Start-Outlook.ps1
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function Start-Outlook { <# .SYNOPSIS OutlookConnector function: Starts MS Outlook GUI. Used in case of issues with Connect-Outlook function. .DESCRIPTION Starts MS Outlook GUI. Used in case of issues with Connect-Outlook function. Issues usually occure due to slow or interactive Outlook start. If GUI starts successfully, Connect-Outlook should run without issues. Outlook executable is found via Registry search. .INPUTS This function is not accepting any parameters. .OUTPUTS Function returns nothing. .EXAMPLE Start-Outlook Opens MS Outlook GUI. .LINK about_OutlookConnector .NOTES NAME: Start-Outlook AUTHOR: Igor Iric, iric@gmail.com CREATEDATE: September 29, 2015 #> # ---------------------- [Parameters definitions] ------------------------ [CmdletBinding()] Param () # ------------------------- [Function start] ----------------------------- if (Get-Process | Where-Object name -eq outlook) { Write-Verbose -Message 'Outlook already running. No action needed.' } else { $key = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\OUTLOOK.EXE\' if (!(Test-Path -Path $key)) { throw 'Path to Outlook executable not found.' } else { $exe = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $key).'(default)' if (Test-Path -Path $exe) { Write-Verbose -Message 'Starting Outlook application...' Invoke-Item -Path $exe } else { throw 'Outlook executable not found.' } } } # ------------------------- [End of function] ---------------------------- } |