The command line argument is not valid.Veriy the switch you are using.

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Mustafa Bozkurt - 26 Dec 2003 08:49 GMT

mailto:mbozkurt@teb.com.tr?subject=deneme&body=
&file="c:\boot.ini"
I can run this message in a machine loaded outlook2000
but I can't in outlook2003.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP] - 26 Dec 2003 15:49 GMT

try it without the quotes on the file name - it works here.

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> mailto:mbozkurt@teb.com.tr?subject=deneme&body=
> &file="c:\boot.ini"
> I can run this message in a machine loaded outlook2000
> but I can't in outlook2003.

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Leroy PIO - 04 Mar 2004 13:26 GMT

Microsoft OUTLOOK error message
“The command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using.
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“c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OUTLOOK.exe” –c IPM.NOTE \m “%1”
change the \m to /m the switch (\) is invalid
“c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OUTLOOK.exe” –c IPM.NOTE /m “%1

But I can not get the switch to stay, it keeps reverting back to (\m) after reboot - this is the switch the error meassge is referring to

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 04 Mar 2004 21:33 GMT

Try changing -c to /c.

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> Microsoft OUTLOOK error message
> "The command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using."
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> "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OUTLOOK.exe" -c IPM.NOTE \m

"%1"

> change the \m to /m the switch (\) is invalid.
> "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OUTLOOK.exe" -c IPM.NOTE /m

"%1"

> But I can not get the switch to stay, it keeps reverting back to (\m) after reboot - this is the switch the error meassge is referring to.

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