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Office 
| Word | Outlook| Outlook Express | Misc



Office
Hyperlinks Not Working In Office
Quickly Change Font Size in Office
Re-Applying Formatting in Office 2000
Customizing the Office Assistants
Changing the Number of Days Displayed in Outlook Calendar
Changing the Spreadsheet Tab Color in Excel 2002
Editing the Shared Border in FrontPage 2000/200
Excel Command Line Switches
Access Gives License or Database Error
Having Excel 2000 Display the Year with Four Digits
Changing the Default Page Location for Front Pag
Word
Creating A Watermark in Word2002
Having Word Not Display URL's in Underline 
Filling Word with Pretend Text
Adding Horizontal Dividers in Wor
Determining Formatting in Wor
Word Command Line Switche
Reducing the File Size of Word Documents
Selecting Columns in Word
Outlook
Outlook 2000 Hangs at Splash Screen
Compacting Outlook Data Files
Restoring the Outlook2000/2002 Icon to the Desktop
Clearing the Outlook NickNAME Cache
Using Outlook 2002 Sticky Notes
Configuring Automatic NAME Suggestion in Outlook 2002
Minimizing Outlook2002 to the System Tray
Changing Colors in Outlook2002 Calendar
Sending Contacts in Outlook
Outlook Shortcut Keys
Copying E-Mail to Your Calenda
Outlook Command Line Switche
Customizing Outlook2002 Security Setting
Outlook Can't Create Item Error
Setting Outlook to be the Default E-Mail Program
Opening Multiple Windows in Outloo
Changing the Office2000 Registered Owner
Enabling Outlook 2000  Mail Logging
Switches for Starting Outlook 200
Changing the NAME of the Outlook Icon on the Desktop
Showing a Map of an Outlook 2000 Contact's Address
Creating Outlook Contacts Shortcut
Outlook Express
Spell Checking in Outlook Express Without Office
Opening Attachments in Outlook Expres
Disabling Outlook Express Splash Screen
Starting Outlook Express Immediately to Mail or News
Misc
Resolving Inability to Add or Remove Programs
Reducing Viruses in E-Mai
Redirecting Output from Command Line Programs
Eliminating MSCONFIG Warning at Next Boot Up
Changing Notepad Defaults
Removing the Task Scheduler
Opening Files with Other Than the Default Application
Hidden FDISK Switches
Playing DVD's with Windows Media Player
Stopping Applications from Starting Automatically

Opening a File by Dragging to Task Bar
Eudora Lite and More than One E-Mail Account
Hidden Format Switches
Changing File Associations
Extracting files from Win95's CAB files
Recovering Damaged Text Files
Setting Swap File Size
Defragmenting the Swap File
ScanDisk with OEM S
Substituting Drive Letters
Shutting Down or Restarting Windows95 from an Icon
Saving Space Using WinZip
Office97 and Plus Pack Themes
Opening a Files for Editing
Opening Associated Files from a DOS Box
Using Another E-Mail Package when Exchange is Installed
Power Surfing
Lotus 123 Release 5 Lockup
Wildcards with DIR and File Find
ScanDisk Command-Line Switches
Defrag Command-Line Switches
Fixing Page Fault in MPREXE.EXE
Changing the Telnet Scroll-Back Buffer Size
Auto-Dialing for 32-bit Internet Applications
DOSSTART.BAT File
Fixing Corrupted Exchange Files
Emergency Recovery Utility
Turning off the ending = with Exchange
Using your mouse to select an area in a DOS app
Using Exchange with more than one ISP phone number
Backing up the Registry
Adding Notepad to SENDTO
Having Eudora Pro be the default e-mail program, rather than Exchange
Free drive space errors with Norton Utilities
Using the new DOS Edit
Creating Distribution List with Exchange
Using Memmaker
Signatures using WordMail
Creating Document templates
New XCOPY switches  

Compacting Outlook Data Files
Even though you delete your e-mail from the Delete Items  folder, the file size may still stay the same.
This means that you need to manually compact them.
  1. You need to have the Folder List showing. If it is not already there, from the View menu, click Folder List
  2. From the Folders list, right-click on Personal Folders at the top
  3. Select Properties For Personal Folders
  4. Click on the Advanced button
  5. Click on the Compact Now button

