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Outlook can be started from the command line simply by typing Outlook.exe. There are many command line switches that can be used to perform specific tasks, or open Outlook to specific windows.

Many of these command line switches can be very useful in performing everyday tasks more effeciently. Here are my top 10 Outlook command line switches in no particular order.

• /sniff – Locates and new appointments in your inbox and adds them to your calendar.


• /profile profilename – Loads Outlook with the specified profile. /cleanreminders – Dismisses any old reminders to prevent them from reappearing.


• /rpcdiag – Displays RPC connection status, very useful when troubleshooting RPC over HTTPs issues.


• /cleanviews – Restores the Outlook views to default which is very useful when a user has customized the menus and is now lost.


• /nocustomize – Simlar to /cleanviews, but only resets the view to

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If you are using POP3 for email, your email messages get stored in a PST file on the local computer. A .pst file contains all of your Outlook folders, like the Inbox, Calendar, and Contacts and any other folders you have created. There is no automatic backing up of this PST file in Outlook 2003, however Microsoft has released an Outlook 2003 Add-in that can add this functionality.

After downloading and installing the Personal Folders Backup Add-in, select File | Backup to bring up the backup dialog box.

Press Options to specify how often to remind you to backup and where to save the backups to. This can be a local drive or a mapped network drive. You can also specify which PST files to backup if you have more than one.

With the Add-in setup every 7 days

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Microsoft Outlook creates a nickname list that is for name checking and auto completion. When you use Outlook it automatically creates the nickname list. The nickname list can become corrupted and when it does Outlook may not identify recipients, may suggest the wrong recipients with automatic completion or it might just send the message to the wrong person!

To fix this, close Outlook and then open up Explorer. Select Tools | Folder Options and click on the View tab. Select Advanced View and check the boxes next to Show Hidden Files and Folders. Next, open up the Search applet (don’t forget to say hi to Search Puppy!) and search for *.NK2 files. There will be a NK2 file for each Outlook profile on the computer and it will be named profilename.NK2. Rename the file to profilename.bak or delete the file. When you open up Outlook, it will create

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