Right, as I said any changes you make in the UI are written back to the
registry and the change is made from the cached settings that Outlook holds.
It does not re-read that setting in the registry until it restarts and the
Options dialogs are not available to you in code at all, nor is any way of
making Outlook update its cached settings except from the UI. What you want
to do cannot be done.

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Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Worksmart" wrote in message
...
I'm able to switch back and forth without restarting Outlook. What I'm
looking for is the code to do the Tools, Options, Mail Format tab, Word as
editor, OK. Then I'd like to create another button that will untick Word
as
the editor.

Hope this makes sense. Thanks in advance.
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Peggy Duncan, Author
Conquer Email Overload with Outlook
http://www.PeggyDuncan.com