 Outlook 2000 Hangs at Splash Screen
If Outlook hangs up at the logo splash screen,
try starting it with the /safe switch (Start / Run / Outlook.exe /safe) If this works some files may be corrupted and can simply be deleted or reNAMEd.
Use the Windows Explorer to search for and then either reNAME or delete the following files:
Views.dat
Outcmd.dat
Extend.dat
Frmcache.dat
Note: Not all files may be present on the computer
Restoring the Outlook2000/2002 Icon to the Desktop
If the Outlook icon was removed from the desktop
it can restored by adding in the following registry key.
Then logoff and back on again. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NAMESpace\ {00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}

Hyperlinks Not Working In Office
If hyperlinks are not working in Outlook or other Office applications:
  1. Start the Internet Explorer
  2. Select Tools / Internet Options
  3. Click on Programs tab
  4. Make sure that Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser is enabled
  5. Click Reset Web Settings.
  6. Click Start / Run / regsvr32 urlmon.dll
  7. If that single change does not resolve the problem, repeat the process by running the following additional entries:
    • regsvr32  Shdocvw.dll
    • regsvr32  Msjava.dll
    • regsvr32  Actxprxy.dll
    • regsvr32  Oleaut32.dll
    • regsvr32  Mshtml.dll
    • regsvr32  Browseui.dll
    • regsvr32 Shell32.dll (Windows XP and Windows 2000 only)

Resolving Inability to Add or Remove Programs
If a particular user cannot add or remove programs, there might be a simple registry edit neeed.
  1. Go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Uninstall
  2. Change the DWORD NoAddRemovePrograms to 0 disable it

Spell Checking in Outlook Express Without Office
You can spell check with Outlook Express without needing to install Office or Works You will need access to your existing legal version to copy some files.
  1. On a computer with Office installed, go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof
  2. Copy the following files (they will easily fit on a floppy disk)
  • MSSP2_EN.LEX
  • MSSP232.DLL
  • CSAPI3T1.DLL
  • CTAPI3T2.DLL
  • CHAPI3T1.DLL
  1. Copy them to the same location on the computer without Office
  2. Download the reg file and import into the registry

Reducing Viruses in E-Mail
You can greatly reduce the amount of viruses you might get through e-mail attachments by simply installing the free Outlook E-mail Attachment Security Update from Microsoft. Since most viruses come this way, it should all but eliminate them. You should also have a good virus protection program installed as well. This update strips out any attachments where, if you click on them, they will automatically run on their own.
Examples of restricted extensions are:
.exe, .com, .bat, .vbs, .scr This will work for Outlook98 and Outlook2000. OutlookXP has it already built in as part of the product. Download from Microsoft

 Clearing the Outlook NickNAME Cache
The NickNAME Cache is used by Outlook for automatic NAME checking and the automatic completion.
I you want to clear the cache with the list of NAMEs that Outlook shows when sending an e-mail
  1. Close Outlook
  2. Start the Windows Explorer
  3. With the focus on the root of the C: drive, search for *.nick (Outlook2000) or *.NK2 (Outlook2002 or newer)
  4. You will find a file that starts with your profile NAME
  5. ReNAME this file
  6. Restart Outlook
  7. Outlook will start rebuilding the file over again.

Opening Attachments in Outlook Express
If you are unable to open any attachments in Outlook Express
  1. Start the program
  2. Go to Tools / Options
  3. Click on the Security tab
  4. Uncheck Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus

Creating A Watermark in Word2002
It is easy to create a watermark in Word2002.
  1. Go to the Format menu
  2. Select Background
  3. Click Printed Watermark
  4. From here you can either select a graphic or text watermark.

