Originally Posted by Tmerf
unfortunately what happens when you sync your contacts through itunes is that itunes DOES have to open outlook...In my case I see it come up right away because I get the critical error message when outlook crashes right away...In either case, I have resigned myself to waiting for a new version of itunes that DOES fix this problem...
I use outlook and it never opens the program. It synced perfectly with all contacts and calendar appointments.