Create a new email from a Desktop shortcut
How can I create a shortcut to create a new message without going into Outlook first?
It is possible to create a shortcut to create a new email in Outlook, but you’ll need to determine the path to outlook.exe first.
In general you’ll find it under;
- Office 365 (any version) and Office 2019
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16 - 32-bit version of Office (msi-installation)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office <version number> - 64-bit version of Office (msi-installation)
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office <version number>
If you can’t find it, do a search for outlook.exe or use OutlookTools (free) instead.
Once you’ve found outlook.exe;
- Right click on an empty space on your Desktop and choose New-> Shortcut.
- Type the path to outlook.exe between quotes or browse to its location via the Browse… button.
- Type a space behind that and
/c ipm.note - The entire line should now look like this (example is for Office 365);
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE" /c ipm.note - Click Next.
- Name your shortcut for instance: New Message.
- Click Finish.
To change the icon, right click the shortcut and click properties. On the Shortcut tab click the Change Icon… button.
