Microsoft KB Archive/294220

= OL98: Cannot Customize or Disable Context Menus =

Article ID: 294220

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q294220





SUMMARY
Microsoft Outlook does not provide functionality to customize the context menus that appear when you right-click various parts of the program.



MORE INFORMATION
The Outlook user interface does not provide any means to customize the context menus, although you can customize other menus and toolbars. The Outlook object model contains a CommandBars object that allows you to manipulate menus and toolbars programmatically, but the context menus are not exposed as a menu like other menus and toolbars are. In addition, you cannot develop a Microsoft Exchange Client Extension using the C/C++ programming language to manipulate Outlook context menus.

Unlike some other Microsoft Office programs, Outlook generates the context menus dynamically and immediately before they are displayed. This behavior is different than that of Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel, which support fully customizable menus and toolbars.

