How to turn off the preview pane in Outlook 2000 (832561)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002
  • Microsoft Outlook 2000
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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry


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SUMMARY

You can turn the preview pane on and off with the View menu in Microsoft Outlook 2000. You can prevent the preview pane from appearing in Outlook 2000 by modifying the registry.

MORE INFORMATION

To prevent the preview pane from appearing in Outlook 2000, use one of the following methods.

Set a registry key on the individual system

  1. Click Start, and then click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
  3. Locate the following registry key:

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\Shell\Open\Command

  4. In the right pane, right-click Default, and then click Modify.
  5. Type the path for your Outlook.exe file with the /nopreview switch in the Edit String dialog box, and then click OK.

    For example, type "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE\Outlook.exe"/nopreview in the Edit String dialog box.
  6. On the Registry menu, click Exit.
  7. Restart Outlook 2000.

Use Group Policy

You can use Group Policy to create an administrative template (.ADM) to deploy the setting that were previously discussed.

However, to completely disable the Preview Pane functionality in Outlook, the following registry value must also be deployed:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\DisabledCmdBarItem sList

Valuename: TC1D1
Valuetype: String
Value: 5514

For additional information about how to create .ADM templates, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

323639 How to create Custom Administrative templates in Windows 2000

225087 Writing Custom ADM Files for System Policy Editor

Additionally, see the topic Advanced methods of extending Group Policyin Windows Help.

For additional information about the Preview Pane, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

197081 OL2000: Message header does not show in Preview Pane

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/7/2006
Keywords:kbhowto KB832561 kbAudEndUser kbAudITPRO
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