 Changing the Spreadsheet Tab Color in Excel 2002
If you have a  spreadsheet with multiple pages in it,
you can change the color of the individual tabs by simply right clicking on the tabs and select Tab Color

Using Outlook 2002 Sticky Notes
While in Outlook, you can create sticky notes that look like post-it notes.
These stay on your desktop and can help server as reminders for things you need to do. To Create a Note In Outlook:
  1. Go to File / New / Note
  2. Or press Ctrl+Shift+N
  3. From here you can enter any text you like
  4. You can change the color of the note by clicking on the icon in the upper left hand corner and selecting Color
  5. When created this way, the notes are only available when Outlook is still running
To Create a Note Anytime
  1. Create a shortcut on the desktop
  2. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OUTLOOK.EXE" /c ipm.stickynote
  3. Give it a NAME that makes sense for you
  4. Now you can create a note without Outlook running

 Configuring Automatic NAME Suggestion in Outlook 2002
The default setting in Outlook 2002 is to offer to complete the NAME of a person you are sending mail.
This is based on anyone you have ever sent mail to.
For me things brings up far too many NAMEs and I prefer to simply use the NAMEs in my contact list.
(Start typing a NAME and press Ctrl-K to pull up NAMEs in your address book) To turn off this setting:
  1. Go to Tools / Options
  2. Click on the E-mail Options button
  3. Click on the Advanced E-mail Options button
  4. Uncheck Suggest NAMEs while completing To, Cc, and Bcc fields
If you want to leave the setting in place and simply delete individual suggestions:
  1. Us the arrow keys to highlight a NAME
  2. Press the Delete key to delete just that entry

 Outlook Shortcut Keys

Send and receive mail

Control + M

Open or post a new message

Control + N

Forward a message

Control + F

Reply to a message

Control + R

Print the selected message

Control + P

Delete a mail message

Delete or Control + D

Reply to all

Control + Shift + R

Open the Inbox

Control + I

Open the OutboxControl + O

Open the Address Book

Control + Shift + B

Go to next unread mail message

Control + U

Go to folder

Control + Y

Open the selected message

Control + O or Enter

Mark a message as read

Control + Enter or  Control + Q

Move between the Folders list and message list

Tab

Find text

F3

Find a message

Control + Shift + F

Switch among Edit, Source, and Preview tabs

Control + Tab

Check NAMEs

Control + K or Alt + K

Check spelling

F7

Insert signature

Control + Shift + S

Send (post) a message

Control + Enter or Alt + S

 


Having Word Not Display URL's in Underline
To have it remove currently underlined links,
Simply press Ctrl-A to highlight all the text.
Then Ctrl-6 to remove the underlines Normally when you enter a URL or E-Mail Address in Word , it shows in Underline.
To turn this feature off:
  1. Go to Tools / AutoCorrect / AutoFormat As You Type 
  2. Uncheck Internet and network paths with hyperlinks
Note: This will not change the display of previously entered links or e-mail addresses
 Redirecting Output from Command Line Programs
With most command line programs, you can redirect the output to a file.
This is useful if you want to capture the output of a program. Simply run the program and add a  " > fileNAME" after the command.
Substitute whatever fileNAME you want with no quotes
One example, I frequently compare two files using the FC (file compare) program.
Normally the differences scroll off and I can't tell what they were.
Instead I run FC File1 File2 > difference.txt
Then with notepad it is easy to open up difference.txt and view all the changes.

 Eliminating MSCONFIG Warning at Next Boot Up
By default, if you make any changes to your startup with the MSCONFIG utility,
an warning is displayed on the next bootup. If you use this utility a lot and would like to eliminate that from happening
  1. Create a registry text file (e.g. file_NAME.reg) with the CONTENTs:
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run]
"MSConfig"=-
  1. Create a shortcut on the desktop
  2. Enter in:
regedit /s file_NAME.reg
  1. Give it a TITLEthat make sense to you
  2. When you click on the icon, the specific registry value will be deleted and you won't be prompted next time you boot.

 Minimizing Outlook2002 to the System Tray
By default, when you minimize Outlook2002, it goes to the taskbar. You can have it minimize to the system tray if you prefer.
  1. Start Regedit
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Office \ 10.0 \ Outlook \ Preferences
  3. Create a DWORD Value called MinToTray
  4. Give it a value of 1
  5. You may need to logoff for the setting to take effect.
  6. This helps reduce clutter on the taskbar but doesn't allow you to task switch to Outlook.

