Create Second Instance of Outlook (Alternate Profile)

[ken82m]

I tried ExtraOutlook.exe 1.3, but it blows up either because I'm on Outlook 2010 (x86), or a 64-bit OS take your pick.

Essentially I have two environments and can't build a trust right now. So I thought I'd build a local user and an outlook profile but it stil won't launch a fresh instance of outlook.

Does anyone have any ideas?

[water]

You could give my OutlookEX UDF a try. With _OL_Open you can force a new instance and pass the profile name.

[ken82m]

You could give my OutlookEX UDF a try. With _OL_Open you can force a new instance and pass the profile name.

 

I couldn't find any parameters or variables I would need to set to force a new instance. I tried this and I can see outlook.exe running once but no GUI. When I hit ok on my msgbox the process closes a few seconds later.

Am I doing something wrong?

#Include <OutlookEX.au3>
$1 = _OL_Open(False, "", 1000, 1000, "Outlook")
MsgBox(0,"",$1 & @CR & @error)
$2 = _OL_Open(False, "", 1000, 1000, "Kelta")
MsgBox(0,"",$2 & @CR & @error)

[water]

Sorry, my bad. This parameter is only available for the Word and Excel UDF.

If you set line

If IsObj($oOL) Then $__bOL_AlreadyRunning = True

in function _OL_Open to

If IsObj($oOL) Then $__bOL_AlreadyRunning = False

then a second instance of Outlook should be started.

[ken82m]

Thanks for the reply, I made the change but how do I call the outlook gui up? It still just runs as a background process

[water]

Access any folder you like and display it using something like:

$oOL = _OL_Open()
$aFolder = _OL_FolderAccess($oOL, ...)
$aFolder[1].Display

[ken82m]

Sorry to be a pain in the *** but I appreciate all the help.

This is the change I made to the udf:

Func _OL_Open($bWarningClick = False, $sWarningProgram = "", $iWinCheckTime = 1000, $iCtrlCheckTime = 1000, $sProfileName = "", $sPassword = "")

    Local $oOL = ObjGet("", "Outlook.Application")
    If $oOL <> 0 Then $__bOL_AlreadyRunning = False

My test script:

#Include <OutlookEX.au3>
$oOL = _OL_Open(False, "", 1000, 1000, "Kelta")
$aFolder = _OL_FolderAccess($oOL, "*\Inbox")
$aFolder[1].Display

$oOL2 = _OL_Open(False, "", 1000, 1000, "Outlook")
$aFolder2 = _OL_FolderAccess($oOL2, "*\Inbox")
$aFolder2[1].Display

It brings up two outlook windows but a single Outlook process in task manager and both windows are opening a single profile (Kelta)

 

Access any folder you like and display it using something like:

$oOL = _OL_Open()
$aFolder = _OL_FolderAccess($oOL, ...)
$aFolder[1].Display

Edited June 25, 2013 by ken82m

[water]

Seems to be a "problem" with Outlook.

If you run the following script you will notice that two WinWord instances have been created but only one for Outlook.

$oOL1 = ObjCreate("Outlook.Application")
$oOL2 = ObjCreate("Outlook.Application")
$oWord1 = ObjCreate("Word.Application")
$oWord2 = ObjCreate("Word.Application")
MsgBox(0, "", "...")
$oWord1.Quit
$oWord2.Quit

[water]

I think the problem is described here in section remarks:

"This is because only one Outlook process can run at a time, and that Outlook process uses only one profile and supports only one MAPI session. When users start Outlook a second time, that instance of Outlook runs within the same Outlook process, does not create a new process, and uses the same profile."

So it seems you can't do what you want.

[ken82m]

Well it was worth a try, thanks for the attempt and all your hard work on those functions I'm sure they'll come in handy in the future

-Kenny

[water]

Thanks, glad you like the UDF