How to create an Outlook new email with specified command line?

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2022-09-20

Here in this article, we are going to show you how to create an Outlook email with specified command lines.

Create an Outlook email with specified command lines

Please do as follows to create a new email with specified command line.

1. Create a blank Outlook email

If you only want to create a new blank Outlook email, please click the Search button on the bottom left corner of the desktop, enter the following command line into the address box, and then click the outlook.exe c ipm.note button (or press the Enter key). See screenshot:

outlook.exe /c ipm.note

Then a blank email is created immediately.

2. Create an Outlook email with certain recipient

You can create an Outlook email with certain recipient’s address showing in the To field.

Please click the Search button on the bottom left corner of the desktop, enter the following command line into the address box, and then click the above Outlook button (or press the Enter key). See screenshot:

outlook.exe /c ipm.note /m someone@microsoft.com

Note: please change the someonw@microsoft.com to your recipient’s email address.

3. Create an Outlook email with certain recipient, subject and body

Besides, you can create an Outlook email with recipient, subject and body by using a command line. Please do as follows.

Click the Search button on the bottom left corner of the desktop, enter the following command line into the address box, and then click the above Outlook button to create the email (or press the Enter key). See screenshot:

outlook.exe /c ipm.note /m someone@microsoft.com?v=1&subject=subject%20test&body=Email%20body%20test