OLEXP: Command Line Options for Outlook Express (177233)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 1
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 2
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows 98 SP 2
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows 95 SP 1
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows 95 SP 2
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0 for Windows 95
  • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q177233

SUMMARY

This article describes the command line options for Microsoft Outlook Express.

MORE INFORMATION

To use command line options for Outlook Express, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, and then click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type the following line, and then click OK:

    "drive:\program files\outlook express\msimn.exe" /option

    where drive is the hard disk on which the Program Files\Outlook Express folder is located, and option is the command line option you want to use.

    NOTE: The command line must be typed as it appears above, including the quotation marks.

Command Line Options

outnews or newsonly

This option starts Outlook Express in the News Reader Only mode. When you use this option, you cannot send or receive e-mail, and the Mail tab in the Internet Accounts dialog box is missing.

mailonly

This option starts Outlook Express in the Mail Only mode. When you use this option, you cannot view newsgroups, and the News tab in the Internet Accounts dialog box is missing. Note that this command-line switch does not work in Outlook Express 5.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/29/2004
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