 Changing Colors in Outlook2002 Calendar
You can now change the colors of calendar items with Outlook2002.
  1. Simply right click on the event
  2. Select Label
  3. From here you can select from a variety of pre-selected colors

 Sending Contacts in Outlook
It is easy to send a list of of contacts you want to send to others through e-mail. For the following steps, make sure you have the Folder List selected in Outlook SENDING CONTACTS
  1. Start a new email
  2. In the TO section, select the users you want to receive the contacts
  3. Select Insert / Item
  4. Scroll to Contacts
  5. Highlight the contacts you want to send
  6. To select multiple items, hold down the control key
  7. Click OK when finished
  8. Send the mail
RECEIVING CONTACTS
  1. Have both your main Folder List and e-mail visible
  2. Select all the contacts
  3. Drag them to the Contacts folder

 Copying E-Mail to Your Calendar
If you receive an e-mail regarding an appointment you need to schedule,
simply drag that e-mail from your Inbox to the Calendar. You will then have the option to change the date, time etc for that event.

 Editing the Shared Border in FrontPage 2000/2002
By default, you can't directly edit the HTML code in a shared border in FrontPage. To enable this ability:
  1. Go to Tools / Web Settings
  2. Click on the Advanced tab
  3. Check Show hidden files and folders
  4. Your shared borders will now show up in a folder called _borders (from the Folder list)

 Filling Word Documents with Pretend Text
If you want to fill a page(s) with text to test something like printing, but don't want to spend time pasting the same phrase over and over, Type in =rand(x,y) Where x and y are replaced by numbers.
X would be the number of paragraphs
Y would be the number of sentences in a paragraph.
The text that gets generated is The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

 Adding Horizontal Dividers in Word
To add a variety of horizontal dividers in Word, type three
Hyphens ( --- )
Underscores ( ___ )
Equal Signs ( === )
Pound Signs ( ### )
Asterisks ( *** )
Tildes ( ~~~ )

 Determining Formatting in Word
To determine what formatting is applied to a particular paragraph in Word:
  1. Go to Help / What's This?
  2. When the cursor changes to a question mark, click on the paragraph.
  3. Information such as font and size, alignment, indent, spacing and margins will show

 Quickly Change Font Size in Office
To quickly change the font size in your Office application (Word, Front Page, Publisher or PowerPoint):
  1. Highlight the text you want to change
  2. Press: CTRL+SHIFT+> - To Increase the size
    CTRL+SHIFT+< - To Decrease the size

 Word Command Line Switches
The following text was copied from the Microsoft Site at:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q210/5/65.ASP
TypeTo do this
/aStarts Word and prevents add-ins and global templates (including the Normal template) from being loaded automatically. The /a switch also locks the setting files; that is, the setting files cannot be read or modified if you use this switch.
/laddinpathStarts Word and then loads a specific Word add-in.
/mStarts a new instance of Word without running any AutoExec macros.
/mmacroNAMEStarts Word and then runs a specific macro. The /m switch also prevents Word from running any AutoExec macros.
/nStarts a new instance of Word with no document open. Documents opened in each instance of Word will not appear as choices in the Window menu of other instances.
/ttemplateNAMEStarts Word with a new document based on a template other than the Normal template.
/wStarts a new instance of Word with a blank document. Documents opened in each instance of Word will not appear as choices in the Window menu of the other instances.
(no switch)A new Word window is opened with a blank document using the existing instance of the Word application.
 
 Excel Command Line Switches
The following text was copied from the Microsoft Site at:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q211/4/81.ASP
   Switch           Function
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------

   /e, /embedded    Forces Excel to start without displaying the 
                    startup screen and creating a new workbook 
                    (Book1.xls).

                    Example: /e, /embedded 
   /m               Forces Excel to create a new workbook that
                    contains a single macro sheet.

                    Example: /m

   /o               Forces Excel to re-register itself. Specifically, 
                    the following key is rewritten in the registry:

                    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Excel

                    NOTE: If this key contains invalid values, they are
                    not corrected by using this switch. This switch only
                    replaces missing values.

                    Example: /o

   /p <folder>      Forces Excel to use the path you specify as the active
                    path rather than the default path. 

                    Example: /p "C:\Windows"

   /r <fileNAME>    Forces Excel to open the specified file in
                    read-only mode.

