KnockOut is a free Microsoft Outlook companion
product that allows you to easily monitor the state of Outlook on your computer.
From a notification area icon, KnockOut can show you if Microsoft Outlook and
Microsoft Word are running on your computer (even if no windows are showing on
your taskbar). If one of these applications is in a hung state, you can
terminate them right from the KnockOut menu. This will help clear up rare
mystery situations, in which you think Outlook is not running because you see no
windows on your taskbar, but when you launch Outlook again nothing happens
because it is actually running in the background.
KnockOut also can help you control the Outlook
notification area icons, allowing you to remove them from your taskbar.
KnockOut can pop up optional balloons (Windows 2000 or later required) which can
also be configured to show you what version of Outlook you are running on your
computer.
In addition, KnockOut lets you create Outlook items
(mail messages, appointments, contacts, tasks, etc.) from anywhere you are in
Windows, whether Outlook is running or not. Simply click the KnockOut icon
in the taskbar, select the type of item you would like to create, and it comes
up immediately. The KnockOut menu is customizable, so that you can easily
get to your favorite items as quickly as possible.
Microsoft Outlook power users and developers
can't afford to be without Knockout.
System:
Microsoft Windows 95 or later. Some features require later operating
systems; all features available only on Windows XP, Windows Vista, or later.
Outlook: Microsoft Outlook 97 or later. (Includes Outlook 97, 98, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007.)
The KnockOut notification area icon, with
optional balloons and version tracking turned on.

The KnockOut menu:
