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How can I open Outlook with different profiles as special for notebooks (offline/Onlie profile)?

If your notebook is connected with your network, your laptop is "online".

If your notebook is not connected with your network, your laptop is "offline".

If your laptop is "offline" and you use Public ShareFolder, you will get a message that the "Public ShareFolder" is not available and Outlook takes ~30 seconds to open the available "Personal Folder".

You can save this time, if you would create an additional (copied) profile in Outlook and after you start Outlook you will be ask, with which profile you want to work.

Info:
A "copy" of an Outlook profile makes not a copy of the PST file. A copy of an Outlook profile use the same PST file.

General Information about Outlook profiles:
Understanding Outlook profiles
Creating Additional Outlook Profiles

How to create a copy of an Outlook profile:

Outlook 2002/2003/2007:

Close Outlook.
From the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Control Panel.
Double-click Mail.
Click Show Profiles. The Mail profiles dialog box appears.
Click Copy.
Give the new profile a name (we prefer "Offline") and click OK.
Doubleclick on the "Offline" profile and delete:"Public ShareFolder" in the list of the installed services. (You do not delete any items with this step)
Activate: "Prompt for a profile"
Now restart Outlook with the "Offline" profile and you will get no error message.

Now you can decide which profile you would like to open. Use "Online" if your laptop is connected with the local network, use "Offline" if you are on travel or not connected with the network.

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