client script

[SP_1]

Hi

In Outlook 2003, to add new shortcuts, I would click on Go menu and select
Shortcuts to navigate to my groups of shortcuts, then I click on Add New
Shortcut to proceed.

I am able to put together a short VBA macro to add new shortcuts in Outlook
2003. This macro can be run on individual computers and effectively gets
the desired result on any PC with Outlook 2003 client.

Is it possible to get this done somehow on the Exchange server for all the
email accounts (or selected accounts) ?? Or perhaps, how can I centrally
deploy this script in a LAN environment ? I guess I'm trying to avoid going
from PC to PC and manually run the macro.

Please advise.
Thanks
Steve

 

[Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]]

Shortcuts are stored in the %appdata%\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.xml file. It
is conceivable that you can generate these shortcuts for use by other users,
but since these properties are not documented the chances of success are
minimal. The main issue is the use of IDs, and you'll probably be limited to
creating shortcuts for Public Folders only since they are commonly accessible
and would have the same ID for everyone.

One option is to create a custom form that you can e-mail to everyone with a
button that they can click that will run VBScript to generate the shortcuts
for them using the Outlook Object Model, rather than editing the XML file.

 

[SP_1]

Thank you for your insights. I will check out the xlm file as well as the
custom form.

I have never done forms before; although, I have read some about them.
Let's pretend that I'm one of your users, and you already have the form
ready for me to use. Could you lay out the steps for me to open and run the
form ? I would like to have an idea how user-friendly the form use can be.

Thank you again
Steve