Re: Outlook 2000 Selecting a user profile to use when Outlook starts

From: PGA (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/12/04 

Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 21:17:10 -0700

Hi Russ,

Ok this is what I want to do. I hope it will be clear.
I've set up 2 email account. One personal, one
business. Right now they are both coming into my one
inbox. This is not optimal because both of my accounts'
messages are getting mixed in together. What I want
Outlook to do is when I first open it (double click the
icon), I want it to come up with a pop up box that ask me
which email account (or 'profile if you will) I want to
open up. If I choose 'personal' I'll get my personal
emails in my personal inbox. No business emails will
come in. And vice versa if I choose the business
account.

Just an fyi. This, in fact, is possible with Outlook
2003 by going to Mail in Control Panel. In there you'll
see a button that says 'Show Profiles'. If you click
that button, there is a section that says 'When starting
Outlook use this Profile'. You can then set the profile
you want to use from the drop down box. But one more
option you get is that you can set it to 'Prompt for
Profile to be used'. This is option that brings the
desired pop up box when you open Outlook 2003. Here you
can then choose the mail account you want Outlook 2003 to
open (personal or business in my case).

I hope that makes sense now. Thanks again.
PGA

>-----Original Message-----
>How about we start with a clear description of what you
really want to do
>and go from there? So far you already know that Outlook
2000 in IMO mode
>does not use profiles but can support multiple internet
mail accounts. What
>is it that you need Outlook to do that it can't? Do you
have a need to keep
>your mail accounts in separate profiles?
>
>You can easily use Corp/Workgroup mode without Exchange.
The question is,
>what makes you think you need to use a version that
supports separate
>profiles?
>--
>Russ Valentine
>[MVP-Outlook]
>"PGA" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:2a2f601c4678a$a84553c0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> I really appreciate everyone's help but I'm getting
>> nowhere fast with this.
>> 1) IMO maybe doesn't use profiles but that's how
Outlook
>> 2003 accomplishes this so I assumed 2000 would be the
>> same. I really don't care about profiles or users
>> accounts etc. I just want Outlook 2000 to ask me which
>> one of my email accounts I want to run.
>>
>> 2)I can't see any way of using Corporate/Workgroup
>> mode. 'Help' says I can change to this mode but I have
>> to add Microsoft Exchange or another service to my
>> profile. It says I can do this by clicking 'Tools' and
>> then 'Services'. Problem is 'Services' doesn't appear
>> anywhere in my Tools menu.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >IMO does not use profiles. You must use Windows logon
>> profiles to replicate
>> >separate Outlook profiles.
>> >I don't understand why you have to change Outlook
>> profiles to check separate
>> >mail accounts. The whole reason they came out with IMO
>> mode was to support
>> >multiple mail accounts in a single profile.
>> >
>> >You can still use Corp/Workgroup mode even if you
aren't
>> using Exchange
>> >server.
>> >--
>> >Russ Valentine
>> >[MVP-Outlook]
>> >"PGA" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> >news:2a88301c4677b$043cd370$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> Thanks. I am just using it at home without any
kind of
>> >> exchange server so I am not running in
>> >> Corporate/Workgroup mode. Is there any way of
doing it
>> >> when it's configured to Internet Mail Only mode?
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >If Outlook 2000 is configured in
Corporate/Workgroup
>> >> mode, you can. (See
>> >> >Help > About Microsoft Outlook. The second or
third
>> >> line down from the top
>> >> >will tell which mode you are in.)
>> >> >
>> >> >"PGA" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in
>> >> message
>> >> >news:2b3be01c46765$e68043e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> >> I am able to do this using Outlook 2003 (see
>> >> >>
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/preview.aspx?
>> >> >>
AssetID=HP052423751033&CTT=4&Origin=CH063565691033)
>> but
>> >> >> can it be done with 2000 WITHOUT setting up a new
>> >> >> computer user? Right now Outlook 2000 brings
both
>> my
>> >> >> email account into the same inbox.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> What I want Outlook 2000 to do when it opens is
to
>> >> first
>> >> >> ask me which profile I want to load. I have
looked
>> >> >> everywhere but can't seem to find a solution
other
>> than
>> >> >> creating another User on my computer and then
>> signing
>> >> on
>> >> >> as them. This is a hassle though because I have
to
>> >> keep
>> >> >> changing computer users when I want to check my
>> >> different
>> >> >> email accounts.
>> >> >> TIA
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
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