New Appointment Short Cut in System Tray

[Charles]

I'd like to have a shortcut in my system tray or sidebar in Win 7so I can
create a new appointment with out having to open outlook 2007. Is this
possible?
Thanks
Charles

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Pin outlook to the start menu or task bar and right click - do you have a
flyout with new items listed?

If not, you can probably use
http://sunflowerhead.com/software/quickicons/index.html -

either way, outlook will need to open to actually make the appointment (or
any new item). If you use a POP3 account this should be pretty seamless but
if you use Exchange or password protect your pst, you'll have to log into
the account to create a new item.

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[Charles]

I'd like to have a shortcut in my system tray or sidebar in Win 7so I can
create a new appointment with out having to open outlook 2007. Is this
possible?
Thanks
Charles

Hi Diane, I have Outlook pinned to the start menu and task bar, but right
clicking doesn't give this option, tried quickicons, doesn't seem to be
compatible with either win 7 or outlook 2007.
Any other options?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

quickicons is compatible with outlook 2007 - it adds buttons to quick
launch, then you can pin them to start or taskbar just as you would any
other item. All it does is make the shortcuts for you using this command
line - "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE" /c
IPM.APPOINTMENT - you could easily do it yourself. The pinned items are
just shortcuts in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned. The quick launch icons are in that path,
just move them from quick launch folder to the pinned start menu or taskbar
folders.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

BTW - if you really want it in the tray, see if this works in Win7:
http://sunflowerhead.com/software/knockout/. I don't know if any of the
office gadets (for vista) offer new item creation but the gadgets tend not
to play nice with outlook and only work if its open. A shortcut is really
better.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

quickicons is compatible with outlook 2007 - it adds buttons to quick
launch, then you can pin them to start or taskbar just as you would any
other item. All it does is make the shortcuts for you using this command
line - "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE" /c
IPM.APPOINTMENT - you could easily do it yourself. The pinned items are
just shortcuts in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned. The quick launch icons are in that
path, just move them from quick launch folder to the pinned start menu or
taskbar folders.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Hi Diane, I have Outlook pinned to the start menu and task bar, but right
clicking doesn't give this option, tried quickicons, doesn't seem to be
compatible with either win 7 or outlook 2007.
Any other options?

 

[Charles]

BTW - if you really want it in the tray, see if this works in Win7:
http://sunflowerhead.com/software/knockout/. I don't know if any of the
office gadets (for vista) offer new item creation but the gadgets tend not
to play nice with outlook and only work if its open. A shortcut is really
better.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

quickicons is compatible with outlook 2007 - it adds buttons to quick
launch, then you can pin them to start or taskbar just as you would any
other item. All it does is make the shortcuts for you using this command
line - "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE" /c
IPM.APPOINTMENT - you could easily do it yourself. The pinned items are
just shortcuts in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned. The quick launch icons are in that
path, just move them from quick launch folder to the pinned start menu or
taskbar folders.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

:

I'd like to have a shortcut in my system tray or sidebar in Win 7so I
can
create a new appointment with out having to open outlook 2007. Is this
possible?
Thanks
Charles

Hi Diane, I have Outlook pinned to the start menu and task bar, but right
clicking doesn't give this option, tried quickicons, doesn't seem to be
compatible with either win 7 or outlook 2007.
Any other options?

Hi Diane, Got it working, quickicons does work, I just didn't realise it only puts icons in quicklaunch folder of win 7 and by default win 7doesn't load all shortcuts automatically. Thanks for your help.

Charles

 

[Charles]

BTW - if you really want it in the tray, see if this works in Win7:
http://sunflowerhead.com/software/knockout/. I don't know if any of the
office gadets (for vista) offer new item creation but the gadgets tend not
to play nice with outlook and only work if its open. A shortcut is really
better.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

quickicons is compatible with outlook 2007 - it adds buttons to quick
launch, then you can pin them to start or taskbar just as you would any
other item. All it does is make the shortcuts for you using this command
line - "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE" /c
IPM.APPOINTMENT - you could easily do it yourself. The pinned items are
just shortcuts in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned. The quick launch icons are in that
path, just move them from quick launch folder to the pinned start menu or
taskbar folders.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]



:

I'd like to have a shortcut in my system tray or sidebar in Win 7so I
can
create a new appointment with out having to open outlook 2007. Is this
possible?
Thanks
Charles

Hi Diane, I have Outlook pinned to the start menu and task bar, but right
clicking doesn't give this option, tried quickicons, doesn't seem to be
compatible with either win 7 or outlook 2007.
Any other options?

Hi Diane, Got it working, quickicons does work, I just didn't realise it only puts icons in quicklaunch folder of win 7 and by default win 7doesn't load all shortcuts automatically. Thanks for your help.

Charles

One more question, how can I pin the reminders window to the taskbar

Thanks
Charles