Outlook without email Account?

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I installed Office 2003 and want to use Outlook for the Address book and
Calendar only. I do not need email support. The only way to start outlook is
to set up an email account.

How can I get around this?

Thanks
 
Joe said:
I installed Office 2003 and want to use Outlook for the Address book and
Calendar only. I do not need email support. The only way to start outlook is
to set up an email account.

How can I get around this?

Thanks
I don't know if there is a programmatic way to do it but I would suggest
just creating a bogus e-mail account. Make up a fake address and fake
server names. Then set Outlook such that it does not automatically check
for new messages (Tools - Options - Mail Setup - Send/Receive). You may
have to work past a few error messages when setting up the bogus
account. Not an elegant solution but it's functional.

Tim
 
Excellent suggestion. And I've done that. But when I try to select the fake
accout profile, I get an error "outlook could not start because a data file
....could not be found... to create a data file..."

I then go through the vague step given and can create the only data file
option available "business contacts.."

In the help site it says to fix this I should use the "folders" option in
outlook. But I can't even get outlook to start.

I know I'm just missing something but can't figure out what.

Thanks
 
An added note. So I deleted all the profiles. Reinstalled office and
restarted and got a "unable to open your default email folder. Outlook could
not start because a dtat file...could not be found"

That's where I am now. ??
 
You do not need an email account to use Outlook. Open your mail profile in the Control Panel | Mail applet and add a Personal Folders .pst file as the default data store. You should have only that .pst file in the data stores list.

Or, create a new profile and on the first page of the E-mail Accounts wizard, choose "View or change existing e-mail accounts." On the next screen, click the New Outlook Data File button. Click FInish, then click OK when you're asked whether you want to create a profile with no mail accounts.
 
Sue,

Thanks for the help.

When I try to add a data file the only option I have is a "Business
Contacts..." option, no other choices.

If I go ahead and select that and then try to adjust settings it says
"operation failed".

What do I have wrong?

Thanks,
 
Sorry forgot. If I try to create a new profile, it says "there was an error
finding ione of the items needed. It may have been deleted" and will not make
the profile.

When I try to make it again, it says it already exists, although it does not
appear. If I exit the wizard and return it is there, but I can only add the
"business" daa file.

Does this hep at all?

thanks again
 
Are you using Outlook at work or at home? If at work, talk to your network administrator. If at home, run Help | Detect and Repair. Do not install the Business Contacts store.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54
 
At home. Ran the detect and repair, it said it repaired it, but no help. When
the business contacts thing came up as the only choice the first time, I
selected it. It was the only choice.

Did that mess anything up?
 
Again, don't add the Business Contacts store. It is irrelevant to your objective. Since your Outlook installation appears to be damaged, at this point I would suggest reinstalling it through Control Panel | Add Remove Programs.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54
 
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