pop3What type of email account do you have configured? If the internet
connection up when outlook starts loading? (It begins checking email soon
after it begins loading, long before its fully loaded.)
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
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"Jim S" wrote in message
I have outlook set to open when Windows starts via my startup folder.
When it does it always reports an error finding mail. If I manually tell it
to get mail it is ok.
Any idea why?
pop3What type of email account do you have configured? If the internet
connection up when outlook starts loading? (It begins checking email soon
after it begins loading, long before its fully loaded.)
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
OutlookForums http://www.outlookforums.com
"Jim S" wrote in message
I have outlook set to open when Windows starts via my startup folder.
When it does it always reports an error finding mail. If I manually tell it
to get mail it is ok.
Any idea why?
Yes, but I suppose that is better than opening before the firewall/AV.It's probably timing out as it tries to connect to your email account as
windows boots. If you wait for Windows to load then open outlook, does it
work as expected?
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
OutlookForums http://www.outlookforums.com
"Jim S" wrote in message
pop3What type of email account do you have configured? If the internet
connection up when outlook starts loading? (It begins checking email soon
after it begins loading, long before its fully loaded.)
Yes, but I suppose that is better than opening before the firewall/AV.It's probably timing out as it tries to connect to your email account as
windows boots. If you wait for Windows to load then open outlook, does it
work as expected?
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
OutlookForums http://www.outlookforums.com
"Jim S" wrote in message
pop3What type of email account do you have configured? If the internet
connection up when outlook starts loading? (It begins checking email soon
after it begins loading, long before its fully loaded.)
Natively, AFAIK, no, but you can use a batch file or utility to control the
order and slow down the loads.
A batch file is easiest IMHO - you'll use the following commands -
TIMEOUT /T seconds-to-wait
START ´C:\Path\To\Application.exe¡ - you may need just the application.exe
if the program is registered. if you use the path, enclose it in quotes.
so to load outlook automatically, type or paste the following into notepad
then save as start.bat and put it in the start folder
@ECHO OFF
TIMEOUT /T 20
START OUTLOOK.EXE
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
OutlookForums http://www.outlookforums.com
"Jim S" wrote in message
Yes, but I suppose that is better than opening before the firewall/AV.It's probably timing out as it tries to connect to your email account as
windows boots. If you wait for Windows to load then open outlook, does it
work as expected?
Is there a way of ordering the sequence so it always opens last?Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
OutlookForums http://www.outlookforums.com
"Jim S" wrote in message
pop3What type of email account do you have configured? If the internet
connection up when outlook starts loading? (It begins checking email soon
after it begins loading, long before its fully loaded.)
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