cheers, worked out what i needed to do, thanks for pointing me in the right
direction with the open event

"Dmitry Streblechenko" wrote:

You will need to trap the Application.ActivereExplorer.SelectionChange
event, for each selected item trap the MailItem.Open event, which has a
Cancel parameter (passed by refereence). By setting that parameter to TRUE,
you can prevent Outlook from opening that item.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

"jpspringall" wrote in message
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is it possible to catch the double click event when a user double clicks
an
item in folder and override what it does