                    Example: /r "C:\My Documents\Test.xls"

   /s               Starts Excel in Safe mode. ("Safe Mode" will appear in 
                    the Excel TITLEbar.) Safe mode starts Excel as if it is 
                    the first time after Setup. 

                    Safe mode bypasses the following:

                    - All files in any Excel startup folder. 

                    For more information about the location of startup 
                    folders, please see the following article in the
                    Microsoft Knowledge Base:

                       Q240150 XL2000: How to Use Excel Startup Folders

                    - Add-ins: The Addins dialog box still displays the 
                      selected addins. However, the addins are not loaded.

                    - Excel toolbars (Excel.xlb or <userNAME>.xlb): The 
                      original installation default toolbar settings are 
                      used.

                    - Excel specific registry information: The original 
                      installation default registry settings are used. 
                      Registry information can include the following key and 
                      other keys:

                      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Excel\Options

                      NOTE: When Excel is in Safe mode, the Options dialog 
                      box displays the default settings, not your customized 
                      settings.  
   /regserver       Forces Excel to register itself and then quit. Use this 
                    switch when you want Excel to rewrite all of its 
                    registry keys and reassociate itself with Excel files, 
                    such as workbooks, charts, and so on.

                    Example: /regserver


   /unregserver     Forces Excel to unregister itself and then quit.

                    Example: /unregserver 
 
 Outlook Command Line Switches
The following text was copied from the Microsoft Site at:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q182/1/12.ASP
 Command-Line Switch      Purpose
   -------------------      -------

   /CleanFreeBusy           Cleans and regenerates free/busy information.

   /Cleanfinders            Removes saved searches from the Exchange
                            Server store.

   /CleanReminders          Cleans and regenerates reminders.

   /CleanViews              Restores default views. All custom views you
                            created are lost.

   /CheckClient             Prompt for default manager of e-mail,
                            news, and contacts

   /ResetFolders            Restores missing folders for the default
                            delivery location.

   /ResetOutlookBar         Rebuilds the Outlook Bar.
 
   /Safe                    Launches Outlook without extensions, preview
                            pane or toolbar customization.

   /Nopreview               Turns off the Preview Pane and removes the
                            option from the View Menu.

   /CleanSchedPlus          Deletes all Schedule+ data (free/busy,
                            permissions, and .CAL file) from the server
                            and enables the free/busy information from the
                            Outlook Calendar to be used and viewed by all
                            Schedule+ 1.0 users. 
 
 Customizing Outlook2002 Security Settings
By default, Outlook2002 restricts access to potentially damaging e-mail file attachments.
To enable access to files with extensions such as .exe. or com:
  1. Exit Outlook2002 if it is running.
  2. Start Regedit
  3. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Security
  4. Create a new string value called Level1Remove
  5. Enter in the file extensions you want to use, such as .exe or .bat
  6. You can have multiple file types separated by a semicolon
  7. exe;com
The following are a list of the file attachments that are restricted by default
.ade        Microsoft Access project extension
.adp        Microsoft Access project
.asx         Windows Media Audio / Video
.bas        Microsoft Visual Basic class module
.bat         Batch file
.chm       Compiled HTML Help file
.cmd       Microsoft Windows NT Command script
.com       Microsoft MS-DOS program
.cpl          Control Panel extension
.crt           Security certificate
.exe         Program
.hlp          Help file
.hta          HTML program
.inf           Setup Information
.ins          Internet Naming Service
.isp          Internet Communication settings
.js             JScript file
.jse           Jscript Encoded Script file
.lnk           Shortcut
.mdb        Microsoft Access program
.mde        Microsoft Access MDE database
.msc         Microsoft Common Console document
.msi          Microsoft Windows Installer package
.msp         Microsoft Windows Installer patch
.mst          Microsoft Windows Installer transform; Microsoft Visual Test source file
.pcd          Photo CD image; Microsoft Visual compiled script
.pif            Shortcut to MS-DOS program
.prf            Microsoft Outlook profile settings
.reg           Registration entries
.scf            Windows Explorer command
.scr            Screen saver
.sct            Windows Script Component
.shb           Shell Scrap object
.shs           Shell Scrap object
.url             Internet shortcut
.vb             VBScript file
.vbe           VBScript Encoded script file
.vbs           VBScript file
.wsc          Windows Script Component
.wsf           Windows Script file
.wsh          Windows Script Host Settings file 

