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Auto-Start Microsoft Outlook By: New Horizons® eTips for Business/Office Professionals Product: Microsoft Outlook (2002/2003)(Windows XP) Tip Category: Time-Saving

Have Outlook start when you launch your computer (Outlook 2002/2003).

Situation

If the first thing you do when you turn on your computer every morning is launch Outlook, why not launch it automatically instead?

Response

All you need to do is add an Outlook shortcut to the StartUp folder.

How to Do It

First, create a shortcut to Outlook on your desktop, if you don't already have one.

To do so, choose All Programs > Microsoft Office from the Windows Start menu. Then, right-click on Microsoft Outlook and choose Create Shortcut. Drag the newly created shortcut to your desktop.

Next, move the shortcut to your StartUp folder.

Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the following folder:

\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Drag the Outlook shortcut from your desktop to this folder.

Result

The next time you start up your computer, Outlook automatically launches.

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Last Updated: 01/09/2009

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