Outlook 2007 in Win XP

[Judy]

Ho do I put a shortcut to my contacts list on the desktop, or on the Quick
Launch tool bar. I want to ba able to open my address book independently of
outlook. I was able to do this easily with win 2000
Thank Judy

 

[Gordon]

Ho do I put a shortcut to my contacts list on the desktop, or on the Quick
Launch tool bar. I want to ba able to open my address book independently
of
outlook. I was able to do this easily with win 2000
Thank Judy

That's because Outlook 2000 was able to use the Windows Addressbook (AFAIK).
Versions of Outlook post 2000 do not. AFAIK there's no way of doing what you
want.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No version of Outlook opened the address book view from a shortcut. Nor was
it ever possible to access Outlook contacts without opening Outlook.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

In no version of Outlook was it ever possible to access Outlook contacts
without opening Outlook. Your request makes no sense. Explain what you need
to do and why.

 

[Gordon]

No version of Outlook opened the address book view from a shortcut. Nor
was it ever possible to access Outlook contacts without opening Outlook.

Well it's SOOOOOO long ago that I used 2000 and knowing that 2000 uses
WAB.dll, I did think that it was a possibility.

 

[Judy]

In no version of Outlook was it ever possible to access Outlook contacts
without opening Outlook. Your request makes no sense. Explain what you need
to do and why.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Ho do I put a shortcut to my contacts list on the desktop, or on the Quick
Launch tool bar. I want to ba able to open my address book independently
of
outlook. I was able to do this easily with win 2000
Thank Judy

Thanks for the info folks. I just liked to be able to click on the quick
launch bar and have my address book pop up as it's my main phone & address
book. It was easy access when several applications were open. Outlook may
have been open, but I din't have to go into it to get the address book. Judy

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook has no address book and its address book view does not contain phone
numbers. It is certainly easy to create a shortcut that opens Outlook to
your Contacts Folder if you want. Use this syntax to select the folder with
which Outlook opens from a shortcut (be sure to use the quotes as shown).
The Contacts folder is used in this example.
<drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Outlook.exe" /select
outlook:contacts
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

In no version of Outlook was it ever possible to access Outlook contacts
without opening Outlook. Your request makes no sense. Explain what you
need
to do and why.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Ho do I put a shortcut to my contacts list on the desktop, or on the
Quick
Launch tool bar. I want to ba able to open my address book
independently
of
outlook. I was able to do this easily with win 2000
Thank Judy

Thanks for the info folks. I just liked to be able to click on the quick
launch bar and have my address book pop up as it's my main phone & address
book. It was easy access when several applications were open. Outlook may
have been open, but I din't have to go into it to get the address book.
Judy

 

[Judy]

Thank you Russ

Outlook has no address book and its address book view does not contain phone
numbers. It is certainly easy to create a shortcut that opens Outlook to
your Contacts Folder if you want. Use this syntax to select the folder with
which Outlook opens from a shortcut (be sure to use the quotes as shown).
The Contacts folder is used in this example.
<drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Outlook.exe" /select
outlook:contacts
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

In no version of Outlook was it ever possible to access Outlook contacts
without opening Outlook. Your request makes no sense. Explain what you
need
to do and why.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Ho do I put a shortcut to my contacts list on the desktop, or on the
Quick
Launch tool bar. I want to ba able to open my address book
independently
of
outlook. I was able to do this easily with win 2000
Thank Judy

Thanks for the info folks. I just liked to be able to click on the quick
launch bar and have my address book pop up as it's my main phone & address
book. It was easy access when several applications were open. Outlook may
have been open, but I din't have to go into it to get the address book.
Judy