Changing Notepad Defaults
If you want to change the default settings of notepad such as word wrap, font and size:
  1. Start Regedit
  2. Go to HK_Current_User / Software / Microsoft / Notepad
  3. From here it is pretty easy to see what items you can change

Access Gives License or Database Error
If you try to run Access97 and get an error:
Microsoft Access can't start because there is no license for it on this machine
or
Can't find the database you specified or you didn't specify a database at all
There is a patch from Microsoft to fix this problem. 
I copied it to my site since they often change the location of their files. 

Outlook Can't Create Item Error
If you get the error Can't Create Item when attempting to open an attachment for Outlook,
the \Windows\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Forms\Frmcache.dat 
file may be corrupted. Simply delete this file and restart Outlook

Opening Multiple Windows in Outlook
If you want to have multiple windows open in Outlook (for example your InBox and Calendar),
Simply right-click on the new item and select Open in New Window This makes it a lot easier to cut and paste between Outlook applications

Setting Outlook to be the Default E-Mail Program
Normally you can set the default mail program from the Internet Explorer (Tools / Internet Options / Programs)
If this still doesn't work for you:
  1. Open the Explorer (not Internet Explorer)
  2. Select Tools / Folder Options
  3. Click on the File Types tab
  4. Go to URL:MailToProtocol
  5. Edit the Open action to be "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OUTLOOK.EXE" -c IPM.Note /m "%1"
Note: The location of Outlook may be different depending on the version of Office you have installed.
Changing the Office2000 Registered Owner
An easier way was submitted:
  1. Start Word2000
  2. Go to Tools / Options / User Information 
  3. Change the current user's NAME.
To change the NAME of the registered owner without reinstalling, two simple registry changes need to be made. These are the NAMEs displayed in the opening splash screens of each application as well as the About box.
  1. Start Regedit
  2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \  CurrentVersion \ Uninstall \ {00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7
  3. Change the value of RegOwner and RegCompany to the ones you would like
  4. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Office \ 9.0 \ Common \ UserInfo]
  5. ReNAME the UserInfo key
  6. Now you should see the new NAME and company information when you start your Office2000 application.

Reducing the File Size of Word Documents
There is, however, a much easier way.
  1. Choose Tools
  2. Options... 
  3. Open the Save tab 
  4. Uncheck Allow Fast Saves
This makes Word rewrite the entire document file from scratch each time it is saved. The save command takes slightly longer, but your files can be drastically smaller (especially if you've done lots of formatting changes). If you have make documents using MS Word and you make many formatting changes for the paragraph, fonts, page etc., you will see your file size gets bigger. Microsoft Word saves files by blocking, so any change you made for your document it will create a new block with the new formatting and disappear the old block without deleting it from the file. You can solve this problem.
  1. If you open your file and select File \ Save As and give your file a new NAME, it will save only the active blocks with out the old ones.
  2. If you compare the two files you will see a difference in size

Enabling Outlook 2000  Mail Logging
Normally Outlook 2000 does not log Internet, SMTP, and POP sessions. 
To turn on this feature:
  1. Start Regedit
  2. Go to Hkey_Current_User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Office \ 9.0 \ Outlook \ Options \ Mail
  3. Create a new DWORD
  4. Give it a NAME of Logging
  5. Give it a value of 1
  6. After this, 3 files will be created in the C:\Windows\Temp\Outlook Logging directory. 
  • InetXP.txt logs the Internet session
  • Pop3log.txt logs mail-retrieval activity
  • Smtplog.txt logs mail-sending activity

Removing the Task Scheduler
To remove Task Scheduler
  1. Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
  2. Go to HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Uninstall\SchedulingAgent
  3. Click the SchedulingAgent folder
  4. Double-click the UninstallString key.
  5. Copy the value data on the UninstallString key.
  6. Quit Registry Editor.
  7. Click Start, click Run, right-click in the open dialog box, and then click Paste.
  8. Click OK to uninstall Task Scheduler.

