Want Outlook to start view in Inbox of Hotmail account...

[Rob]

Can't find it in options. Whenever Outlook opens, the
default view goes into the Inbox of my Personal Folders.
I would like it to go to the default view in my Inbox of
my Hotmail account. Is this possible?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Which version of outlook? In outlook 2003, set it in tools, options, other,
advanced. For older versions, you'll need to create a shortcut that opens to
the folder.

create a shortcut using the command line outlook.exe /select Hotmail\Inbox
get the proper foldername from the address bar of the web toolbar when you
have the folder selected.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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[Rob]

This is Outlook XP.

I have tried your switch (outlook.exe /select
Hotmail\Inbox), but it just pegs the CPU at 100% and I
shut it down after four minutes without a change.

Any other ideas?

Rob

-----Original Message-----
Which version of outlook? In outlook 2003, set it in tools, options, other,
advanced. For older versions, you'll need to create a shortcut that opens to
the folder.

create a shortcut using the command line

outlook.exe /select Hotmail\Inbox

get the proper foldername from the address bar of the web toolbar when you
have the folder selected.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote- tips.net/

Can't find it in options. Whenever Outlook opens, the
default view goes into the Inbox of my Personal Folders.
I would like it to go to the default view in my Inbox of
my Hotmail account. Is this possible?

.

 

[Rob]

Nevermind last post!

For it to work, I had to put:
/select outlook:\\Hotmail\Inbox

This works nicely now. Thanks for the tips!

Rob

-----Original Message-----
Which version of outlook? In outlook 2003, set it in tools, options, other,
advanced. For older versions, you'll need to create a shortcut that opens to
the folder.

create a shortcut using the command line

outlook.exe /select Hotmail\Inbox

get the proper foldername from the address bar of the web toolbar when you
have the folder selected.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote- tips.net/

Can't find it in options. Whenever Outlook opens, the
default view goes into the Inbox of my Personal Folders.
I would like it to go to the default view in my Inbox of
my Hotmail account. Is this possible?

.