Microsoft KB Archive/295064

= How to change the default form in Outlook 2002 =

Article ID: 295064

Article Last Modified on 8/11/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q295064



SUMMARY
This article provides information about how to change the default form that Outlook uses to display items in Outlook 2002. For example, you can change the default mail message form to a custom form that is designed for your particular organization.



MORE INFORMATION
You can change the default form in Outlook by making changes to the Microsoft Windows Registry. The registry settings specify which forms are substituted for the default Outlook forms. For example, if you create a custom form called &quot;Default,&quot; that custom form has a message class of IPM.Note.Default, instead of the standard Outlook mail message class of IPM.Note. You can add certain registry keys to indicate that Outlook should substitute the IPM.Note.Default form for the standard IPM.Note form. For additional information about message classes, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290659 OL2002: How to Update Existing Items to Use a New Custom Form

In Microsoft Outlook 2000, you can use the Forms Administrator utility for Outlook 2000 to easily specify the custom forms that you want to use; the Forms Administrator utility then creates the registry keys for you. For additional information about the Outlook 2000 Forms Administrator utility, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

241235 OL2000: Utility Available to Change Default Outlook Forms

The Forms Administrator utility has not been updated for Outlook 2002, and does not create the registry keys in the correct location for Outlook 2002. However, you can use the Forms Administrator utility to create a Windows Registry file that requires only minor changes to work with Outlook 2002. To use a Windows Registry file to change the default form in Outlook 2002:  Download the Outlook 2000 Forms Administrator utility.For additional information about how to obtain the utility, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

241235 OL2000: Utility Available to Change Default Outlook Forms

 Run the Forms Administrator utility, and then change the settings as you would for Outlook 2000. Click Save to save the registry settings on your computer. This also makes the Export Saved Settings button available. Click Export Saved Settings to save a Windows Registry (.reg) file. Open the .reg file in a text editor, such as Microsoft Notepad. The registry key paths reference 9.0, which is the location for Outlook 2000 registry settings. Change all of the references to 9.0 to 10.0, which is where Outlook 2002 stores registry settings. Save the .reg file.</li> To change a default form for Outlook 2002, run the .reg file on the computer so that the keys are added to the Windows Registry.</li></ol>

NOTE: If you used the Forms Administrator to change the default forms in Outlook 2000, and you then upgrade to Outlook 2002, Microsoft Office or Outlook Setup migrates the registry keys to the correct location so that Outlook 2002 continues to use the substituted forms.

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