Registry keys to turn off the Reading Pane in outlook

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I need to know the registry keys to turn off the Reading Pane on all folders
in Outlook so I can apply the settings to an MST file..
 
There is a Registry key that contains the status for the reading pane. It is
located in the HKCU hive, and a also in HKU hive. It is a hard one to find,
and it is not created until after Outlook starts. So the problem is that the
MST might not be able to configure this for you. I am in the process of
testing, so I will let you know...
 
Maybe you're thinking of an earlier version?
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
The key controls whether the pane is on the right or the bottom. It does not
control whether the pane is on or off. I am SURE that there is a key for
this. Do a registry compare and you should eb able to find it. The one for
the right and the bottom is:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Default Outlook
Profile\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046]
"01020402"=hex:01,00,00,00,28,01,00,00,36,01,00,00,8a,02,f4,01,50,00,00,00

If you use that key in your transform, then you can place the Reading pane
at the bottom by default. This damn thing took me three days to find and
test. What a pain in the arse to give users a "classic" view.
 
I've tried with Regmon and found nothing. Microsoft has also repeatedly said
there's no way to do this.

The key to put it on the bottom, though is very cool. THanks!

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Texas1st said:
The key controls whether the pane is on the right or the bottom. It does
not
control whether the pane is on or off. I am SURE that there is a key for
this. Do a registry compare and you should eb able to find it. The one
for
the right and the bottom is:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Default Outlook
Profile\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046]
"01020402"=hex:01,00,00,00,28,01,00,00,36,01,00,00,8a,02,f4,01,50,00,00,00

If you use that key in your transform, then you can place the Reading pane
at the bottom by default. This damn thing took me three days to find and
test. What a pain in the arse to give users a "classic" view.

Texas1st said:
There is a Registry key that contains the status for the reading pane.
It is
located in the HKCU hive, and a also in HKU hive. It is a hard one to
find,
and it is not created until after Outlook starts. So the problem is that
the
MST might not be able to configure this for you. I am in the process of
testing, so I will let you know...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Regmon was showing way too much data, even with filters. I did a static
compare in the HKU key, and believe that the key
(0a0d020000000000c000000000000046) contains settings for the reading pane,
but it is very cryptic, and takes some time to decypher.

Kudo's from you means a lot. Glad I could help.

Sue Mosher said:
I've tried with Regmon and found nothing. Microsoft has also repeatedly said
there's no way to do this.

The key to put it on the bottom, though is very cool. THanks!

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Texas1st said:
The key controls whether the pane is on the right or the bottom. It does
not
control whether the pane is on or off. I am SURE that there is a key for
this. Do a registry compare and you should eb able to find it. The one
for
the right and the bottom is:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Default Outlook
Profile\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046]
"01020402"=hex:01,00,00,00,28,01,00,00,36,01,00,00,8a,02,f4,01,50,00,00,00

If you use that key in your transform, then you can place the Reading pane
at the bottom by default. This damn thing took me three days to find and
test. What a pain in the arse to give users a "classic" view.

Texas1st said:
There is a Registry key that contains the status for the reading pane.
It is
located in the HKCU hive, and a also in HKU hive. It is a hard one to
find,
and it is not created until after Outlook starts. So the problem is that
the
MST might not be able to configure this for you. I am in the process of
testing, so I will let you know...

:

There is no such setting.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



I need to know the registry keys to turn off the Reading Pane on all
folders
in Outlook so I can apply the settings to an MST file..
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I still can't get this to work consistently, but it still seems to be an
interesting avenue of investigation. So far, these are the registry values
I've found useful:

Force Reading Pane to Bottom:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook #5\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046]
"01020402"=hex:01,00,00,00,28,01,00,00,36,01,00,00,8a,02,f4,01,50,00,00,00

Force Reading Pane Off:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook #5\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046]
"01020402"=hex:00,00,00,00,cb,00,00,00,b8,00,00,00,8a,02,f4,01,50,00,00,00

Force Reading Pane to Right:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook #5\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046]
"01020402"=hex:01,00,00,00,cb,00,00,00,19,01,00,00,8a,02,f4,01,50,00,00,00
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Texas1st said:
Regmon was showing way too much data, even with filters. I did a static
compare in the HKU key, and believe that the key
(0a0d020000000000c000000000000046) contains settings for the reading pane,
but it is very cryptic, and takes some time to decypher.

Kudo's from you means a lot. Glad I could help.

Sue Mosher said:
I've tried with Regmon and found nothing. Microsoft has also repeatedly
said
there's no way to do this.

The key to put it on the bottom, though is very cool. THanks!

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Texas1st said:
The key controls whether the pane is on the right or the bottom. It
does
not
control whether the pane is on or off. I am SURE that there is a key
for
this. Do a registry compare and you should eb able to find it. The
one
for
the right and the bottom is:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Default Outlook
Profile\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046]
"01020402"=hex:01,00,00,00,28,01,00,00,36,01,00,00,8a,02,f4,01,50,00,00,00

If you use that key in your transform, then you can place the Reading
pane
at the bottom by default. This damn thing took me three days to find
and
test. What a pain in the arse to give users a "classic" view.

:

There is a Registry key that contains the status for the reading pane.
It is
located in the HKCU hive, and a also in HKU hive. It is a hard one to
find,
and it is not created until after Outlook starts. So the problem is
that
the
MST might not be able to configure this for you. I am in the process
of
testing, so I will let you know...

:

There is no such setting.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



I need to know the registry keys to turn off the Reading Pane on
all
folders
in Outlook so I can apply the settings to an MST file..
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I've examined my registry and the Hex entries on my production machine
don't correspond with any of the three you listed. Kind of strange. I've
checked my Office 2003 MST that I push out to my desktop. It's entry
matches the "force to bottom" key. It has consistently placed the reading
pane at the bottom in deployment to several different machines. But when I
manually insert the hex to turn it off, it does nothing.

How are you using these keys? In an MST for install, or inserting them
manually?
 
Yeah, it's definitely strange and not consistent enough for my taste, at
least not yet. I'm testing with an existing installation, shutting down
Outlook, changing the registry value, then restarting Outlook. The "bottom"
key works maybe 3/4 of the time.
 
I've found that you can move from Left to Bottom and Back with the keys listed by Sue Mosher. However, Turning the pane off involves an additional key that I've yet to locate. Once you turn it off in Outlook. You then cannot place it at the Left or Bottom using the registry keys we know so far. We need to find the additional key that controls the Off/On of the reading pane.
 
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