

Remove-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Setup -Name First-Run -Force -ErrorAction Silentl圜ontinue -Verbose Use the following PowerShell commands to make changes to the registry: Then, use the registry to specify paths to new HTML/RTF/TXT files with Outlook (in this example, we set the signature file my_sign file for Outlook 365, 2019, or 2016). You can create signature files on any other computer and copy signature files to the %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Signatures directory on the affected computer. Then when creating a new email in Outlook or replying to a message, you can insert your signature using the corresponding button from the Outlook interface (Outlook needs to be restarted). There we mentioned that in Windows 11, 10, 8.1, and 7 Outlook signatures files are located in the user profile folder %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Signatures ( C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures).Īs a workaround, you can generate an HTML/RTF/TXT file with the signature text and copy it to the specified directory. In one of the previous articles, we talked about how to automatically generate a signature in Outlook based on user data from Active Directory. Adding Outlook Signature Files via Registry If a signature problem occurs in Office 2010, replace 16 with 14 if in Outlook 2013, replace 16 with 15.Īfter that, the signature in Outlook should work. "Assembly"=", Version=16.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, Files\\Microsoft this REG file into the registry by double-clicking on it. Create a text file with the *.reg extension on your computer with the following content (for Outlook 365, 2019, and 2016): Windows Registry Editor Version Outlook 16.0 Object Outlook 16.0 Object Version=16.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71E9BCE111E9429C"

You can make changes to the registry using a REG file. Use the following path format: "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office16\\outlook.exe" You can quickly find the location of the outlook.exe file on your computer with the commands:įor example, for Outlook 2016 it is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\Outlook.exe.
