Outlook without email Account?

[Guest]

I installed Office 2003 and want to use Outlook for the Address book and
Calendar only. I do not need email support. The only way to start outlook is
to set up an email account.

How can I get around this?

Thanks

 

[Tim]

I installed Office 2003 and want to use Outlook for the Address book and
Calendar only. I do not need email support. The only way to start outlook is
to set up an email account.

How can I get around this?

Thanks

I don't know if there is a programmatic way to do it but I would suggest
just creating a bogus e-mail account. Make up a fake address and fake
server names. Then set Outlook such that it does not automatically check
for new messages (Tools - Options - Mail Setup - Send/Receive). You may
have to work past a few error messages when setting up the bogus
account. Not an elegant solution but it's functional.

Tim

 

[Guest]

Excellent suggestion. And I've done that. But when I try to select the fake
accout profile, I get an error "outlook could not start because a data file
....could not be found... to create a data file..."

I then go through the vague step given and can create the only data file
option available "business contacts.."

In the help site it says to fix this I should use the "folders" option in
outlook. But I can't even get outlook to start.

I know I'm just missing something but can't figure out what.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

An added note. So I deleted all the profiles. Reinstalled office and
restarted and got a "unable to open your default email folder. Outlook could
not start because a dtat file...could not be found"

That's where I am now. ??

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You do not need an email account to use Outlook. Open your mail profile in the Control Panel | Mail applet and add a Personal Folders .pst file as the default data store. You should have only that .pst file in the data stores list.

Or, create a new profile and on the first page of the E-mail Accounts wizard, choose "View or change existing e-mail accounts." On the next screen, click the New Outlook Data File button. Click FInish, then click OK when you're asked whether you want to create a profile with no mail accounts.

 

[Guest]

Sue,

Thanks for the help.

When I try to add a data file the only option I have is a "Business
Contacts..." option, no other choices.

If I go ahead and select that and then try to adjust settings it says
"operation failed".

What do I have wrong?

Thanks,

 

[Guest]

Sorry forgot. If I try to create a new profile, it says "there was an error
finding ione of the items needed. It may have been deleted" and will not make
the profile.

When I try to make it again, it says it already exists, although it does not
appear. If I exit the wizard and return it is there, but I can only add the
"business" daa file.

Does this hep at all?

thanks again

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Are you using Outlook at work or at home? If at work, talk to your network administrator. If at home, run Help | Detect and Repair. Do not install the Business Contacts store.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

 

[Guest]

At home. Ran the detect and repair, it said it repaired it, but no help. When
the business contacts thing came up as the only choice the first time, I
selected it. It was the only choice.

Did that mess anything up?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Again, don't add the Business Contacts store. It is irrelevant to your objective. Since your Outlook installation appears to be damaged, at this point I would suggest reinstalling it through Control Panel | Add Remove Programs.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

 

[Guest]

Thank-you. The complete reinstall, not the repair, did the trick.

Thanks, again.