
Resets the to-do bar pane to the default settings when Outlook starts. Resets the navigation pane back to the default when Outlook starts. Opens the Choose Profile dialog box regardless of the Options setting on the Tools menu. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Outlook.exe" /profile "Diane Poremsky"

Create desktop shortcuts to load a specific profile – use the following command line in the shortcut, replacing my name with your profile name: This switch is useful when there are multiple users of a Windows logon and each has their own Outlook profile. If your profile name contains a space, enclose the profile name in quotation marks. Use with care as all custom views you created are lost. (A complete list of switches is in the next section.) This group of switches are the most commonly used switches. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Outlook.exe" /select outlook:calendar Frequently used Switches:

You'll need the full path if you want to create desktop shortcuts using a switch, such as to open Outlook to a specific folder (use the correct path to your version of Outlook.exe): If you use Vista or Windows 7, you can type the command line in the Start Search field on the Start menu, or on the Start screen in Windows 8 and Start menu in Windows 10. Paths that include spaces between words must be enclosed in quotation marks (") and are case sensitive. Before using a command line switch, you need to close Outlook and verify it's closed in Task Manager's Processes tab.
