Disable 'send message' shortcuts (ctrl+enter, alt+s) in Outloook

[Dibble@discussions.microsoft.com Officer Dibble]

I often accidentally send an unfinished email. I use keyboard shortcuts when
editing text, and can therefore easily hit alt+s, or, even more easily,
ctrl+enter, both of which send the message. No doubt some people find these
shortcuts useful, but I would love to disable them, and various people have
said the same. I know that in theory I can assign alt+s to some dummy macro
or something, but it doesn't solve the ctrl+enter problem.

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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You can disable Ctrl+Enter or any key combination With either Group Policy Objects or a manual edit of the registry. The policy approach is explained at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011402401033.aspx. Concentrate on the section on "Disabling shortcut keys," which contains the key code information you'll need if you edit the registry by hand. Make a backup first!

For the non-policy approach, navigate in the Registry Editor to the HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook key and create a new key named DisabledShortcutKeysCheckBoxes (assuming one does not already exist). For each key combination you want to disable, create a new string (REG_SZ) value in the DisabledShortcutKeysCheckBoxes key, give it a name appropriate for the key you want to disable and enter the key code from the article mentioned above. For example, the code for Ctrl+Enter would be 13,8 and for Alt+S, it would be 16,83.

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"Officer Dibble" <Officer Dib...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B869574E-EFC2-4E98...@microsoft.com...

[Sublium]

My problem is that this happens at least 2-3 times a month while I'm at work,
and I'm unable to edit the registry at work due to administrator
restrictions. It would be nice to see this avaialbe as a user configurable
option within the application.

[Patrick]

[GS]

Hi,

I've changed my registry settings but it didn't seem to make a difference:

Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\DisableShortcutKeysCheckBox
Name: Ctrl+Enter
Value: 13,8

This is a really frustrating issue, there should be an easier way...

Thanks

Gerard

[Sebastian]

The same happened to me, I did exactly this and the problem still exists . I
use outlook in spanish and spanish keyboard. Does it have something to do
with this?

[Peter Marchert]

On 14 Feb., 14:45, Sebastian <Sebast...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

> The same happened to me, I did exactly this and the problem still exists . I
> use outlook in spanish and spanish keyboard. Does it have something to do
> with this?

Have a look at this side:

http://blogs.technet.com/usefultechnology/archive/2005/08/23/409572.aspx

Peter

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[ITchick]

Has anyone found a solution for Vista? I can disable Alt S but not control
enter. Thank you.

[Still_learning]

What would the value be for ALT + click?

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

That’s for the research pane, right? AFAIK< you can't disable it, although
many would like to.

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[Kristin]

I'd like to reiterate that this is a really significant problem. I can't
fully communicate my frustration with this shortcut in this message. I too
use keyboard shortcuts at work when typing and have accidentally sent an
unfinished message.

First, there absolutely should not be a "send message" keyboard shortcut.
Who knows how many people have gotten fired because of this "convenience".

Second, there should be a simple way to disable all "send message"
shortcuts.

Third, Microsoft is constantly asking us to confirm things. But if you want
it to confirm "send message", no, you can't do that.

I'm trying to figure out how to disable the ctrl+enter shortcut from your
earlier message, but this is way over my head. Really, I have to edit the
Registry? You've got to be kidding.

Kristin

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

what version of outlook do you use? In 2007 you can choose to use
Ctrl+Enter from the tools, options menu. Alt+S can't be disabled - and there
absolutely needs to be a keyboard shortcut for keyboarders - not everyone
uses a mouse for everything.

If you accidently send mail you can do one of two things- misspell the first
word so spell check when sending stops the send or type garbage (i.e.
something like "sdfkdf") in the cc field so it can't resolve to an email
address.

See http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20060118.htm

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