Each time you start the program, you run the outlook.exe command, although you do not usually type the command or even see it. You can change certain aspects of how the program starts by adding subcommands called switches to the outlook.exe command.

A switch appears as a space after the main command, followed by a forward slash and the name of the switch, which provide further information about how to execute the command.

For example, the following command instructs Office Outlook 2007 to start with the Reading Pane turned off.

The command outlook.exe starts Outlook.

The switch /nopreview starts Outlook with the Reading Pane turned off.

Use a switch once by adding it to the Run command

First, verify the location of the outlook.exe file on your computer. If you accepted the default folder locations when you installed Office Outlook 2007, the outlook.exe file is located at the following:

c:\program files\microsoft office\office12\outlook.exe

If you do not find the outlook.exe file at that location, search for the file and make a note of the full path.

1. Do one of the following:
   • Windows Vista ?
     • Click the Windows Start button , point to All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Run.
   • Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 ?
     • Click the Windows Start button, and then click Run.
2. In the Run dialog box, type a quotation mark, enter the full path for the outlook.exe file, and then type another quotation mark. Alternatively, click Browse to locate and select the file. In this case, the quotation marks are supplied automatically.
3. After the closing quotation mark, type a space, and then type the switch. For example, you might type:“c:\program files\microsoft office\office12\outlook.exe” /nopreview

The next time that you start Office Outlook 2007, the program opens normally. To make your customized startup available for repeated uses, see the next section.

Notes

• Switches are not case-sensitive. For example, /NOPREVIEW functions the same as /nopreview.
• Remember to include one blank space before the switch and one before each parameter.

Make a switch available for reuse by creating a shortcut

First, verify the location of the outlook.exe file on your computer. If you accepted the default folder locations when you installed Office Outlook 2007, the outlook.exe file is probably located at the following:

c:\program files\microsoft office\office12\outlook.exe

If you do not find the outlook.exe file at that location, search for the file and make a note of the full path.

1. Right-click the Windows desktop, point to New, and then click Shortcut on the shortcut menu.
2. In the Create Shortcut Wizard, in the Type the location of the item box, type a quotation mark, enter the full path for the outlook.exe file, and then type another quotation mark. Alternatively, click Browse to locate and select the file. In this case, the quotation marks are supplied automatically.
3. After the closing quotation mark, type a space, and then type the switch and any parameters. For example, you might type:“c:\program files\microsoft office\office12\outlook.exe” /nopreview Note If the parameter is a path to a location on your computer, it also must be enclosed in double quotation marks.
4. Click Next.
5. In the Type a name for this shortcut box, type a name for the shortcut, and then click Finish.The wizard creates the shortcut on the desktop.
6. Whenever you want to start Office Outlook 2007 in this particular customized way, double-click the shortcut. Tip To add the desktop shortcut to the Windows Start menu, right-click the shortcut, and then click Pin to Start menu on the shortcut menu.

You can create a variety of shortcuts, each of which applies different switches and parameters to the program at startup.

Notes

• Switches are not case-sensitive. For example, /NOPREVIEW functions the same as /nopreview.
• Remember to include one blank space before the switch and one before each parameter.

Available switches

• Alt+UP – Go up a folder
• Alt+Left- Go back (previous folder)
• Alt+Right – Go forward (from go back)
• Alt+d – Select Address Bar path
• F4 – Address Bar drop down, history, selection
• Alt+Enter – Properties of the selected file
• Ctrl+Mousewheel – change the icons size
• F11 – Fullscreen mode (does not seem very useful)

Other Windows keyboard shortcuts:

• Win+e – Open Windows Explorer
• Win+f – Find files
• Ctrl+Win+f – Find computers
• Win+Tab – Cycle forward through open Taskbar items
  • Shift+Win+Tab – Cycle backwards through open Taskbar items
• Win+m – Minimize all windows (may not minimize some dialog boxes)
  • Shift+Win+m – Retore previously minimized windows
• Win+Space – Aero peek to show Desktop (while Win key is held down)
• Win+d – Sow Desktop (hides all windows, repeat to restore hidden windows)
• Win+b, Left Arrow, Enter – Opens the Clock/Calendar pop-up from the Notification Area
• Win+g – Bring Gadgets to front (repeat to cycle forward to next Gadget)
  • Shift+Win+g -Bring Gadgets to (repeat to cycle backward to previous Gadget)
• Win+Pause – System

Get-DistributionGroup – Retrieves properties of a distribution group

New-DistributionGroup – Creates a new distribution group

Remove-DistributionGroup – Deletes a distribution group

Set-DistributionGroup –  Set Properties on a distribution group

To work with DynamicDistributionGroup, replace DistributionGroup with DynamicDistributionGroup.

For more help: get-help cmdlet-DistributionGroup -full

Add member(s) to an existing distribution group?

Add-DistributionGroupMember -Id ITDept -Member "mike"

Grant someone manage a distributiongroup membership permission?

Set-Group -id ITDept –ManagedBy "mike"

Remove the manage distributiongroup permission:

Set-Group -id ITDept –ManagedBy $null

Here is the powershell (Exchange Console) script/command:

Import-Csv contacts.csv | ForEach { New-MailContact -Name $_.displayName -ExternalEmailAddress $_.Emailaddress -OrganizationalUnit "domain.com/company/email/contacts" }
NOTE: be sure to adjust the -OrganizationalUnit parameter in the command above.

CSV file: (contacts.csv)

displayName,Emailaddress
Mike Wood,michael@example.com
John Q. Customer,johnc@example.org
etc,etc@example.net


Hope this helps you with your batch files.

Fix: Orb/Start -> run… -> Outlook.exe /resetnavpane

The following sample VBScript code will verify a Signed file:


Dim Signer, File, ShowUI, FileOK
Set Signer = CreateObject("Scripting.Signer")
File = "c:\newfile.wsf"
ShowUI = True
FileOK = Signer.VerifyFile(File, ShowUI)
If FileOK Then
WScript.Echo File & " is trusted."
Else
WScript.Echo File & " is NOT trusted."
End If