Outlook Shortcuts

You can use this coomands from “Win + r” Type Outlook.exe and any of these appends, it depends for what you need or use.

/checkclient

Prompts for the default manager of e-mail, news, and contacts.

/cleanautocompletecache

Removes all names and e-mail addresses from the Auto-Complete list. (Outlook 2013, 2016 only)

/cleancategories

Deletes any custom category names that you have created. Restores categories to the default names.

/cleanclientrules

Starts Outlook and deletes client-based rules.

/cleanconvongoingactions

Deletes the Conversations Actions Table (CAT). CAT entries for a conversation thread usually expire 30 days after no activity. The command-line switch clears all conversation tagging, ignore, and moving rules immediately stopping any additional actions. (Outlook 2013, 2016 only)

/cleandmrecords

Deletes the logging records saved when a manager or a delegate declines a meeting.

/cleanfinders

Resets all Search Folders in the Microsoft Exchange mailbox for only the first profile opened.

/cleanfromaddresses

Removes all manually added From entries from the profile.

/cleanmailtipcache

Removes all MailTips from the cache. (Outlook 2013, 2016 only)

/cleanreminders

Clears and regenerates reminders.

/cleanroamedprefs

All previous roamed preferences are deleted and copied again from the local settings on the computer where this switch is used. This includes the roaming settings for reminders, free/busy grid, working hours, calendar publishing, and RSS rules.

/cleanrules

Starts Outlook and deletes client-based and server-based rules.

Important If you have multiple or additional mailboxes in your Outlook profile, running the /cleanrules command line switch deletes the rules from all connected mailboxes. Therefore, it is recommended that you only run this command when your Outlook profile only contains the one, target mailbox.

/cleanserverrules

Starts Outlook and deletes server-based rules.

/cleansharing

Removes all RSS, Internet Calendar, and SharePoint subscriptions from Account Settings, but leaves all the previously downloaded content on your computer. This is useful if you cannot delete one of these subscriptions within Outlook 2013.

/cleansniff

Overrides the programmatic lockout that determines which of your computers (when you run Outlook at the same time) processes meeting items. The lockout process helps prevent duplicate reminder messages. This switch clears the lockout on the computer it is used. This enables Outlook to process meeting items.

/cleansubscriptions

Deletes the subscription messages and properties for subscription features.

/cleanweather

Removes city locations added to the Weather Bar.

/cleanviews

Restores default views. All custom views you created are lost.

/embedding

Used without command-line parameters for standard OLE co-create.

/f msgfilename

Opens the specified message file (.msg) or Microsoft Office saved search (.oss).

/finder

Opens the Advanced Find dialog box.

/hol holfilename

Opens the specified .hol file.

/ical icsfilename

Opens the specified .ics file.

/importNK2

Imports the contents of an .nk2 file which contains the nickname list used by both the automatic name checking and Auto-Complete features.

/importprf prffilename

Starts Outlook and opens/imports the defined MAPI profile (*.prf). If Outlook is already open, queues the profile to be imported on the next clean start.

/launchtraininghelp assetid

Opens a Help window with the Help topic specified in assetid displayed.

/m emailname

Provides a way for the user to add an e-mail name to the item. Only works together with the /c command-line parameter.

Examples:

  • Outlook.exe /c ipm.note /m emailname
  • Outlook.exe /c ipm.note /m user@contoso.com?subject=Test&body=Hello

/noextensions

Both native and managed Component Object Model (COM) add-ins are turned off.

/nopreview

Starts Outlook with the Reading Pane off.

/p msgfilename

Prints the specified message (.msg).

/profile profilename

Loads the specified profile. If your profile name contains a space, enclose the profile name in quotation marks (” “).

/profiles

Opens the Choose Profile dialog box regardless of the Options setting on the Tools menu.

/promptimportprf

Same as /importprf except a prompt appears and the user can cancel the import.

/recycle

Starts Outlook by using an existing Outlook window, if one exists. Used in combination with /explorer or /folder.

/remigratecategories

Starts Outlook and starts the following commands on the default mailbox:

  • Upgrades colored For Follow Up flags to Outlook 2013 color categories.
  • Upgrades calendar labels to Outlook 2013 color categories.
  • Adds all categories used on non-mail items into the Master Category List

Note: This is the same command as Upgrade to Color Categories in each Outlook mailbox properties dialog box.

/resetfolders

Restores missing folders at the default delivery location.

/resetfoldernames

Resets default folder names (such as Inbox or Sent Items) to default names in the current Office user interface language.

For example, if you first connect to your mailbox in Outlook by using a Russian user interface, the Russian default folder names cannot be renamed. To change the default folder names to another language, such as Japanese or English, you can use this switch to reset the default folder names after you change the user interface language or install a different language version of Outlook.

/resetformregions

Empties the form regions cache and reloads the form region definitions from the Windows registry.

/resetnavpane

Clears and regenerates the Folder Pane for the current profile.

/resetquicksteps

Restores the default Quick Steps. All user-created Quick Steps are deleted.

/resetsearchcriteria

Resets all Instant Search criteria so the default set of criteria is shown in each module.

/resetsharedfolders

Removes all shared folders from the Folder Pane.

/resettodobar

Clears and regenerates the To-Do Bar task list for the current profile.

/restore

Attempts to open the same profile and folders that were open prior to an abnormal Outlook shutdown. (Outlook 2013, 2016 only)

/rpcdiag

Opens Outlook and displays the remote procedure call (RPC) connection status dialog box.

/safe

Starts Outlook without the Reading Pane or toolbar customizations. Both native and managed Component Object Model (COM) add-ins are turned off.

/safe:1

Starts Outlook with the Reading Pane off.

/safe:3

Both native and managed Component Object Model (COM) add-ins are turned off.

/select foldername

Starts Outlook and opens the specified folder in a new window. For example, to open Outlook and display the default calendar, use: “c:\program files\microsoft office\office15\outlook.exe” /select outlook:calendar.

/share feed://URL/filename

/share stssync://URL

/share web://URL/filename

Specifies a sharing URL to connect to Outlook. For example, use stssync://URL to connect a SharePoint list to Outlook.

/sniff

Starts Outlook, forces a detection of new meeting requests in the Inbox, and then adds them to the calendar.

/t oftfilename

Opens the specified .oft file.

/v vcffilename

Opens the specified .vcf file.

/vcal vcsfilename

Opens the specified .vcs file.

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