How to prevent users from using Preview Pane/AutoPreview in Outlook

[PhoneIT]

Is there a way to change the default view for new folders within MS Outlook from Preview Pane? Is there a way to prevent users from selecting Preview Pane and AutoPreview in Outlook? We have a managed install using Group Policy on all Windows 2000 workstations/servers

 

[Dreamboat]

Not sure....try this:

Outlook closed.

Start-Run:

outlook.exe /nopreview

It's supposed to remove the preview pane option, but I'm not sure about auto-preview options. Anne Troy
Dreamboat@TheWordExpert.com
Anne@MrExcel.com

 

[Marcs41]

Run Outlook with the /Nopreview switch. See Microsoft Knowledge base articles 195712 or 197180 for more info. If the solution is here, let us know it was helpful so others can benefit from it as too

 

[Marcs41]

Sorry, same answer, must have posted at the same time. If the solution is here, let us know it was helpful so others can benefit from it as too

 

[Dreamboat]

marc...you've re-opened a question from August of 2002? How could the same answer be posted at the same time?

LOL

Anne Troy

http://www.TheOfficeExperts.com

 

[Marcs41]

Oh boy, I guess it was late at the time, sorrrryyyy If the solution is here, let us know it was helpful so others can benefit from it as too

 

[SaintJames]

Article 197180 has many useful switches. My problem was that after moving my mail from the PST file back to the mailbox for some reason the autopreview would turn on each time I started outlook regardless if it was turn of when the app was shut down.

I tried outlook.exe /CleanViews and Bingo my setting returned to their previous state before the mail location change.