Hey,
I have this problem when i try to open news in Outlook; it simply opens a
directory called: "1030". I know it has worked before.

Regards,
Rasmus Bertelsen

"Rasmus Bertelsen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hey,
> I have this problem when i try to open news in Outlook; it simply
> opens a directory called: "1030". I know it has worked before.


Outlook does not and never has supported NNTP (network news transfer
protocol). Outlook EXPRESS supports NNTP. Any "news" function in
Outlook ends up loading Outlook Express to do newsgroups. You might as
well as just start by opening Outlook Express to do the newsgroups.

You sure it is opening a directory called "1030" and not one called
"1033"? What do you mean by "opening"? Is Explorer getting loaded with
it pointing at some folder on your hard drive? If so, to WHAT folder
(i.e., what is the *full* path to the folder)? Or is 1030 some error
number? Is some "folder" within your message store "opening" inside of
Outlook (i.e., Outlook is showing a folder named "1030" amongst your
Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items, and other normal folder hierarchy within your
message store)?

When you look in the Internet Options applet in Control Panel, under the
Programs tab panel, is Outlook EXPRESS selected for the news client?
After setting Outlook Express to be the default newsreader, OE may ask
if it should be the default newsreader when you start it. If it does,
say no (and select to always remember your action) so that the "news"
function in Outlook will remain. Of course, you could just start
Outlook Express since that is what Outlook will load, anyway.

If the "news" function in Outlook has not disappeared, just how are you
selecting the news function from within Outlook? And WHICH version of
Outlook? Have you tried running the Detect and Repair function under
the Help menu (in any Office application)? You will need the install CD
to do the repair.

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This is the most common question in this group and the solution is simple.
To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control Panel |
Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express. If
OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you launch
it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
button.
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"Vanguard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Rasmus Bertelsen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hey,
>> I have this problem when i try to open news in Outlook; it simply opens a
>> directory called: "1030". I know it has worked before.
>
>
> Outlook does not and never has supported NNTP (network news transfer
> protocol). Outlook EXPRESS supports NNTP. Any "news" function in Outlook
> ends up loading Outlook Express to do newsgroups. You might as well as
> just start by opening Outlook Express to do the newsgroups.
>
> You sure it is opening a directory called "1030" and not one called
> "1033"? What do you mean by "opening"? Is Explorer getting loaded with
> it pointing at some folder on your hard drive? If so, to WHAT folder
> (i.e., what is the *full* path to the folder)? Or is 1030 some error
> number? Is some "folder" within your message store "opening" inside of
> Outlook (i.e., Outlook is showing a folder named "1030" amongst your
> Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items, and other normal folder hierarchy within your
> message store)?
>
> When you look in the Internet Options applet in Control Panel, under the
> Programs tab panel, is Outlook EXPRESS selected for the news client? After
> setting Outlook Express to be the default newsreader, OE may ask if it
> should be the default newsreader when you start it. If it does, say no
> (and select to always remember your action) so that the "news" function in
> Outlook will remain. Of course, you could just start Outlook Express
> since that is what Outlook will load, anyway.
>
> If the "news" function in Outlook has not disappeared, just how are you
> selecting the news function from within Outlook? And WHICH version of
> Outlook? Have you tried running the Detect and Repair function under the
> Help menu (in any Office application)? You will need the install CD to do
> the repair.
>
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"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eDjo$(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is the most common question in this group and the solution is
> simple.
> To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control
> Panel |
> Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express.
> If
> OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you
> launch
> it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
> button.


But the OP said that they *were* selecting news somehow (but not
mentioned how). So I did not assume the News menu item was gone.
Somehow the OP was trying to get to newsgroups from Outlook. He didn't
report the inability to find a news function in Outlook. He said that
some "directory" had opened (maybe in Outlook as a folder, maybe in
Explorer). If the OP had no News item in Outlook, that would've been
reported. Instead the News item *was* there for the OP to try but the
results were not as expected.

If the News object in Outlook is corrupted (i.e., perhaps pointing to
the wrong file or place), is opening a directory to "1030", whatever
that means to the OP, the usual result? My guess was that whatever
function was defined for the News menu item was within some file under
one of the 1033 (not 1030) folders under the C:\Program Files (for
Office or maybe under Common Files) that specifies what action or
program to run when that News object was called in Outlook but that
Outlook couldn't find the file and maybe was opening Explorer to some
path.

