Microsoft KB Archive/234489

= OLEXP: How to Disable the Picture Slide Show Feature in Outlook Express =

Article ID: 234489

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0

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For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SUMMARY
This article describes how to disable the Picture Slide Show feature in Outlook Express.



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WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

The Picture Slide Show is a feature included in Outlook Express version 4.x, but it is not (by default) included in Outlook Express version 5.0 or 5.01. After you upgrade Outlook Express version 4.x to 5.0 or 5.01, you cannot disable the Outlook Express Picture Slide Show feature through the user interface. Instead, this feature must be disabled in the registry. Note that you can also enable this feature in Outlook Express version 5.0 or 5.01 in the registry.

To disable the Picture Slide Show feature, use Registry Editor to view the following registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\ \Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0 where  is the appropriate identities number. Modify the "Automatically Inline Images" value by changing it to 0.

NOTE: The value "0" suppresses the automatic display of the picture. The value "1" displays all the pictures in the body of the e-mail message. The value "2" enables the Outlook Express Slide Show feature (which automatically displays the picture).

To enable the Outlook Express Picture Slide Show feature, create an additional DWORD value named "Automatic Slide Show Delay" with a value of "2" in the preceding registry key. Note that you must restart Outlook Express for this change to take effect.

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