So Outlook crashed on me yesterday…
…Ok, so that's not terribly interesting. But what happened next was: there was a "Restart" option on the resulting crash dialog. When I clicked it, Outlook re-opened along with all of my previously-open messages!
Well, surprise, surprise – Outlook missed an opportunity to annoy me!
But now I'm curious: is there a way to make this happen intentionally? I do enjoy closing Outlook now and then, to reboot or just to get it out of my hair. But losing track of the messages I'd been reading isn't much fun. I suppose I could flag them or something, but that's tedious – I'd rather just close the app on a whim, knowing I could pick back up where I left off later.
So: is there an option for this somewhere, buried deep within the bowels of Outlook's labyrinthine Options dialog? Or failing that… Any good tips on making Outlook crash on demand?
Best Answer
Perhaps use the /restore switch on the command line:
http://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-way-to-restore-open-email-windows-in-Outlook-after-a-crash-like-Firefox-restores-tabs-and-windows