Re: Way to edit Outlook preferences without launching Outlook?
Re: Way to edit Outlook preferences without launching Outlook?
- Subject: Re: Way to edit Outlook preferences without launching Outlook?
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 08:52:31 -0800
On 11/27/01 8:06 AM, "email@hidden" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Can anyone tell me if they know if the Outlook Express preferences file that
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is created when you save the POP and SMTP settings is editable via
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Applescript?
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I've been asked to create an installation process that adds a new email
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account to Outlook Express, yet runs in OS X. The problem is, if I use
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Applescript's commands to "tell application Outlook" to edit the prefs the
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easy way, OS X has to go and sublaunch the OS 9 environment. I'd like to
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avoid that if at all possible. Unfortunately, if I open the Outlook
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Preferences file, it appears empty.
It's not in the Preferences file anyway, it's in the Database. You will
never be able to do that. Just do it the easy way, and launch Classic, or
get them to upgrade to Entourage X (or use use Mail.app, well, forget it).
Then you can do it all in OS X.
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Paul Berkowitz