Switches for Starting Outlook 2000
Here are some switches you can add to a shortcut to OUTLOOK.EXE. 
I have tested them with Outlook 2000 but they might work with previous versions as well.
Hide the Outlook Bar /folder
Have the specified folder visible /select "path/folder NAME"
Create an e-mail message /c ipm.note
Create a post /c ipm.post
Create an appointment /c ipm.appointment
Create a task /c ipm.task
Create a contact /c ipm.contact
Create a journal entry /c ipm.activity
Create a note /c ipm.stickynote
Prompt for default manager of e-mail, news, and contacts /checkclient
Create an item with the specified file as an attachment. /a "path/file NAME"

  asdasdsdas asdaasdas asd asdasd

Opening Files with Other Than the Default Application
If you have more than one application you use for the same type of file (media, text, graphics etc.)
Use one as your default player, make a shortcut to the other player and put it in the C:\WINDOWS\SENDTO folder.
When you want to open a file with the non-default application, right click on the file and send it to the other application

Changing the NAME of the Outlook Icon on the Desktop
To change the NAME of the Outlook icon on the desktop:
  1. Start Regedit
  2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ CLASSES \ CLSID \ {00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
  3. Change the Default value to the NAME you want to appear

Showing a Map of an Outlook 2000 Contact's Address
You can view a map to the address of an Outlook 2000 by simply:
  1. Open up the Contacts
  2. Open up the contact you want to view
  3. Select Actions / Display Map of Address or click on the icon that looks like yellow road sign with an arrow on the toolbar
Note: You need to be connected to the Internet for this to work.
Re-Applying Formatting in Office 2000
The following will work for the Office 2000 version of Word, Front Page, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Publisher, and Photodraw If you have a section of text formatted they way you want additional sections to look:
  1. Select the text whose format you want to replicate
  2. Click on the Format Painter icon. This is the one that looks like a paint brush.
  3. Now select the new text and the formatting will be applied
  4. To repeat this to more than one selection, double-click on the icon and it will stay selected.
  5. When you are finished, press the ESC key.

Selecting Columns in Word
Selections in MS Word is usually lines or paragraphs.
To make a selection for a column across lines or blocks just press Alt key while you select your text.
You can see that the selection did not select all of the line. It just selects the block or the area that had the mouse over it.

Having Excel 2000 Display the Year with Four Digits
Normally, if you enter 1999 or 2000 as the years in Excel, it will change it to 99 or 00.
To change Excel 2000 so it shows a four digit year:
  1. Start Regedit
  2. Go to HKEY_USERS \ .DEFAULT \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Office \ 9.0 \ Excel \ Options
  3. Add or Change the DWORD Value EnableFourDigitYearDisplay to 1
Note: You may need to create the Excel and Options keys
Disabling Outlook Express Splash Screen
To disable the opening Outlook Express screen:
  1. Start Regedit
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Identities
  3. For OE 5 go below this to {ABE2B8A0-C02D-11D3-867B-948FF355BD32} \ Software \ Microsoft \ Outlook Express \ 5.0
  4. Add a DWORD NoSplash
  5. Give it a value of 1

Hidden FDISK Switches
Here are a few additional switches that can be used with FDISK:
  • /Status - Give the status of the partitions. Similar to option #4
  • /FPRMT - FAT32 in drivers smaller than 512 MB
  • /MBR - Fix master boot record
  • /PRI:xx - Primary partition of size XX in megs
  • /EXT:xx - Extended partitio
  • /LOG:xx - Logical drive in extended partition

Customizing the Office Assistants
You can customize the behavior of the Office Assistants. The easiest way to delete them completely is by deleting the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Office \ 9.0 \ Common \ Assistant
Note: You will have 9.0 or 8.0 depending on the version of Office you run You can also create dword values and turn on or off the following selected features:
  • Allow Most Tips - AsstAssistWithWizard = 1
  • Disable Showing Office Assistant with F1 - AsstAssistWithHelp = 0
  • Assistant Moves When In the Way - AsstMoveWhenInTheWay = 1
  • Disable Mouse Tips - AsstMouseTips = 0
  • Disable Context Sensitive Help - AsstGuessHelp = 0
  • Disable Keyboard Tips - Delete AsstKeyboardShortcutTips
  • Disable Feature Tips - AsstFeatureTips = 0
  • Disable Tip of the Day - Delete AsstShowTipofDay
  • Disable Office Assistant Help Messages - AsstAssistWithHelp = 0
  • Show only High Priority Tips - AsstOnlyHighPriorityTips = 1

