Microsoft® Outlook® 2010 set-up

Know more about the installation process for Microsoft® Outlook® 2010

Microsoft Outlook 2010 is the latest version of the information management application, of professional level, from the Microsoft. The Outlook 2010 is developed using the same platform as its pre-versions were, and hence shares some common features and functions with them. The Outlook 2010 provides new features and options that enable the users to manage the incoming and outgoing information efficiently, under minimal complications and errors. The installation set-up of the Microsoft Outlook 2010 has also been modified, thus providing advanced customization options which allow users to modify the application as per their use even before the installation. The Office installation customization options and tools from Microsoft allow users to install the Microsoft Outlook 2010 application in such a way that it does not damage the data stored in its previous versions installed in the computer. Installation of the Microsoft Outlook 2010 using the new customization options, under expert assistance, will help in the improvement of the functionality of the application by minimizing possible issues and errors.

Few points regarding the various options in the installation set-up of the Microsoft Outlook 2010 application are discussed below to help the users:

• 'Install now' and 'Customize'
• Install folder/path
• Custom Feature install

'Install now' and 'Customize'

The 'Install now' and 'Customize' are the two main options displayed in the installation set-up of the Microsoft Outlook 2010 application. Selecting the ‘Install Now’ option allows users to install the Microsoft Outlook 2010 application with all its default features to the default install folder created by the application developer. The ‘Customize’ option allows the users to customize the installation of the Microsoft Outlook 2010 application and provides a set of options which help the users in customizing the installation, to best suite their needs and requirements.

Install folder/path

After the users select the 'Customize' option in the setup menu, they can select or create custom directory on the computer hard disk to install the files of the Microsoft Outlook 2010 program. This is very useful in computers with different versions of Operating System and in computers where the Operating System is not installed on the default primary partition. The users can either select an already created folder to serve as the installation directory or can create a new folder by using the available options. The Start menu, desktop shortcuts and local temporary folders used by the application will be created as per the path of the custom folder selected by the user.

This function of the Microsoft Outlook 2010 install setup allows the users to customize the set of Microsoft Outlook 2010 features which are installed on the computer. The users are provided with multiple options like 'run from my computer', 'run all from my computer', 'installed on first use', 'not installed', etc; this helps to determine the state of the selected features which are provided in the Microsoft Outlook 2010. Choosing the first two options enable the users to install all features with their default state. Choosing the 'installed on first use' option copies the setup files onto the local install directory but install the features only when the user access the features for the first time. Selecting the ‘not installed’ option leaves the features not available in the Microsoft Outlook 2010 application.

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