I’m not a VBA programmer so those solutions found elsewhere in the Lounge do not help me. Is there a way that I can keep Outlook 2003 from opening every folder in a new window? When I switch from Contacts to Mail, for example, I want Mail to replace Contacts in a single window. The way things are now, I am constantly closing windows to get rid of the clutter. I cannot find any menu tool or option that will do this.
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Preventing multiple windows (Outlook 2003)
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AskWoody_MVPDecember 17, 2004 at 1:04 am #913665The ONLY way I have been able to open a function in a NEW window is by “Right clicking” the function in the Navigation pane.
How are you selecting the function that you are getting a NEW pane?DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
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AskWoody LoungerDecember 17, 2004 at 11:24 am #913798DaveA
After weeks of the problem I described in my initial post, the multiple-window behavior ceased last night. I never right-click on my listed folders, and I do not use shortcuts or favorites.. I’m beginning to suspect that the problem is triggered by two copies of Outlook Today somehow running and that leads to the appearance of many open windows in one instance, that are really duplicate pairs in two instances. When I boot up in the morning, the first thing I do is run Outlook. I checked to see if Outlook is also listed in my startup folder (hence two copies opening), but no sign of it. I’m stumped, but for now, the problem has gone away.
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AskWoody LoungerDecember 17, 2004 at 11:24 am #913799DaveA
After weeks of the problem I described in my initial post, the multiple-window behavior ceased last night. I never right-click on my listed folders, and I do not use shortcuts or favorites.. I’m beginning to suspect that the problem is triggered by two copies of Outlook Today somehow running and that leads to the appearance of many open windows in one instance, that are really duplicate pairs in two instances. When I boot up in the morning, the first thing I do is run Outlook. I checked to see if Outlook is also listed in my startup folder (hence two copies opening), but no sign of it. I’m stumped, but for now, the problem has gone away.
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AskWoody_MVPDecember 17, 2004 at 1:04 am #913666The ONLY way I have been able to open a function in a NEW window is by “Right clicking” the function in the Navigation pane.
How are you selecting the function that you are getting a NEW pane?DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
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