Starting Outlook Express Immediately to Mail or News
If you want to start Outlook Express and have it immediately go to your Mail or News: Create two new shortcuts
  • One is msimn /mail
  • The other is msimn /news

Playing DVD's with Windows Media Player
To play DVD's with the Windows Media Player
  1. Run Regedit
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ MediaPlayer \ Player \ Settings
  3. Create a new string EnableDVDUI
  4. Give it a value of yes
  5. The next time you start the Media Player, you can do a File / Open DVD

Stopping Applications from Starting Automatically
With Windows98, you can run MSCONFIG.
Click on the Startup tab to remove apps that are starting automatically from the registry.
You can also search through the AUTOEXEC.BAT and WIN.INI files as well. If you have applications that you want to stop from starting automatically, there are three places you need to look, the WIN.INI file, the Startup Folder and the Registry.
  1. The load= or run= lines in the WIN.INI file. This is in the directory where you installed Win95, usually the C:\WINDOWS directory
  2. The StartUp folder. Start the Explorer.
    Go to C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp folder.
    Remove any shortcuts you find there that you don't want.
  3. The Registry. Edit the Registry
    Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run.
    Remove any programs from there.

Changing the Default Page Location for Front Page
Normally Front Page opens documents in either C:\MY WEBS or C:\MY DOCUMENTS \ MY WEBS To change these locations to another directory:
  1. Start Regedit
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ FrontPage \ Explorer \ FrontPage Explorer \ Settings
  3. Change the DefaultWebNAME to the directory you want

Opening a File by Dragging to Task Bar
If you already have a application showing on the taskbar,
a quick way to open a file is to drag it with from the Explorer to that icon and hold it for a second or so. (Don't let up on the mouse).
The app will re-open with that file loaded.

Eudora Lite and More than One E-Mail Account
To set up Eudora Lite to work with more than one E-Mail account you need make 4 changes to the Eudora.ini file and then save the file as Eudora2.ini Etc.
Then to start Eudora on the alternate account you create a new shortcut with the target entered as C:\Eudora\Eudora.exe C:\Eudora\Eudora2.INI where "C" is the appropriate drive letter. The 4 modifications to the Eudora.ini file are all in the "Settings" section as follows: Where altNAME = 2nd user NAME & alternate.net = 2nd ISP
  1. POPAccount=samplescript@samplescript.com
  2. ReturnAddress=samplescript@samplescript.com
  3. DialupUserNAME=altNAME
  4. SMTPServer=mail.alternate.net
Note many setting will remain as they are in the primary account .ini file. Side Note: To remove Eudora's startup splash screen add the line "NoSplashScreen=1" in the settings section.
Hidden Format Switches
There are a couple of undocument Format switches that have been around for several years: They will work with at least DOS 6.2 and above.
  • FORMAT /AUTOTEST - Formats without any prompting and exits the program when finished
  • FORMAT /BACKUP - Like /AUTOTEST but you will be prompted for a volume label
These can be useful if your are formatting drives from a batch file or shortcut and don't want to be prompted for input.
Changing the Number of Days Displayed in Outlook Calendar
When in Outlook's Calendar program with Day View, to change the number of days shown. For eampls press Alt along with the number of days you want to see.
For example Alt-4 would show 4 days. Alt-M shows a Month

Creating Outlook Contacts Shortcut
To create a shortcut for your Outlook Contacts folder on the desktop
  1. Right click on an open area of the desktop
  2. Select New / Shortcut
  3. Enter in the path to your outlook program followed by outlook:contacts. Note the quotes are necessary - "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OUTLOOK.EXE" outlook:contacts

Changing File Associations
  1. Changing File Associations quickly
  2. In Explorer select a fileof the type you want to change.