Automating Outlook Fonts via Registry

[Arm_And_Hammer]

All users company-wide use the same formatted fonts in the Outlook app, and the font has always been changed manually. I'm attempting to write a script that can change the font automatically, via the registry. The registry location is: ( HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\MailSettings ). On a computer that already has the desired font set, I read the value of the font variable "ComposeFontComplex" using this command:

Global $ComposeFontComplex = RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\MailSettings", "ComposeFontComplex")


I took the value of $ComposeFontComplex and copied the long string of values into notepad.
I then went on a computer without the right font and ran tried to change the font by changing its "ComposeFontComplex" value with this command:


Global $ComposeFontComplex = "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"

RegWrite ("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\MailSettings", "ComposeFontComplex", "REG_BINARY", $ComposeFontComplex)

 

 

I'm not getting any errors, but it is not correctly changing the font value. After running the RegWrite command, my Outlook font goes back to the default font. 

[faustf]

i suggest , dump backup registry before change font , after manual change font , and rebackup a registry  before  compare  2 backup and  find a difference

exist also many software can do this

duckduckgo is your firends

good luck

 

Edited November 20, 2018 by faustf