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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Installation and Configuration / July 2007Outlook without email Account?
I installed Office 2003 and want to use Outlook for the Address book and Calendar only. I do not need email support. The only way to start outlook is to set up an email account. How can I get around this? Thanks > I installed Office 2003 and want to use Outlook for the Address book and > Calendar only. I do not need email support. The only way to start outlook is [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thanks I don't know if there is a programmatic way to do it but I would suggest just creating a bogus e-mail account. Make up a fake address and fake server names. Then set Outlook such that it does not automatically check for new messages (Tools - Options - Mail Setup - Send/Receive). You may have to work past a few error messages when setting up the bogus account. Not an elegant solution but it's functional. Tim Excellent suggestion. And I've done that. But when I try to select the fake accout profile, I get an error "outlook could not start because a data file ...could not be found... to create a data file..." I then go through the vague step given and can create the only data file option available "business contacts.." In the help site it says to fix this I should use the "folders" option in outlook. But I can't even get outlook to start. I know I'm just missing something but can't figure out what. Thanks > > I installed Office 2003 and want to use Outlook for the Address book and > > Calendar only. I do not need email support. The only way to start outlook is [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Tim An added note. So I deleted all the profiles. Reinstalled office and restarted and got a "unable to open your default email folder. Outlook could not start because a dtat file...could not be found" That's where I am now. ?? > > I installed Office 2003 and want to use Outlook for the Address book and > > Calendar only. I do not need email support. The only way to start outlook is [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Tim You do not need an email account to use Outlook. Open your mail profile in the Control Panel | Mail applet and add a Personal Folders .pst file as the default data store. You should have only that .pst file in the data stores list. Or, create a new profile and on the first page of the E-mail Accounts wizard, choose "View or change existing e-mail accounts." On the next screen, click the New Outlook Data File button. Click FInish, then click OK when you're asked whether you want to create a profile with no mail accounts.  SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 >I installed Office 2003 and want to use Outlook for the Address book and > Calendar only. I do not need email support. The only way to start outlook is [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thanks Sue, Thanks for the help. When I try to add a data file the only option I have is a "Business Contacts..." option, no other choices. If I go ahead and select that and then try to adjust settings it says "operation failed". What do I have wrong? Thanks, > You do not need an email account to use Outlook. Open your mail profile in the Control Panel | Mail applet and add a Personal Folders .pst file as the default data store. You should have only that .pst file in the data stores list. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > > > Thanks Are you using Outlook at work or at home? If at work, talk to your network administrator. If at home, run Help | Detect and Repair. Do not install the Business Contacts store. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > Sue, > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> > >> > Thanks At home. Ran the detect and repair, it said it repaired it, but no help. When the business contacts thing came up as the only choice the first time, I selected it. It was the only choice. Did that mess anything up? > Are you using Outlook at work or at home? If at work, talk to your network administrator. If at home, run Help | Detect and Repair. Do not install the Business Contacts store. > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >> > > >> > Thanks Again, don't add the Business Contacts store. It is irrelevant to your objective. Since your Outlook installation appears to be damaged, at this point I would suggest reinstalling it through Control Panel | Add Remove Programs. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > At home. Ran the detect and repair, it said it repaired it, but no help. When > the business contacts thing came up as the only choice the first time, I [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> >> > >> >> > How can I get around this? Thank-you. The complete reinstall, not the repair, did the trick. Thanks, again. > Again, don't add the Business Contacts store. It is irrelevant to your objective. Since your Outlook installation appears to be damaged, at this point I would suggest reinstalling it through Control Panel | Add Remove Programs. > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >> >> > > >> >> > How can I get around this? Sorry forgot. If I try to create a new profile, it says "there was an error finding ione of the items needed. It may have been deleted" and will not make the profile. When I try to make it again, it says it already exists, although it does not appear. If I exit the wizard and return it is there, but I can only add the "business" daa file. Does this hep at all? thanks again > You do not need an email account to use Outlook. Open your mail profile in the Control Panel | Mail applet and add a Personal Folders .pst file as the default data store. You should have only that .pst file in the data stores list. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > > > Thanks |
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