My keyboard has an E-mail key. But the problem is that, when I press that
key, a new instance of Outlook is launched. Besides that, if I click on the
Outlook icon from the start menu, it also launches a new instance of Outlook.

It's a mess. I want a single instance of Outlook. I looked for an option
like "Allow only one instance" in the options dialogue, but I couldn't find
one. Is there any hidden option?

PS: I guess the command line option "/recycle" is not useful, because it's a
built-in E-mail key and I don't have any drivers to customise its behaviour.

It maybe a built in key but there must be some method of the key being
configured to launch your mail app

"Tester" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:32AFDE10-552D-4612-B536-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My keyboard has an E-mail key. But the problem is that, when I press that
> key, a new instance of Outlook is launched. Besides that, if I click on
> the
> Outlook icon from the start menu, it also launches a new instance of
> Outlook.
>
> It's a mess. I want a single instance of Outlook. I looked for an option
> like "Allow only one instance" in the options dialogue, but I couldn't
> find
> one. Is there any hidden option?
>
> PS: I guess the command line option "/recycle" is not useful, because it's
> a
> built-in E-mail key and I don't have any drivers to customise its
> behaviour.

You can build your own Shortcut in the Start menu and apply the /Recycle
switch. As to the special Hotkey on the keyboard, look for "Appkey" key
in the registry, and file the one with "Mail" as the data. Back that key
up before you start experimenting.

Tester wrote:
> My keyboard has an E-mail key. But the problem is that, when I press that
> key, a new instance of Outlook is launched. Besides that, if I click on the
> Outlook icon from the start menu, it also launches a new instance of Outlook.
>
> It's a mess. I want a single instance of Outlook. I looked for an option
> like "Allow only one instance" in the options dialogue, but I couldn't find
> one. Is there any hidden option?
>
> PS: I guess the command line option "/recycle" is not useful, because it's a
> built-in E-mail key and I don't have any drivers to customise its behaviour.

FWIW, you can only have one instance of outlook running at a time. The other
'instances' are just additional windows. To avoid opening multiple windows
you need to find out how to edit the command line for the button and add
/recycle to the command - its usually in the keyboard utility in control
panel.

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"Tester" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:32AFDE10-552D-4612-B536-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My keyboard has an E-mail key. But the problem is that, when I press that
> key, a new instance of Outlook is launched. Besides that, if I click on
> the
> Outlook icon from the start menu, it also launches a new instance of
> Outlook.
>
> It's a mess. I want a single instance of Outlook. I looked for an option
> like "Allow only one instance" in the options dialogue, but I couldn't
> find
> one. Is there any hidden option?
>
> PS: I guess the command line option "/recycle" is not useful, because it's
> a
> built-in E-mail key and I don't have any drivers to customise its
> behaviour.