Rob D. wrote:

That worked. Thanks for your help; much appreciated. One last
issue: To create a desktop shortcut for creating a new appointment, I
entered the following: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /c "ipm.appointment creates an
appointment". However, once I clicked on the newly created shortcut,
instead of opening a new appointment window, it opened a new email
message window. Your thoughts?

The target of the shortcut should be:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Outlook.exe" /c ipm.appointment

You can use "%ProgramFiles%" instead if "C:\Program Files" if you wish:

"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office11\Outlook.exe" /c ipm.appointment
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Brian Tillman