Notification for new emails in Outlook 2010

[hackerman1]

Hi !

Notification for new emails in Outlook 2010


There is a builtin option for notification in Outlook 2010, but the problem is that it´s only visible for a very short time.
If you are not looking at the computer when it shows, then you will not see that you have got new emails.


I wrote a small program that fix the problem bý creating a permanent notification on your screen.
It creates a new window that does not go away until you have acknowledged it by typing "Y" or "y",
upper or lower-case doesn´t matter.
This also means that you get a new "open window" below the screen, so if another windows hides the notification-windows
you will still see it.
If the notification-window is not your topmost window then you will have to select it before you type "Y".

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@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SETDOS/S0:0
WINDOW /POS=30,-4,150,100
COLOR BRI RED ON BRI YELLOW
IF %EMAIL == YES EXIT
IF EXIST "R:\NEW EMAIL.DAT" EXIT
SET EMAIL=YES
COPY/Q NUL > "R:\NEW EMAIL.DAT"
:A
CLS
INKEY /K"Y" /P NEW EMAIL ! %%K
ECHO.
ECHO %K
BEEP 0 18
IF "%K" NE "Y" GOTO A
DEL/Q "R:\NEW EMAIL.DAT"
UNSET EMAIL
EXIT
[/CODE
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save it as fx. "New email.btm"

Note:
this line controls where the window will be on the screen:WINDOW /POS=30,-4,150,100
format is width, height, left, down

The easiest way to change it is to run the bat-file so the windows popups, then drag the windows where you want it,
then rightclick on the windowbar and select properties, under "Window position" you will see the coordinates
then change the last 2 in the line

you will have to change the path for "NEW EMAIL.DAT" in these two lines in the program to where you want to have the dat-file, maybe in your temp-folder...?

COPY/Q NUL > "R:\NEW EMAIL.DAT"
DEL/Q "R:\NEW EMAIL.DAT"

And, since this is a BTM-file and not a BAT-file, you will need TCC/LE, the FREE version of Take Command,
software available here: #1 Windows Command Prompt | Windows Console CMD Command Line

Personally i prefer TCC over CMD since it has more commands, is more user-friendly and lets you do more advanced programming.
Do not ask me how to do this in CMD...

To enable the new notification in Outlok 2010:
Files → Manage rules and alerts → New rule
Click "Apply rule on messages i recieve"
Scroll down
Mark "On this computer only"
Click "Next"
Mark "Start application"
If you want to play some soundfile also Mark "Play sound"
In the lower window click "a sound"
Navigate to and select the sound you want
Click on "application"
Change filtetype to "all files"
Navigate to and select "New email.btm"
Click "Next"
In the exceptions-window click "Next"
Name the rule
Mark "Create this rule on all accounts"
Click "Finish"