Find Your Outlook controls in the Windows Registry

Open thestart menuand search forregedit.

In yourOutlookdirectory on the left side of the screen, open thePreferencesdirectory.

On the right side of the screen, your Outlook configs registry entries appear.

Registry editor

Double-click an entry to modify an entry.

Entries are set to either1or0, which corresponds to either on or off, respectively.

Changing a 1 to a 0 changes a setting from on to off and vice versa.

Registry Outlook settings

To back up registry entries, clickFileand then selectExport.

Editing the Registry can be risky.

Registry export