Install Outlook on external hard drive

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Hi,

I want to install Outlook 2003 on an external hard drive and run it from
there...I'm hoping I can do the following: use email for my personal
accounts (yahoo & gmail), contacts, calendar, and tasks. I also want to sync
to my smartphone via activesync. Is this possible? Also, once I unplug my
hard drive from my laptop, will there be any trace that I used Outlook?

Thank you in advance.
 
Headhunter said:
I want to install Outlook 2003 on an external hard drive and run it
from there...
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It can't be done. While much of Outlook's files can be placed there, may of
them cannot. There is no such thing as an Outlook you can carry with you
that way (without a Tablet PC or a PDA).
I'm hoping I can do the following: use email for my
personal accounts (yahoo & gmail), contacts, calendar, and tasks. I
also want to sync to my smartphone via activesync. Is this possible?
Also, once I unplug my hard drive from my laptop, will there be any
trace that I used Outlook?
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Most Windows-based applications, especially those from Microsoft, leave
tracks all over - in the Windows folder, in the System32 folder, in the
registry, and so on.
 
Thank you Brian.

One more question: In order to erase my tracks completely, what
folders/files would I have to delete so that nobody could track/trace my
outlook data?
 
Headhunter said:
Thank you Hal. What is the best way to clean up the registry?
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Some versions of Office have clean-up tools available from Microsoft. I
don't know if Office 2003 does. You could use REGEDIT to remove all
references to Outlook and the mail profile.
 
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