starting OL 2000 with the /prefetch:1 command line switch

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I have just become aware of the: /prefetch:1 command line switch to make
applications start faster. For some reason, it works on my OE 6 program
(and many others I have installed on my Pentium IV PC running XP Home SP2)
but not on my OL 2000 program. When I start OL2000 with the following
command line:

"E:\Microsoft Office\Outlook2000\Office\OUTLOOK.EXE" /prefetch:1

I get an error message that says:

the command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using.

Any ideas? Jay
 
J said:
When I start OL2000 with the following command line:

"E:\Microsoft Office\Outlook2000\Office\OUTLOOK.EXE" /prefetch:1

I get an error message that says:

the command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are
using.
Any ideas?
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Yea. Outlook 2000 doesn't support that switch. Switches are handled by the
application. If no one programmed the switch into the application, it
doesn't work..
 
Thanks Brian,

I'm surprised that this MS application (OL 2000) doesn't support the switch,
since MS designed the OS and the MS software divisions should be talking to
each other. I guess the cliché that truth is stranger than fiction applies
here.

I wonder if OL2002 or OL2003 support the prefetch switch? I wouldn't
upgrade to OL2003 just for that reason alone but if OL2003 did, it might
push me to upgrade, given other advantages of OL2003. Jay
 
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