The Bottom Line
TweakOL is a nice little tool to tweak some (depending on your version of Outlook) hidden settings in Outlook, among them useful options such as MSN integration, logging and attachment security.
TweakOL is no longer actively developed.
TweakOL is no longer actively developed.
Pros
- TweakOL lets you customize some hidden Outlook settings
- The no-frills interface makes using TweakOL a snap
- Lets you disable attachment blocking and MSN integration
Cons
- TweakOL could adapt the tweaks offered for each Outlook version
- You can't undo changes, and TweakOL doesn't know about factory defaults
Description
- With TweakOL you can customize some hidden Outlook settings.
- TweakOL lets you turn off MSN integration and Outlook's attachment security ([cough] blocking).
- Further security options let you toggle Outlook logging and make it display all mail in plain text.
- TweakOL can also enable the Bcc: field for all emails and make Outlook minimize to the tray.
- The "special" Outlook Desktop icon can be hidden using TweakOL, too.
- TweakOL supports Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/3/XP and Outlook 2000/2/3.
Guide Review - TweakOL 3.0 - Outlook Add-On
Configuring Outlook has always been a bit of a hide and seek experience with many dialogs and tabs, and settings lurking in unexpected corners. Some settings can't be found anywhere but in the Windows system registry, however. Outlook 2003 has improved the situation a bit, but a tool like TweakOL is still welcome.
In a unspectacular but very usable interface, TweakOL provides easy and fast access to a few hidden settings — and they're not all cosmetic like the option to minimize Outlook to the system tray. TweakOL also gives you the useful options to turn off the potentially annoying MSN integration and attachment blocking, you can hide the Outlook Desktop icon and enable overall Outlook logging.
The range of security settings is completed with a quick way to make Outlook display emails in plain text only. Finally, those who frequently send emails to blind carbon copy recipients will be happy to find a tweak that lets you turn on the Bcc: field for all new messages automatically.
