Reinstalling won't help with configuration issues.
Simply reset the Menu bar or manually add the Tools menu back via;
View-> Toolbars-> Customize...
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"312Bruce" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Somehow I inadvertently deleted or hid the "Tools" menu item. I cannot
> get
> to "Accounts" and the like. I tried re-installing Outlook with no
> success.
> If I can get the functionality back that would be great. If I could get
> the
> "Tools" item back in the menu, better. Any ideas?