To customize the Microsoft Outlook toolbar

Customizable toolbars and menus were introduced in Outlook 98. (Toolbars and menus are treated as essentially the same thing.) Outlook adds-in written with C++ also can add items to the toolbar. 

Outlook 98 and later versions

To reset a toolbar or menu to its original appearance, in the Customize dialog, on the Toolbars tab, select the toolbar, and then click Reset.

Outlook 2000 and 2002 hyperlink and macro buttons

When you add new buttons in Outlook 2000 and 2002, you can use them to run other programs, Internet hyperlinks or macros that you create in Outlook VBA.

To add a program or Internet link: 

1. Drag any button from the Commands tab of the Customize dialog to the toolbar. 
2. Right-click the new button, and enter a new Name.
3. Choose Assign Hyperlink | Open. 
4. In the Assign Hyperlink dialog, select a file or web page. You can also type in any other type of URL, such as mailto:somebody@anycompany.com to send an e-mail message.
5. Click OK, then Close to finish adding the hyperlink button.

To add a macro, you must first create the macro in VBA. Then, follow these steps:

1. From the Commands tab of the Customize dialog, drag the macro to the toolbar. 
2. Right-click the new button, and enter a new Name, and then press Enter. If you want the button to open with a keyboard shortcut, insert the & character before the character in the name that you want to use as the shortcut. Outlook will assign Alt+character to that button.
3. Click Close to finish adding the hyperlink button.

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Other Methods

<path>\Outlook.exe /c IPM.MyForm

where <path> is the path to Outlook.exe on your machine and IPM.MyForm is the name of a form you have created and published to Personal Folders.

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