I tried every trick I know, disabled every single add-on and still couldn’t Send/Receive to work automatically. By the way, I love the ability to customize my ribbon settings, export the configuration and then import it on other computers.įor the past several weeks the automatic Send/Receive feature in Outlook stopped working. Interestingly, starting with Office 2007, you can export and import the ribbon configuration in most of the Office applications, including Outlook but exporting and importing the e-mail account settings is not an option. I was really hoping Outlook developers will add a backup functionality but they didn’t. Over the years, I have asked Microsoft experts, fellow instructors, Outlook experts, and searched the Internet. I have been searching for a solution for a long time. Every time a new version of Outlook comes out, or I have to create an Outlook profile on a different computer, I have to start from scratch and add all these accounts manually. Due to the nature of my business as an instructor and consultant, I manage several networks and for various reasons I have close to 50 accounts (mostly POP3) that I use in my Outlook profile. It doesn’t allow you to export Outlook settings, such as all the POP3 and IMAP accounts that you have configured. The export option is used to either export RSS feeds, or export messages in a folder. In Outlook there is an Export option but it is used for a different purpose. For the most part they do, but in case of Microsoft Outlook they never added that functionality, despite the fact that this is a feature that is desperately needed. Unfortunately, that is not always the case.
You would imagine that when the developers develop a software product they would consider the ability to export (backup) configuration settings as one of the most basic features of the software. Import or export Outlook calendar from command line.One thing that has been missing from Microsoft Outlook is the ability to Import/Export settings.Import or export Outlook contacts from command line.Import/Export Outlook Contacts or Calendar from Command Line For example, to open Outlook and display the default calendar use: "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Outlook.exe" /select outlook:calendar Starts Outlook and opens the specified folder in a new window. Opens the Choose Profile dialog box regardless of the Options setting on the Tools menu. Starts Outlook without checking mail at startup. Starts Outlook with extensions turned off, but listed in the Add-In Manager. Launches Outlook with a clean Personal Folders file (.pst). Removes invalid profile keys and recreates default registry keys where applicable. Prompts for the default manager of e-mail, news, and contacts. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Outlook.exe" /a "C:\My Documents\labels.doc" NOTE - paths that include spaces between words must be enclosed in quotation marks (") and are case sensitive.Ĭreates an item with the specified file as an attachment. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Outlook.exe" /Cleanreminders).
Then to use the command line switch, click Start > Run (or alternatively click windows button on your keyboard + r), then enter Outlook.exe full path, make a space and enter command line switch and click enter (e.g. So when you know the path to Outlook, make note of this path.
Usually it should be like this - "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Outlook.exe", it might be Program Files (x86) if you are running 64 bit Windows, and it also might be in Office12 folder (in case of Outlook 2010). So to use the command line switch you have to find program Outlook.exe. A command line switch is an additional argument added to this program Outlook.exe. When you click Outlook icon it starts a program named Outlook.exe.
What is command line switch and how to use it? Complete list of switches can be found here. One of the most overlooked Outlook features is it’s launching with command line switches.