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Lookout for my favorite Outlook plugin

Before being subsumed by Microsoft and turned into the overbearing Windows Desktop search this tiny plugin provided super fast searches for your Outlook items. I still use Lookout to this day and fortunately this freeware is still available (although no longer updated) for download here: http://majorgeeks.com/Lookout_d4808.html I have also used Lookout successfully with Outlook 2007 [...]

Customizing Outlook

Add a custom hyperlink to Outlook’s toolbar: Outlook>view>toolbars>customize Drag one of the icons to the toolbar until you see the solid black vertical bar appear and then let off to place the icon. Since we’re going to assign a custom action to the icon, it doesn’t matter what the default function of the icon is. [...]

Disabling Exchange “cached mode” vs Disabling Offline Folder file

Outlook – You’ve unchecked “Use Cached Exchange Mode”. Subsequently you attempt to open Outlook but receive an error message indicating your offline file is corrupted. Wait – you disabled cached mode and you’re not using the offline ost file so how can this prevent Outlook from starting? Unchecking the “Use Cached Exchange Mode” does not [...]

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