This is something that i've came across alot of times and I think it's about time I wrote a blog post on this. It's a verry easy fix but just a tip. Use a policy if you have the ability. This is for Windows XP

In regedit change the following key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software / Microsoft / Windows / Current Version / Explorer / DocFolderPaths
There is a key with the path to the folder. Change that and reboot.

That should do the trick!

I'm not a big fan of Notes and I wish to use Outlook at my new job. So I did some google search and found a connector and a registry hack that you need to do before installation.

Step 1.
Modify the registry
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\O utlook\Options\General]
"UnknownRowsSortOrder"=dword:00000001

Step 2.
Go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8EBBBA59-5F17-4E52-8980-C4F0DFA92D65&displaylang=en
download and install.

Step 3.
Start your Notes client and then start outlook. Create  a new account and choose "Additional Server Types". Then choose "Microsoft Office Outlook Connector for IBM Lotus Domino". Click finish and then you are ready to use Outlook instead of Notes

When you click the application you wish to uninstall in Add/remove programs under control panel you need to reset the folder views in vista. Follow these steps.

1. Open RegEdit
2. Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\
3. Remove Bags registry key
4. Remove BagMRU registry key
5. Close RegEdit
6. Log off, restart
7. Login and go to folder options, make sure remember each folder's view settings
8. Restart computer.

This 8 steps is quite simple. I found the solution on this blog.