Open Outlook at public folder

[Brian]

OL2003 / E2003 / SBS2003

I know how to open Outlook to a regular user's calendar (Advanced Options ->
Startup in this folder), but I have a user that wants to startup with a
calendar in a public folder open.

How can I do this?

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Right click and drag the public folder to desktop. Select Copy Here. User
can use this shortcut to start Outlook.

/neo

PS - The copy here actually creates a non-editable shortcut. It does not
copy the contents of the folder to desktop.

 

[RoninV]

Did you ever work this out? I have a user (Outlook 2007, Exchange 2003), who
would like his public calendar (rather than the personal one
Mailbox-username/calendar) to be the default calendar when opening Outlook.

 

[Brian]

I had to register the .xnk file extension type manually. Below are my notes;
I think I copied some of them from some website & added a few of my own:

Click Start, click Run, type Explorer in the Open box, and then click OK.
On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
In the Folder Options dialog box, click the File Types tab, and then click
New.
In the Create New Extensions dialog box, type xnk in the File Extension box,
and then click OK.
Click to select XNK under Registered file types, and then click Advanced.
In the Edit File Type dialog box, type XNK next to the icon, and then click
New.
In the New Action dialog box, type OPEN for Action, and then type the
following text under Application used to perform action:
"DriveLetter:\path\Outlook.exe" /x "%1"
Note By default, the path of the Outlook.exe file is as follows: "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12\Outlook.exe" /x "%1"
Click OK two times.
Click Close