How do I run multiple instances of Microsoft Outlook 2010, each with a specific profile?

Question

I have 2 mail profiles - one profile has a single Exchange 2010 account and the other has a single IMAP account. I want to open an instance of Outlook for each.

I execute outlook.exe /profile MyExchangeProfile for the Exchange profile and outlook.exe /profile MyIMAPProfile for the IMAP profile and the result is that I get 2 instances of Outlook each with the MyExchangeProfile.

In fact, whichever profile I load first is always the one that gets loaded no matter what profile I specify on separate executions.

Answer 1

Open Two Different Instances Of Outlook With ExtraOutlook

Answer 2

I highly recommend you not to do so. Running several Outlook instances is unsupported scenario that leads to corrupted profiles and storages (believe me I saw I lot of these kind of situations).

Instead, add your IMAP account as a second account to your Exchange profile.

Answer 3

Extraoutlook works great, so great in fact I wrote an interface for the command line, I currently use it to open 22 Exchange profiles simultaneously and update their ost files for keeping a local backup

Code compiled in Autoit https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/

Program has four options

1. Run a single Profile (runs a single profile at a time )
2. Add the Auto start (add Profile , user and pass to an ini file )
3. Run Autostart (opens multiple outlook instances in succession)
4. Run Autoclose (closes all instances of Outlook)

The code:

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#RequireAdmin

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <guiconstants.au3>
#include <string.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <Misc.au3>

Global $Font = 'Verdana'
Global $Outlook = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\OUTLOOK.EXE' ;Office 2010
Global $ExtraOutlook = @SystemDir & "\Extraoutlook.exe"
Global $Process = "OUTLOOK.exe"
Global $IniFile = "outlookprofiles.ini"

Global $Radio[4]

FileInstall("Extraoutlook.exe",@SystemDir & "\Extraoutlook.exe",0)

    If Not FileExists (@ScriptDir & '\' & $IniFile) Then
        Iniwrite($IniFile, "START","Count","0")
        Iniwrite($IniFile, "PROFILE","1","")
        Iniwrite($IniFile, "USER","1","")
        Iniwrite($IniFile, "PASS","1","")
    Else
        _Start()
    EndIf
        _Start()


Func _Start()

$WinMain = GuiCreate('Outlook', 180,215 )

GUISetFont(7,300,'' ,$font)

    $Input1 = GUICtrlCreateInput('Profile',5,15,165,25)
    $Input2 = GUICtrlCreateInput('User',5,45,165,25)
    $Input3 = GUICtrlCreateInput('Password',5,75,165,25)

    $Radio[0] = GUICtrlCreateRadio("", 5, 105, 15, 15)
    $Radio[1] = GUICtrlCreateRadio("", 5, 125, 15, 15)
    $Radio[2] = GUICtrlCreateRadio("", 5, 145, 15, 15)
    $Radio[3] = GUICtrlCreateRadio("", 5, 165, 15, 15)

    $label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Start Outlook Profile", 25, 105,150,25);
    $label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Add to Autostart", 25, 125,150,25)
    $label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Run Autostart", 25, 145,150,25)
    $label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Run Autoclose", 25, 165,150,25)

    $ButtonOK = GuiCtrlCreateButton('OK', 5,190,80,20)
    $ButtonCancel = GuiCtrlCreateButton('Cancel', 90,190,80,20)

    GUICtrlSetState($Radio[0],$GUI_CHECKED)
    GuiCtrlSetState($Input2,$GUI_DISABLE)
    GuiCtrlSetState($Input3,$GUI_DISABLE)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

    Local $Count = IniRead($Inifile,"START","Count","")
    Local $a = 1
    Local $msg = GUIGetMsg()

    While  $a = 1  ;Infinite Loop

        Switch GUIGetMsg()

            Case $ButtonOK

                    If _IsChecked($Radio[1]) Then
                        IniWrite ($IniFile,"PROFILE",$Count +1,GUICtrlRead($Input1))
                        IniWrite ($IniFile,"USER",$Count +1,GUICtrlRead($Input2))
                        IniWrite ($IniFile,"PASS",$Count +1,GUICtrlRead($Input3))
                        IniWrite ($IniFile,"START","Count",$Count +1)
                        MsgBox(64,"New Profile Added","Profile Name: "  & GUICtrlRead($Input1) & @CRLF & "User: " & GUICtrlRead($Input2) & @CRLF & "Password: " & GUICtrlRead($Input3),10)
                    Else
                        If _IsChecked($Radio[0]) Then
                            If GUICtrlRead($Input1) <> "Profile" Then
                                Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & $ExtraOutlook & " " & '"' &  $Outlook & '"' & " " & "/profile " & $Input1, "", @SW_HIDE)
                            Else
                                MsgBox(64,"","Please Enter a valid Profile name.",5)
                            EndIf
                        Else
                            If _IsChecked($Radio[2]) Then
                                _Autostart()
                            Else
                                If _IsChecked($Radio[3]) Then
                                    _Autoclose()
                                EndIf
                            EndIf
                        EndIf
                    EndIf


            Case $Radio[0]
                    GuiCtrlSetState($Input1,$GUI_ENABLE)
                    GuiCtrlSetState($Input2,$GUI_DISABLE)
                    GuiCtrlSetState($Input3,$GUI_DISABLE)

            Case $Radio[1]
                    GuiCtrlSetState($Input1,$GUI_ENABLE)
                    GuiCtrlSetState($Input2,$GUI_ENABLE)
                    GuiCtrlSetState($Input3,$GUI_ENABLE)

            Case $Radio[2]
                    GuiCtrlSetState($Input1,$GUI_DISABLE)
                    GuiCtrlSetState($Input2,$GUI_DISABLE)
                    GuiCtrlSetState($Input3,$GUI_DISABLE)

            Case $Radio[3]
                    GuiCtrlSetState($Input1,$GUI_DISABLE)
                    GuiCtrlSetState($Input2,$GUI_DISABLE)
                    GuiCtrlSetState($Input3,$GUI_DISABLE)

            Case $ButtonCancel ; Exit the loop.
               Exit
        EndSwitch
    WEnd

EndFunc


Func _IsChecked($idControlID)
    Return BitAND(GUICtrlRead($idControlID), $GUI_CHECKED) = $GUI_CHECKED
EndFunc


Func _Autostart()

Local $a = 1

While $a > 0

    If IniRead($Inifile,"PROFILE",$a,"") <> "" Then
        Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & $ExtraOutlook & " " & '"' &  $Outlook & '"' & " " & "/profile " & IniRead($Inifile,"PROFILE",$a,""), "", @SW_HIDE)
        Sleep (15000)
        ;Msgbox(0,"",IniRead($Inifile,"PROFILE",$a,""),3)
        Send("{DOWN}")
        Send("{DOWN}")
        Send(IniRead($Inifile,"USER",$a,""))
        Send("{TAB}")
        Send(IniRead($Inifile,"PASS",$a,""),1)
        Send("{TAB}")
        Send("{TAB}")
        Send("{ENTER}")
        Sleep (25000) ;

        $a = $a +1
    Else
        Exit
    EndIf

WEnd

EndFunc

Func _AutoClose()
    $a = 1

    Do
        If ProcessExists($Process) Then
            ProcessClose($Process)
        Else
            Exit
        EndIf

        Sleep(1000)

    $a = $a +1

    Until $a = 64

EndFunc

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