It seems, to me, that the OP actually did have a News item to use (i.e.,
it was there) but that its effect was screwed up (i.e., opening a folder
in Explorer rather than loading OE). "i try to open news in Outlook"
doesn't look like the News item is missing but then it is too vague
since it never really mentions HOW the user is trying to get to
newsgroups from within Outlook. "it [Outlook presumably] simply
opens a directory called 1030" but Outlook doesn't open directories so
"it" is something else, like Explorer showing a path to some directory.

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It's the most common bug in Outlook 2003: the News button stops functioning
if users configure their news reader settings incorrectly.
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"Vanguard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:eDjo$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> This is the most common question in this group and the solution is
>> simple.
>> To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control
>> Panel |
>> Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express. If
>> OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you
>> launch
>> it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
>> button.
>
>
> But the OP said that they *were* selecting news somehow (but not mentioned
> how). So I did not assume the News menu item was gone. Somehow the OP was
> trying to get to newsgroups from Outlook. He didn't report the inability
> to find a news function in Outlook. He said that some "directory" had
> opened (maybe in Outlook as a folder, maybe in Explorer). If the OP had
> no News item in Outlook, that would've been reported. Instead the News
> item *was* there for the OP to try but the results were not as expected.
>
> If the News object in Outlook is corrupted (i.e., perhaps pointing to the
> wrong file or place), is opening a directory to "1030", whatever that
> means to the OP, the usual result? My guess was that whatever function
> was defined for the News menu item was within some file under one of the
> 1033 (not 1030) folders under the C:\Program Files (for Office or maybe
> under Common Files) that specifies what action or program to run when that
> News object was called in Outlook but that Outlook couldn't find the file
> and maybe was opening Explorer to some path.
>
> It seems, to me, that the OP actually did have a News item to use (i.e.,
> it was there) but that its effect was screwed up (i.e., opening a folder
> in Explorer rather than loading OE). "i try to open news in Outlook"
> doesn't look like the News item is missing but then it is too vague since
> it never really mentions HOW the user is trying to get to newsgroups from
> within Outlook. "it [Outlook presumably] simply
> opens a directory called 1030" but Outlook doesn't open directories so
> "it" is something else, like Explorer showing a path to some directory.
>
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Thank you very much for all your replies ;-)

Regards,
Rasmus Bertelsen

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> skrev i en meddelelse
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> It's the most common bug in Outlook 2003: the News button stops
> functioning if users configure their news reader settings incorrectly.
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> [MVP-Outlook]
> "Vanguard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:eDjo$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> This is the most common question in this group and the solution is
>>> simple.
>>> To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control
>>> Panel |
>>> Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express.
>>> If
>>> OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you
>>> launch
>>> it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
>>> button.
>>
>>
>> But the OP said that they *were* selecting news somehow (but not
>> mentioned how). So I did not assume the News menu item was gone. Somehow
>> the OP was trying to get to newsgroups from Outlook. He didn't report
>> the inability to find a news function in Outlook. He said that some
>> "directory" had opened (maybe in Outlook as a folder, maybe in Explorer).
>> If the OP had no News item in Outlook, that would've been reported.
>> Instead the News item *was* there for the OP to try but the results were
>> not as expected.
>>
>> If the News object in Outlook is corrupted (i.e., perhaps pointing to the
>> wrong file or place), is opening a directory to "1030", whatever that
>> means to the OP, the usual result? My guess was that whatever function
>> was defined for the News menu item was within some file under one of the
>> 1033 (not 1030) folders under the C:\Program Files (for Office or maybe
>> under Common Files) that specifies what action or program to run when
>> that News object was called in Outlook but that Outlook couldn't find the
>> file and maybe was opening Explorer to some path.
>>
>> It seems, to me, that the OP actually did have a News item to use (i.e.,
>> it was there) but that its effect was screwed up (i.e., opening a folder
>> in Explorer rather than loading OE). "i try to open news in Outlook"
>> doesn't look like the News item is missing but then it is too vague since
>> it never really mentions HOW the user is trying to get to newsgroups from
>> within Outlook. "it [Outlook presumably] simply
>> opens a directory called 1030" but Outlook doesn't open directories so
>> "it" is something else, like Explorer showing a path to some directory.
>>
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