I have made an outlook plug in that downloads a new signature and creates the registry keys for the profile to set the new and reply signature. Is it possible to get outlook to pick up these new registry settings without restarting?
Edit:
Just to clarify the settings I am applying in the registry are in the sub keys of "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office[OFFICE VERSION]\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676" which hold the profile settings.
No - any changes to Outlook settings in the registry are never read until Outlook starts.
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I am working on an outlook add-in and I need the ability to open a task pane from one of the button commands.
Long story short the command will reach out to an API. The result of the API call will let the client side know if any user interaction is required. If it is I want to present the user with the task pane to fill in any required information.
From what I have found you should be able to call Office.addin.showAsTaskpane().
However this only works if you are using the Shared runtime requirement set which is only supported in Powerpoint, Word, and Excel.
In Outlook you can open a task pane by clicking on the ribbon button or notification item which can be added programmatically, i.e. dynamically. So, you may consider adding a notification item with a link for opening a task pane as a possible workaround. However, it requires a user interaction.
Web add-ins don't provide any way in Outlook to open a task pane programmatically. You can file a new feature request at https://aka.ms/M365dev-suggestions .
This is not supported yet
You can refer from here Duplicate question OR similar
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I'm a new to Windows Administration. Is it true that all the GPO's affect registry keys in some way? Are there any GPO settings that don't affect registry keys at all? I apologize for asking a very generic qn.
In very short: Yes, there are.
Slightly longer answer:
Group Policy Object consist of 2 parts: policy (a true GPO) and preferences (called GPP)
Policy settings are in 99,9% of cases written into a target machine registry.
Preferences on the other hand can set a lot of things:
create/ delete a folder
add a printer
add a local user
etc....
we are using Office 365 with Exchange Online and Microsoft Outlook.
Is it possible so everybody with an Exchange account can access his mails in Outlook no matter on the computer(within the domain) he is logging in.
Right now if i log in on another computer there is no email account set up. So i need to add the account everytime im on another computer.
You should look into ZeroConfigExchange, it supports Exchange Online.
Implementing ZCE
Implementing ZCE is easy. It can be added (through a login script) to
the user's registry or as a GPO for all users. Here's how:
In the Windows Registry, navigate to the appropriate subkey for each version of Outlook that is in use:
For Outlook 2016:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\AutoDiscover
As a policy:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\AutoDiscover
For Outlook 2013:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\AutoDiscover
As a policy:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\AutoDiscover
For Outlook 2010
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\AutoDiscover
As a policy:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\AutoDiscover
For Outlook 2007:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\AutoDiscover
As a policy:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\AutoDiscover
Once the key is created, right-click in the right pane and click New, click DWORD Value and type in “ZeroConfigExchange” (without the
quotes) and then press ENTER.
Finally, right-click ZeroConfigExchange, click Modify and then in the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
I´m trying to make some changes(Wallpaper/Themes) on a windows7 enviroment, until now, I copied some files in to a directory with admin rights, so the "hard" part is over.
Trying to change the registryKey with a batch or with a Powershell file will work, as an Admin and as a normal-user.
The bad thing is, if I try to make the changes as an Admin, then the changes will be just for the adminSession. And I want to make the changes for the normalUser and every new user(with not admin rights).
I found that with a batch file, I can make some changes to my normalUser account:
HKCU:\Software\Micorsoft....\Themes\ and change the value CurrentTheme to my own Windows theme.
If I check my registry, I notice that the CurrentTheme value was accepted, and after a reboot stay so.
But Windows shows me the default theme... ¬¬
I tried to change "everything" to set my Theme as default, but nothing works..
Is there a way to make it works? Why windows is refusing to take the changes in the registry and always show me the default Theme?
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
In the left pane, right click on Windows and click on New and Key. Type Personalization and press enter (if not already exists).
Create a New and String Value called ThemeFile and press Enter. Right click on ThemeFile and click on Modify. Type in the full path of the .theme file with file extension in "" (example: "C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\NewCustomTheme.theme") ; it will be default for new users.
Are the systems on a domain?
You should know that registry values stored within the Policies key and all the subkeys after that can be reset by domain group policy at any time. That is to say that if you make a change here and reboot or run gpupdate, you can expect the values to be erased.
If you really want to change the theme for all users, you should use Group Policy to apply the theme, as seen in this link. Group Policy Settings for Windows Personalization.. Look in the section under "Set a Specific Theme".
I've done this for clients a number of times. You can also set a specific theme as the default by logging on as the Default Profile and making changes. Keep in mind that this approach should be done when you build a system image to deploy to the environment.
I am researching ways to auto login to a windows server, so applications can be restarted on reboot if the server crashes. Do windows services load before or after a user logs in? Can a windows service be used to login to an account?
If not, is there any way to use some sort of login script to facilitate automatically loggin in?
For auto login. Here is one of them:
To use Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) to turn on automatic logon, follow these steps:
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type Regedt32.exe, and then press ENTER.
Locate the following subkey in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Double-click the DefaultUserName entry, type your user name, and then click OK.
Double-click the DefaultPassword entry, type your password, and then click OK.NOTE: If the DefaultPassword value does not exist, it must be added. To add the value, follow these steps:
On the Edit menu, click New, and then point to String Value.
Type DefaultPassword, and then press ENTER.
Double-click DefaultPassword.
In the Edit String dialog, type your password and then click OK.
NOTE: If no DefaultPassword string is specified, Windows automatically changes the value of the AutoAdminLogon key from 1 (true) to 0 (false), disabling the AutoAdminLogon feature.
On the Edit menu, click New, and then point to String Value.
Type AutoAdminLogon, and then press ENTER.
Double-click AutoAdminLogon.
In the Edit String dialog box, type 1 and then click OK.
Quit Registry Editor.
Click Start, click Shutdown, and then type a reason in the Comment text box.
Click OK to turn off your computer.
Restart your computer. You can now log on automatically.
Taken from: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324737
Services run regardless of whether a user logs on. If you need an application to run all the time, have you considered converting it to a service? Auto-logon is a security risk.
Windows Services do load before user logins. A Windows service cannot be used to login to an account, but you can specify the account to run the service under. You can setup automatic login in the registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon. AutoAdminLogon, DefaultUserName, DefaultPassword, DefaultDomainName, and ForceAutoLogon are the keys you will need to set. They are all strings.
P.S. This is more a Server Fault \ Super User question.
Services start before login.
And rather than using a service to log into an account, why not just set the account to auto log in?
http://www.expta.com/2008/03/how-to-enable-autologon-in-windows.html.
*edit*Beaten to it*
I have tested it on:
WIN10 updated Jan-2016
WIN7 updated Jan-2016
And it works!
I use this .REG file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"
"DefaultDomainName"="DOMAINNAME"
"DefaultUserName"="USERNAME"
"DefaultPassword"="PASSWORD"
Extracted from: http://www.sysadmit.com/2016/01/windows-configurar-autologin.html
Maybe systinternals/autologon.exe should be mentioned here.
It has a very simple gui and can also be used by command line only.
I guess it does the registry entry in the background.