
Windows Key + R (to open Run Box) > type wf.msc and click ok.


When you're done trying to salvage the career-ending email from going out, you can do the following to undo the outlook block.ġ. AND, blocking it with the firewall guarantees no inadvertent deselecting "Work Offline." You will see at the bottom right that Outlook is just "disconnected." The "Work Offline" mode will not be enabled, but your Outlook will have no internet access. The registry option isn't hard, but it's a hex entry which can be difficult to handle. You can now run outlook offline without having to changing stuff in the registry. Name it something: BLOCK OUTLOOK > Finish This Program > Ctrl V > Remove the double quotes at the beginning and end. RIGHT click "Outbound Rule" > "New Rule"Ħ. Windows Key + R (to open Run Box) > type wf.msc and click ok.Ĥ. Shift Right Click on Outlook > Copy As Pathģ. Click Start > Type outlook.exe > Right click > Open File LocationĢ. START OUTLOOK OFFLINE WITHOUT INTERNET ACCESS: (Best for Microsoft Exchange Mailbox situations)ġ. Note: If you want to connect Microsoft Outlook to the mail server now, please click the Work Offline button on the Send/Receive tab again in Outlook 20, or click the File > Work Offline in Outlook 2007. Meanwhile, you will see the following Outlook icon at the Windows Taskbar if the Microsoft Outlook 20 is working offline. Note: If Microsoft Outlook is working offline, you will view the Working Offline (or Offline in Outlook 2007) on the Status Bar at the bottom of Microsoft Outlook.

Note: It’s easy to exit the safe mode and switch to normal view with restarting your Microsoft Outlook.ĭo you know Microsoft Outlook allows users to disconnect from the mail server manually? If you do not want to receive any emails in some time, you can make Microsoft Outlook work offline with disconnecting Outlook from the mail server temporarily. Then Microsoft Outlook opens without loading any third-part add-ins.

Step 2: In the Run dialog box, enter the outlook.exe /safe in the Open: box. Step 1: Open the Run dialog box with pressing the Windows key and R key on the keyboard at the same time. If you want to manually open Microsoft Outlook without running any add-ins, you can open Microsoft Outlook in the safe mode easily.īefore opening Microsoft Outlook in the safe mode, please close all Microsoft Outlook programs firstly. Normally when Microsoft Outlook gets corrupted by something such as third-part add-ins or extensions, it will restart automatically in the safe mode.
