Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

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Outlook's Registry Keys

The chapters in this book have provided some insight into editing the Windows Registry to customize certain Outlook information. Outlook actually stores a very large amount of information in the Registry, and most of it is essential to the functionality of the program. Table C.4 lists some of the main Registry keys Outlook uses to store its information.

CAUTION

Unless described previously in this book or listed on the Microsoft Knowledge Base, you should never edit any of these Registry keys directly. Use Outlook to make any changes you require.

If you do use the techniques in this book to make changes to the Registry, make sure that you have an adequate backup of the Registry at all times.

To find procedures for backing up and restoring the registry, see Appendix E, "Working with the Windows Registry."

All the keys in Table C.4 are found in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft section of the Registry. So, the first key listed, Office\11.0\Outlook, would be found in the following location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook.

Table C.4. Outlook's Registry Keys
Registry Key	Outlook Setting or Item
`Office\11.0\Outlook`	General top-level Outlook key
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Appointment`	Appointment frame information
`Office\11.0\Outlook\AutoConfiguration`	General directory information
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Categories`	Modified master category list
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Contact`	Contact frame information
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Contact\QuickFindMRU`	Contact QuickFind search list
`Office\11.0\Outlook\CustomizableAlerts`	Extend Web error messages
`Office\11.0\Outlook\DataViz`	Import and export information storage
`Office\11.0\Outlook\DistList`	Distribution lists
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Forms`	Design and publishing information for custom forms
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Journal`	Journal application logs
`Office\11.0\Outlook\JournalEntry`	Journal entry frame settings
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Message`	Message frame settings
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Note`	Note frame settings
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Office Explorer`	Explorer settings
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Office Finder`	Office Finder settings and most recently used lists
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Options`	Container for all Outlook options settings
`Office\11.0\Outlook\OST`	Office offline folder settings
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Preferences`	Outlook preference settings
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Printing`	Print settings
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Setup`	Outlook first run setup information
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Task`	Task frame information
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Today`	Outlook Today general settings
`Office\11.0\Outlook\Today\Folders`	Outlook Today folder settings
`Office\11.0\Outlook\UserInfo`	User information
`Shared Tools\Outlook\Journaling`	Container for all entry types

For more information about editing the Windows Registry, see Appendix E, "Working with the Windows Registry.

Outlook's Registry Keys

Table C.4. Outlook's Registry Keys

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