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From: RoninV on 8 Jul 2008 13:12
Did you ever work this out? I have a user (Outlook 2007, Exchange 2003), who
would like his public calendar (rather than the personal one
Mailbox-username/calendar) to be the default calendar when opening Outlook.

"Brian" wrote:

> It worked fine on my test, but then I discovered that the user has Outlook
> 2007 (still same Exchange 2003 server). The shortcut created on the desktop
> by the drag-and-copy ends with a ".xnk" extension, and when double-clicked,
> indicates it doesn't know what program to use. Then, if I associate it with
> Outlook, it indicates incorrect argument(s).
>
> "neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:
>
> > Right click and drag the public folder to desktop. Select Copy Here. User
> > can use this shortcut to start Outlook.
> >
> > /neo
> >
> > PS - The copy here actually creates a non-editable shortcut. It does not
> > copy the contents of the folder to desktop.
> >
> > "Brian" <Brian(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:0F3D8366-F421-41B9-A6B5-A0929DB7E181(a)microsoft.com...
> > > OL2003 / E2003 / SBS2003
> > >
> > > I know how to open Outlook to a regular user's calendar (Advanced
> > > Options ->
> > > Startup in this folder), but I have a user that wants to startup with a
> > > calendar in a public folder open.
> > >
> > > How can I do this?
> >
> >
> >
From: Brian on 8 Jul 2008 21:48
I had to register the .xnk file extension type manually. Below are my notes;
I think I copied some of them from some website & added a few of my own:

Click Start, click Run, type Explorer in the Open box, and then click OK.
On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
In the Folder Options dialog box, click the File Types tab, and then click
New.
In the Create New Extensions dialog box, type xnk in the File Extension box,
and then click OK.
Click to select XNK under Registered file types, and then click Advanced.
In the Edit File Type dialog box, type XNK next to the icon, and then click
New.
In the New Action dialog box, type OPEN for Action, and then type the
following text under Application used to perform action:
"DriveLetter:\path\Outlook.exe" /x "%1"
Note By default, the path of the Outlook.exe file is as follows: "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12\Outlook.exe" /x "%1"
Click OK two times.
Click Close

"RoninV" wrote:

> Did you ever work this out? I have a user (Outlook 2007, Exchange 2003), who
> would like his public calendar (rather than the personal one
> Mailbox-username/calendar) to be the default calendar when opening Outlook.
>
> "Brian" wrote:
>
> > It worked fine on my test, but then I discovered that the user has Outlook
> > 2007 (still same Exchange 2003 server). The shortcut created on the desktop
> > by the drag-and-copy ends with a ".xnk" extension, and when double-clicked,
> > indicates it doesn't know what program to use. Then, if I associate it with
> > Outlook, it indicates incorrect argument(s).
> >
> > "neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:
> >
> > > Right click and drag the public folder to desktop. Select Copy Here. User
> > > can use this shortcut to start Outlook.
> > >
> > > /neo
> > >
> > > PS - The copy here actually creates a non-editable shortcut. It does not
> > > copy the contents of the folder to desktop.
> > >
> > > "Brian" <Brian(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:0F3D8366-F421-41B9-A6B5-A0929DB7E181(a)microsoft.com...
> > > > OL2003 / E2003 / SBS2003
> > > >
> > > > I know how to open Outlook to a regular user's calendar (Advanced
> > > > Options ->
> > > > Startup in this folder), but I have a user that wants to startup with a
> > > > calendar in a public folder open.
> > > >
> > > > How can I do this?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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