Outlook 2000 (W2K)

[SOBER]

I know squat about Windows 2000 or Office 2000 and have a friend that wants his address book to pop-up when Outlook loads. Can this be done. Is the "contacts" in Outlook a .exe and if so what might be the name?

Can Outlook Express inmport the contacts from Outlook 2000


Subject: Re: Using "CONTACTS" as the default screen when selecting OUTLOOK from the Tool Bar

[king_ging]

this is the answer for the second question
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/importing.asp> importing items into express </a>

not sure about the first question but i will have a look

ps why would you want to have the address book pop up?

[SOBER]

Why not!

[Jama]

To start Outlook and have it go strait to your Contacts folder (or any other folder) you’ll have to start it with the “/select outlook:&lt;FolderName&gt;” command-line argument. So for Contacts, you’d use this:

Outlook.exe /select outlook:Contacts
Try it; click Start, Run, and copy and paste the above command.
Note: you can substitute contacts with Tasks, Drafts, Calendar, Inbox or any other Outlook folder.

To configure the Outlook button on the Office Tool Bar to do the same, follow this procedure;

Right-click a blank area of the Office Tool Bar and select Customize. Select Buttons, find and select the Microsoft Outlook button then click Delete.
Click Add File, navigate to the office installation folder select Outlook.exe and click Add then Ok. (It’s important that you select the actual exe from the Office installation folder and not the shortcut under C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Shortcut Bar\Office).

Right click the Outlook icon in the Tool Bar and select Properties. Click on the Shortcut tab. In the Target field, add a space followed by /select outlook:Contacts just after the path to Outlook.exe (if it’s enclosed in double quotes, add the command line argument outside the quotes).


Jama

[SOBER]

Thanks Jama

[AndyMcK]

There is an easier way to do this one. If you open up Tools -&gt; Options in Outlook and then go to the Other tab and choose Advanced Options there's a setting in there for the default folder Outlook opens up in. You can pick any of the default Outlook folders, ie. Inbox, Journal, Contacts, Tasks, Calander or Notes.

HTH.

AndyMcK.