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by mb.sharma

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When i am start outlook a error message showing that "Cannot Start Microsoft Office Outlook. The Command Line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using." Pls suggest what should i do ?

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by oh smeg

Is removing Office and reinstalling it with the correct version for the OS in use.

If you are using any form of Windows you should be able to use all but Office 2008.
If you are using a MAC OS you can only use Office 2008.

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by mb.sharma

I had reinstalled microsoft office But the error is same

by mb.sharma

my outlook version is microsoft outlook 2003 & i m using windows xp professional licensed version. . for this issue while i checked regedit. regedit is also not working.pls provide soultion for this error.

by captbilly1eye

Regedit is not working?
Explain.
Error message? Permissions issue?

Google that error message ( "Cannot Start Microsoft Office Outlook. The Command Line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using") and you will come up with hundreds of possibilities.

Please remember... all of us here do this for free because this is what we like to do. If you make it too difficult to help, no one will respond.

along the lines of what I stated earlier... "the more information you provide, the more help you'll get." well then... the less information you provide, the less help you will get.

by oh smeg

Assuming that this individual computer isn't part of a Domain with security preventing this application opening for that particular user Regedit not being available is the sign of a Infection.

So have you actually checked that the AV product in use here is actually running and has not been bypassed?

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by w2ktechman

I have seen reg problems like this from upgrades in the past.

Anyway, does regedt32 work?

Check for virus/malware.

As for Outlook, if you had a previous version installed, or installed an update recently, you may need to uninstall Office, manually remove the directories/files for anything left, and scour the registry to clean it. It may be looking to a previous version.

After that, reboot, re-install Office. It should work fine.

by Former member

You cannot use the /select switch to start Outlook 2003

SYMPTOMS
When you try to use various command-line switches to start Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, you may receive the following error message:
Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. The command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using.

For example, you may receive this error if you try to start Outlook 2003 by using the following command-line switch:
Outlook.exe /select outlook:calendar /recycle
CAUSE
This problem occurs because of a security enhancement that helps to prevent potential attackers from passing command-line arguments.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do not use the /select command-line switch. For example, replace the command-line switch in the "Symptoms" section of this article with the following command-line switch:

Outlook.exe /recycle outlook:calendar

By default, any switches that are on the command line after all recognized parameters have been processed are processed as /select switches.

Please post back if you have anymore problems or questions.

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