How do I create shortcut on desktop to personal distribution list

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MEG said:
How do I set up a shortcut on my desktop to a new e-mail with a
distribution list?
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Right-click your desktio and choose New>Shortcut. In the "Type the location
of the item" box, enter

"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Officexx\Outlook.exe" /c ipm.note /m dlname

where "xx" reflects your version of Outlook. Click Next. Give your
shortcut a name and click Finish.
 
Brian: I'm butting in hoping it may help MEG. Did you really mean to say "xx"
is version of Outlook? "xx" appears in your string with Office, and
Outlook.exe is in Office 10 for me. I know this: Copy-Paste your string and
put 10 for xx and my Dist List name for dlname in the string and I get
Cannot find file "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office10\Outlook.exe" . The
quotes before C: and after Outlook.exe are to be there, Right? Any other
ideas?
 
Craig S said:
Brian: I'm butting in hoping it may help MEG. Did you really mean to
say "xx" is version of Outlook?
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I meant "reflects". "10" does reflect Outlook 2002, as you say, as "11"
indicates Outlook 2003. However, Outlook 2000 (version 9) may not have
anything where "xx" appears.
"xx" appears in your string with
Office, and Outlook.exe is in Office 10 for me. I know this:
Copy-Paste your string and put 10 for xx and my Dist List name for
dlname in the string and I get Cannot find file
"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office10\Outlook.exe" . The quotes
before C: and after Outlook.exe are to be there, Right? Any other
ideas?
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There's no "C" in what I entered, so how are you getting an error message
that mentions "C"? If you want to put the explicit path, use this:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Outlook.exe" /c ipm.note /m
dlname

I like to use the environment variable %ProgramFiles% because it's more
general. Some people (like me on one of my PCs) have their Program FIles
folder on a disk other than the C drive and the environment variable will
always be correct no matter where the Program Files folder resides.
 
There's no "C" in what I entered, so how are you getting an error message
that mentions "C"?
If you want to put the explicit path, use this:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Outlook.exe" /c ipm.note /m dlname
 
BINGO!! I stumbled onto an Outlooks Tip fact that Path Words with spaces
require quotes; When I put quotes around my 2-word Dist List Name, ("Old
Geezers") the Shortcut Then Worked! MS ought to allow editing to Save space!
Many Thanks, Brian!!
 
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