How to customize the options on the Persona menu when you right-click a contact in an e-mail message

Introduction

This article discusses how to customize the options on the Persona menu when you right-click a contact in an e-mail message.

More Information

To disable the whole menu or to customize the options on the menu, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click
   Run,

2. Type regedit, and then click
   OK.

3. In the navigation pane, locate and then click either of the following registry subkeys:
   

   • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common

   • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common

   Note You can use either of these registry paths to configure the registry values that are listed in this article. You do not have to configure the registry data under each registry path.

4. On the Edit menu, point to
   New, and then click Key.

5. In the New Key # 1 box, type
   PersonaMenu, and then press ENTER.

6. • To disable a large group of the menu items, follow these steps:
     

     1. On the Edit menu, point to
        New, and then click DWORD Value.

     2. In the New Value # 1 box, type
        Enabled, and then press ENTER.

     3. On the Edit menu, click
        Modify.

     4. In the Value data box, type
        0, and then click OK.

     This registry setting disables only the following items on the menu:
     

     • Call
       UserName

     • Add to Instant Messaging Contacts

     • Reply with Instant Message
       

     • Reply All with Instant Message
       

     • Tag for Presence Alerts
       

   • To customize specific options on the menu, follow these steps:
     

     1. On the Edit menu, point to
        New, and then click DWORD Value.

     2. In the New Value # 1 box, type the string specified under the "Registry entry name" column in the following table, and then press ENTER.

     3. On the Edit menu, click
        Modify.

     4. In the Value data box, type the appropriate value from the table, and then click OK.
        
        
        Note 0 means to hide the option. 1 means to show the option. Unless the value is specified otherwise, the default setting for the item is to show the item.

     Registry entry name	Registry value	Option name on the Persona menu	In the Group Policy Template
     ShowStatus	0 or 1	UserName - Status For example, Marcelo Santos – Available	Yes
     Calendar	0 or 1	Scheduling a Meeting Or Free until Time For example, Free until 3:00 PM	Yes
     OfficeLocation	0 or 1	Office: Office attribute in Active Directory For example, Office: New York-Bldg1	Yes
     Manager	0 or 1 The defualt value is 0.	Manager: Manager attribute in Active Directory For example, Manager: Mark Steele	Yes
     MySite	0 or 1	View My Site	No
     Phone	0 or 1	Call UserName For example, Call Marcelo Santos	Yes
     SendMail	0 or 1	Send Mail	Yes
     AddToMessengerContact	0 or 1	Add to Instant Messaging Contacts	No
     Messenger	0 or 1	Reply with Instant Message	Yes
     MessengerToAll	0 or 1	Reply All with Instant Message	No
     TagContact	0 or 1	Tag for Presence Alerts	No
     SmartTags	0 or 1	Additional Actions	Yes
     OutlookContact	0 or 1	Add to Outlook Contacts And Look up Outlook Contact	Yes
     OutlookProperties	0 or 1	Outlook Properties	Yes

     
     
     The previous table also has a column of information specifying whether the setting can be deployed by using Group Policy. If you want to configure these settings by using Group Policy, add the Office12.adm template to the Local Group Policy Editor. The policy settings are listed under the Instant Messaging Integration node of the policy tree.

7. Exit Registry Editor.