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Create a desktop icon to launch a specific OutlookprofileApplies to: Microsoft Oce Outlook 2007

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While one Outlook e-mail profile (Outlook e-mail profile: A profile is what Outlook uses to remember the e-mail

accounts and the settings that tell Outlook where your e-mail is stored. is all most people ha!e or re"uire# others

might find it useful to ha!e more than one. $or e%ample# you might keep one profile for your work accounts separate

from a profile for your personal data# due to pri!acy concerns or office policies.

&f you ha!e multiple profiles# you can configure Outlook to prompt you to choose a profile when started. Or# you can

a!oid the prompt by creating a desktop shortcut that allows you to launch directly a particular profile as needed. 'his

article presumes you ha!e multiple Outlook profiles and will demonstrate how you can enable one-click launch of a

specific profile.

  NOTES

← Once you ha!e an Outlook profile open# you can easily switch from one Outlook profile to another  as

needed.

← While the screen clipping used here to illustrate the process was made with Windows ista# any !ersion

of Windows allows creation of shortcuts by this same method.

)eed to find your profile name*

+ou will need the name of the profile you want to launch with the icon you create. 'o find your profile name:

← $rom the Start menu# open Control Panel and from there open Mail.

← Click the Show Profiles... button. 'his shows a list of a!ailable profiles. )ote the name of the one for

which you wish to create a desktop icon# noting case and any special characters.

,. ight-click on the desktop# point to New# then click Create Shortcut.

. &n the Create Shortcut dialog bo%# in Type the location for the item# enter "C:\Program

iles\Microsoft Office\Office!\O#T$OO%.E&E" 'profile "[NAME] "# where /)A012 is the name of your

profile.

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 (MPO)T*NT 'he file path (3C:45rogram $iles ... O6'7OO8.1913 must be in "uotation marks# followed by a

space# then 'profile# another space# and then your profile name. 'he profile name must also be in "uotes if the

name contains a space.

 NOTE +ou might find it easier to enter the file path using the +rowse button in the Create Shortcut dialog bo%.

 After na!igating through the path to the O6'7OO8.191 file# click O%# and the path is entered in the Type the

location of the item line# complete with "uotation marks. +ou then must click on that line to put your cursor at

the end of the file path# and type in a space# then 'profile# another space# and your profile name.

. Click Ne,t.

;. &n Type a name for this shortcut# enter the name you want this desktop shortcut to display. &t is not

re"uired to be the same as the profile name.

<. Click inish.