Disabling Preview Pane in Outlook 2000

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Roady [MVP]

Start Outlook with the /nopreview switch. Just curious; why do you want
this?

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R

Rob

The /nopreview switch doesn't seem to work for me (using Outlook 2002,
SP-2). The OP is using Outlook 2000. I know it's listed as a startup
switch for Outlook 2003, does it actually function in 2000? Is it
supposed to function in 2002? Perhaps my system is buggy?

V
 
R

Roady [MVP]

Are you using it correctly? It should look like this (check your path to
Outlook.exe);
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office9\Outlook.exe" /nopreview

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R

Rob

Yes, tried using full path. /nopreview apparently has no effect, still
able to engage preview pane.

Cheers,

V
 
R

Roady [MVP]

It should. Are you sure the Outlook.exe process doesn't run when triggering
the command?

Why do you want to disable it anyway?

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G

Guest

Mail appears in the Preview pane is "auto" opened and this
effects how our virus software works.
 
R

Rob

Not certain about what you're asking. Here are two possible
interpretations of what you asked.

(a) Am I sure that Outlook.exe isn't already running before I trigger
the command? Yes, I'm sure, I checked the process list.

(b) Does the Outlook.exe process run after I execute the command? Yes.


As for disabling the preview pane,I don't need to, or want to for that
matter. I made mention of it in case other customers are experiencing
the same problem.

Cheers,

V
 
R

Roady [MVP]

No it doesn't. For Outlook 2002 and 2003 no code execution is allowed in the
Preview/Reading Pane. The same is accomplished when you update previous
versions of Outlook. This makes the Reading Pane even more secure than
actually opening the message.

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R

Roady [MVP]

I meant the first but both is good ;-)

It is a valid switch for Outlook and so far I've never seen it fail. Does
the /safe switch work for you?

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