XCLN: ODK: How to Make the Design Form Feature Unavailable

ID: Q190890

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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

SUMMARY

This article describes how the Design Form feature can be removed from Microsoft Outlook 8.5 using Regedit or the Outlook Deployment Kit (ODK).


MORE INFORMATION

Two methods are described below for disabling the Design Form feature in Outlook. With the first method, you use the Registry Editor, Regedit, to create a new registry key. The second method is for system administrators creating custom installation packages for Outlook by using the Outlook Deployment Kit (ODK).

When the Outlook Design Form feature is disabled, the following error message appears when you try to design a form:

The form you selected could not be displayed. The Outlook Form Designer
has been made unavailable by your administrator.
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it

Add the Registry Entry

  1. Click Start, and then click Run. Type Regedit, and then click OK.


  2. Double-click HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, Microsoft, Office, 8.0, and then Outlook.


  3. While on the right side of the registry, right click and select New then click to select Dword (for Windows 95), or SZ (for Windows NT)


  4. Type "NoOutlookFormsDesigner" (without quotation marks), and press ENTER.


  5. In the right pane, double-click Default to open the Edit string window.


  6. In the Value Data Box, type "1" (without quotation marks), and then click OK.


  7. Quit the Registry Editor and restart the computer.


Add the Registry Entry in the Outlook Deployment Kit Wizard



In Stage 5, Add/Edit Registry Value, follow these steps:

  1. In the Root box, click to select HKEY_CURRENT_USER.


  2. In the Data type box, click to select Dword (for Windows 95), or SZ (for Windows NT).


  3. In the DWword box, type the following:
    Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Outlook\NoOutlookFormsDesigner


  4. In the Value name box, type Default.


  5. In the Value data box, type 1.


Additional query words: 98 ODK ODW Forms disable 


Keywords          : XCLN 
Version           : WINDOWS:8.5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 10, 1999