Prevent opening multiple instances of Outlook

[stevegsi]

How can I prevent users from opening multiple instances of Outlook? We are
using an Add-in that can fail if multiple Outlooks are running on the same
PC. If they minimize Outlook and try to open a new instance, I would like it
either to warn the user that Outlook is already running, or restore the
minimized Outlook. Is there a way to achieve this?

Thanks for any suggestions,
stevegsi

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Only 1 process of outlook.exe can be running at a time under a single user
context. When users open an additional Outlook window it will run within
that single process and will not create a new one. If there are multiple
outlook.exe processes running, this means there is something wrong with that
computer configuration. Faulty addins are the usual suspect here.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Set the link they use to open outlook to use the recycle switch.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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