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I wasn't able to launch an application while opening an email through rules. Is it possible to do this through VBA. I want a program that stores outlook messages in a folder to launch when the user clicks to open a new email, not when the message arrives since a person could be away for a long time.<br />
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Is this possible.
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I wasn't able to launch an application while opening an email through rules. Is it possible to do this through VBA. I want a program that stores outlook messages in a folder to launch when the user clicks to open a new email, not when the message arrives since a person could be away for a long time.

Is this possible.

Launching an application after opening an Outlook message

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.

Outlook

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.