Disabling Preview Pane in Outlook 2000

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

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

Cheers,

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