Deploying Outlook 2000

Like the other Microsoft Office 2000 applications, Microsoft Outlook 2000 prompts users for information during installation (for example, for the installation location). In addition, Outlook 2000 prompts users for information the first time that a user starts the application (for example, for Outlook profile information, an Outlook configuration, and so on).

If you prefer to install Outlook 2000 without any user prompts, you can use a quiet installation. If you want to avoid user prompts when Outlook is started for the first time, you can preset several settings in the Office Custom Installation Wizard.

Specify Outlook 2000 configuration options

You use the Office Custom Installation Wizard to specify Outlook 2000 configuration options for your users. You can use the options on either the Customize Outlook Installation Options panel or the Modify Setup Properties panel.

 Note    Options set on the Modify Setup Properties panel take precedence over those set on the Customize Outlook Installation Options panel. Do not specify configuration options on both panels in the Custom Installation Wizard.

To specify Outlook 2000 configuration options on the Customize Outlook Installation Options panel

1. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
2. On the Customize Outlook Installation Options panel, click Customize Outlook profile and account information.
3. In the Configuration type box, select a configuration.

To specify Outlook 2000 configuration options on the Modify Setup Properties panel

1. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
2. On the Modify Setup Properties panel, select the OutlookConfiguration property.
3. Click Modify, and in the Value box, select either Corporate or Workgroup or Internet Only.

 Note    If you don’t want users to see any prompts when they run Outlook for the first time, do not use the Ask user when Outlook first runs value for the OutlookConfiguration property.

Set Outlook as the default application for mail, calendar, contacts, and news

Outlook can be registered as the default manager of e-mail, calendar, contacts, and news items using OUTLOOKASDEFAULTAPP property in the Custom Installation Wizard.

To set Outlook as the default mail, calendar, contacts, and news application

1. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
2. On the Modify Setup Properties panel, click the OUTLOOKASDEFAULTAPP property, and then click Modify.
3. In the Value box , select one of the following values:

   All (the default setting)

   Mail Only

   Mail, Calendar, Contacts

 Note    If you don’t want users to see any prompts when they run Outlook for the first time, do not use the Ask user when Outlook first runs value for the OUTLOOKASDEFAULTAPP property.

See also

To perform a quiet installation of Outlook 2000, you must also create or configure Outlook profiles for your users. If an Outlook profile already exists, Outlook does not prompt users to create a new one. If users do not already have Outlook profiles, you can set up Outlook profiles by using the Office Custom Installation Wizard. For more information, see Configuring Outlook Profile Settings.

Because Outlook 2000 uses the Microsoft Windows installer, it supports the same Setup command-line options that the other Office 2000 applications support. These options can be set to prevent any prompts from appearing during installation. For more information about these options, see Customizing How Setup Runs.