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powershellcmdoutlookregistryregedit

Unlock the reading pane in outlook 2016

How do you write a script to change a registry key? What I am trying to do is have a script I can run to unlock the reading pane in outlook 2016.

The path of the registry key is:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options disablereadingpane REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)

And I need to change the 1 to a 0. In the 0x00000001

Any help getting started with this would be greatly appreciated.

Solution

  • My comment was faulty it's add not edit.

    reg.exe is the command line registry manipulation tool. See reg.exe /?

    You may first check if the key exists and what value / data it has.

    Reg Query "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options"

    To adda key/value/data pair

    Reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options" /v disablereadingpane /t REG_DWORD /d 0x0

    optionally you may add a /f force option to overwrte current content.