Posted by: kurtsh | October 15, 2006

HOWTO: Disable “CTRL+ENTER Send Mail” Shortcut in Outlook

Have you ever accidentally hit Ctrl-Enter in Outlook and had your email SENT to its intended recipient accidentally – probably misspelled and incomplete?

You can disable CTRL-ENTER in Outlook by adding the following registry key:
Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftOffice11.0OutlookDisabledShortcutKeysCheckBoxes
String Value: CtrlEnter
Value Data: 13,8

Step-by-Step Instructions:

  • Start –> Run, type REGEDIT press OK
  • Locate the folder HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftOffice11.0Outlook
  • From the Edit pull-menu, select New, then Key
  • Type DisabledShortcutKeysCheckBoxes
  • Double-click on the new key folder you just created
  • From the Edit pull-menu, select New, then String Value
  • Type CtrlEnter
  • Double click on the new String Value you created and enter 13,8 in the Value Data field
  • Close REGEDIT and restart Outlook for the changes to take effect

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