How do you open Outlook in safe mode by default? Is there a powershell/cmd script I can use?
I'm assisting a user who's Outlook crashes after every 2nd email. The user doesn't experience these issues while opening Outlook in safe mode. User is currently able to access outlook in safe mode by holding down the ctrl key and double-clicking the Outlook icon. Looking for an easier solution for user such as a desktop icon.
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- If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, then there is a Search box in the Start Menu. Here type outlook.exe /safe
- In Windows 8, the search box will automatically show when you start typing. So simply open the Start Screen and type outlook.exe /safe
- In Windows 10, there is a search box on the Taskbar by default but if you have set to hide this, it will automatically show when you start typing after opening the Start Menu as well. Here type outlook.exe /safe
- You can also create a new shortcut to outlook.exe and add the /safe switch;
First, determine the location of outlook.exe on your system. In general you’ll find it under;
32-bit version of Windows C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 64-bit version of Windows C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office If you can’t find it, do a search for outlook.exe or use OutlookTools (free) instead.
Once you’ve found outlook.exe we create a shortcut to it with the /safe switch to prevent Outlook from opening an extra window each time you click the shortcut or use your keyboard shortcut.
Right click on an empty space on your Desktop and choose New-> Shortcut Type the path to outlook.exe between quotes or browse to its location via the Browse… button Type a space behind that and /safe The entire line should now look like this (example is for a 32-bit version of Outlook 2010 on a 64-bit version of Windows); "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\OUTLOOK.EXE" /safe Click Next Name your shortcut for instance: Outlook Safe Mode Click Finish