How do I run multiple instances of Microsoft Outlook 2010, each with a specific profile?

Question

I have 2 mail profiles - one profile has a single Exchange 2010 account and the other has a single IMAP account. I want to open an instance of Outlook for each.

I execute outlook.exe /profile MyExchangeProfile for the Exchange profile and outlook.exe /profile MyIMAPProfile for the IMAP profile and the result is that I get 2 instances of Outlook each with the MyExchangeProfile.

In fact, whichever profile I load first is always the one that gets loaded no matter what profile I specify on separate executions.

Solution

Open Two Different Instances Of Outlook With ExtraOutlook

Comments

[Christophe Trevisani Chavey]

Not worked for me with Outlook 2010 / Win7 Pro. Outlook open with the last profile you passed in argument /profile "myprofile". First time you run extraoutlook it open outlook with the profile you asked, and the second time, the first outlook profile instance change automaticaly to the second. Worked with earlier office version. Another idea?

[Matthew]

Should this work with Outlook 2010 and Windows 7? I'm getting error: `Function not found in Import Table.' which to me implies a DLL might is missing, but the .exe was was the only file in the download.

[Matthew]

Hi Thims, I tried @ta.speot.is' suggestion of ExtraOutlook and have been using it successfully ever since. It works great with my two Exchange profiles. My email is continually backed up so I feel safe as well if there's a problem. What is the technical reason for the corrupted profiles and storage?

[HaydnWVN]

Duplicate of answer here - uses the same tool but with more info.

[Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style]

What version of Outlook and Windows are you running this on again?

[Matthew]

@2989 Any chance this will work with versions other than 2010?