view of your upcoming appointments and current tasks, plus the status of key e-mail folders. You can also use it to search for someone in your Contacts folder. What's really nice about Outlook Today is the way it organizes all this information in one location,  

Tips for using Outlook .prf files to configure profiles

Outlook 2002 makes the Newprof.exe and Modprof.exe utilities used by administrators obsolete. Instead, .prf files can be run directly, as part of the command to Outlook, or as part of the Office installation. This page is devoted to tips for creating and using Outlook .prf files, which are not totally documented. See More Information below  

How to Start Outlook with a Particular Profile

How to open profiles in Outlook using shortcuts and command lines.

Do You Want to Send This Message Without a Subject?

Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 include a warning dialog when you attempt to send a message without a subject.

Outlook Categories, Flags, and IMAP Accounts

Categories and flags are not available in all of my folders in Microsoft Outlook. I can use categories and flags on mail in my POP3 account but categories are not available in my IMAP account and flags are limited to one flag, no reminder. Why? The IMAP protocol doesn't support the Category and Flag properties  

Outlook Email Security Update

Microsoft Outlook Outlook Email Security Update disables many of the features that allow viruses to spread quickly. The security update is integrated into all versions of Outlook beginning with Office 2000 Service Pack 2. In later versions, users can modify which attachments are blocked and easily bypass the security features,

What to look forward to in Outlook 2010

Outlook 2010 builds on a number of features in Outlook 2007 and adds several popular requests, including the ability to open Exchange mailboxes on two different Exchange servers. The big change in this version is the ribbonized interface, with everything that used to be on the Tools menu now on the File tab (also called  

Using Outlook's Quick Steps

Outlook's Quick Steps provide users with the ability to quickly file messages as they finish working on them, replacing the need to use the Del key to "file" messages.

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New Outlook Articles

Deleting Auto-Complete Entries No Longer Works

Sync Issues and Errors with Gmail and Yahoo accounts

Error Opening iCloud Appointments in Classic Outlook

Opt out of Microsoft 365 Companion Apps

Mail Templates in Outlook for Windows (and Web)

Urban legend: Microsoft Deletes Old Outlook.com Messages

Buttons in the New Message Notifications

Move Deleted Items to Another Folder Automatically

Open Outlook Templates using PowerShell

Count and List Folders in Classic Outlook

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Open Outlook Templates using PowerShell

Count and List Folders in Classic Outlook

Insert Word Document into Email using VBA

Warn Before Deleting a Contact

Use PowerShell to Delete Attachments

Remove RE:, FWD:, and Other Prefixes from Subject Line

Change the Mailing Address Using PowerShell

Categorize @Mentioned Messages

Send an Email When You Open Outlook

Delete Old Calendar Events using VBA

Repair PST

Convert an OST to PST

Repair damaged PST file

Repair large PST File

Remove password from PST

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