Create a new Outlook email message by using a keyboard shortcut

Last updated 6/14/2013

Create a new Outlook email message by using a keyboard shortcut

PROBLEM
 

Here is Aaron Lerch’s article "TIP: Create a “new mail” shortcut for Outlook" for my brother who needs an Outlook new message shortcut.

SOLUTION

1. Create a new shortcut on your desktop 
1. Right-click an open area on the desktop, point to New, and then click Shortcut.
2. Set the target of the shortcut to:
1. "Path_to_your_OUTLOOK.exe" /c "IPM.Note" 
1.  For example, on his system:
2. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\OUTLOOK.EXE" /c "IPM.Note"
3. Pin the shortcut to the taskbar (yes, taskbar)
4. Drag the taskbar shortcut in front of all other shortcuts 
5. Pressing the Windows key and 1 at the same time, Win + 1, will open a new Outlook email

Note: He was using Windows 7 and MS Office Professional Plus 2010.