OL2000: Why Outlook Requires Internet Explorer 4.01 or Later

ID: Q230063

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 2000

SUMMARY

This article describes why Outlook requires Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 4.01 or later.

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Many of the Outlook features require the presence of Internet Explorer. Outlook is integrated with Internet Explorer to provide such features as:

Using digital certificates for sending digital signatures, and sending and receiving encrypted messages

Using HTML formatted e-mail rendering and printing

Using security zones to set warning levels for received mail containing controls or applets

Setting and rendering Web View (Home Page view) of Outlook folders

Setting offline synchronization options for home pages up to three levels deep

Using Internet Explorer Favorites in Outlook

Using Web Discussions

For these reasons, if you decide to not install or upgrade to Internet Explorer 4.01 or greater, Outlook will not install. Outlook lacks the necessary program files to work without Internet Explorer.

For additional information about Outlook setup and Internet Explorer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q217680 OL2000: Outlook Requires IE 4.01 or Later to Install

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo