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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Installation and Configuration / February 2006Public folders View show by default Outlook 2003
I was just wondering if there was a way to do enforce this as a Group Policy or some other method that doesnt require touching the registry of each workstation on my domain. Thanks! From: Bruce Friederick - view profile Date: Fri, Apr 8 2005 3:43 pm Email: "Bruce Friederick" <BruceFrieder...@discussions.microsoft.com> Groups: microsoft.public.outlook.installation Not yet ratedRating: show options Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse | Find messages by this author When opening Outlook 2003, the public folders don't always show by default. I know you can get the public folders to show up by either clicking on the Folder list button, or using Ctrl+6 to open them up. My question is, is there a way to always show the public folders when ever you open Outlook up? It seems that everytime it reopens, they are gone again. Thanks, -- Bruce Friederick Rate this post: From: Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - view profile Date: Fri, Apr 8 2005 4:01 pm Email: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <sue...@outlookcode.com> Groups: microsoft.public.outlook.installation Not yet ratedRating: show options Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse | Find messages by this author It is possible to force Outlook to open with a particular navigation pane displayed by adding this registry entry and setting the appropriate value: Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\WunderBar Value name: BootModule Value type: REG_DWORD Value: 0 to show the Mail folders, 5 to show the Folder List, and 6 to show the Shortcuts pane. You'll want to use 5. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx You can distribute any registry value as a group policy setting by creating your own .adm file so that the setting becomes available in the group policy editor. Looking at an existing .adm file will show you the structure.  SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I was just wondering if there was a way to do enforce this as a Group > Policy or some other method that doesnt require touching the registry [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > You'll want to use 5. Really?? I never knew that. Well thanks! I don't suppose you have any documentation on that do you? If not thanks for pointing me in the right direction! An .adm file is just a text file with a special structure. You install it in the group policy editor; right-click on Administrative Templates. I wrote an article a while back about creating a new .adm file for signatures, but it's for subscribers only -- http://www.windowsitpro.com/MicrosoftExchangeOutlook/Article/ArticleID/47211/472 11.html. Still the sample code for download is available even to non-subscribers, and it contains the sample .adm file. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Really?? I never knew that. Well thanks! I don't suppose you have any > documentation on that do you? If not thanks for pointing me in the > right direction! Nevermind...I found some good stuff for anyone else who wants to know of an easier way. Found this article http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Pushing-Out-Security-Settings-Configured- Registry.html Good read..and it links to free product that makes rolling out reg settings in GPO very SIMPLE! http://www.desktopstandard.com/PolicyMakerRegistryExtension.aspx The .adm file solution looked like I might get a headache trying to figure it out for the first time. After installing this product and a local copy of the AD Users & Computers MMC, I just imported and tested rolling out a reg tweak as a GPO in less than 3 minutes...schweeeet! Thanks for the heads up though. PolicyMaker is definitely a good product, with lots of features you'll be able to use for your configuration chores. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Nevermind...I found some good stuff for anyone else who wants to know > of an easier way. Found this article [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > rolling out a reg tweak as a GPO in less than 3 minutes...schweeeet! > Thanks for the heads up though. |
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