Is there a way to globally turn off the Preview Pane in Outlook?
Yes. You will need to make the following changes: 1. Create a shortcut to Outlook.exe (In C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11 or wherever Outlook is installed). Note: you can’t use the default shortcuts that Office creates when you install it (e.g., in the Start Menu) – these are special shortcuts that cannot be modified. 2. Open the Properties of the shortcut that you created. 3. In the “Target” field add the option /nopreview to the end of the path. So the target field should display similar to: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /nopreview This will remove the Preview Pane from every folder in Outlook. You can still turn the Preview Pane on for certain folders while using Outlook, but as soon as you restart Outlook, all Preview Panes will be turned off again.
Yes. You will need to make the following changes: • Create a shortcut to Outlook.exe (In C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11 or wherever Outlook is installled). Note: you can’t use the default shortcuts that Office creates when you install it (e.g., in the Start Menu) these are special shortcuts that cannot be modified. • Open the Properties of the shortcut that you created. • In the “Target” field add the option /nopreview to the end of the path. So the target field should display similar to: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /nopreview This will remove the preview pane from every folder in Outlook. You can still turn the preview pane on for certain folders while using Outlook, but as soon as you restart Outlook all preview panes will be turned off again.
• Yes. You will need to make the following changes: 1. Create a shortcut to Outlook.exe (In C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11 or wherever Outlook is installed). Note: you can’t use the default shortcuts that Office creates when you install it (e.g., in the Start Menu) – these are special shortcuts that cannot be modified. 2. Open the Properties of the shortcut that you created. 3. In the “Target” field add the option /nopreview to the end of the path. So the target field should display similar to: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /nopreview This will remove the Preview Pane from every folder in Outlook. You can still turn the Preview Pane on for certain folders while using Outlook, but as soon as you restart Outlook, all Preview Panes will be turned off again.
