Outlook opens another copy of Outlook

[Guest]

When I open an item to read in Outlook another copy of Outlook opens. How can
I change this behavior? I am running OL2003 on xp media edition.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

How are you opening the item and where do you see the second copy? Are you
using word as the editor or outlook editor?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Did you ever use the option to open an Outlook folder in a new Window?

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After furious head scratching, rebeth asked:

| When I open an item to read in Outlook another copy of Outlook opens.
| How can I change this behavior? I am running OL2003 on xp media
| edition.

 

[Guest]

How are you opening the item and where do you see the second copy? Are you
using word as the editor or outlook editor?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

When I open an item to read in Outlook another copy of Outlook opens. How
can
I change this behavior? I am running OL2003 on xp media edition.

I am just double-clicking on it within the inbox. I am using Word as my editor. Just as an experiment, after I read your reply I disabled Word as the editor and Outlook seems to be OK now only opening the item in a separate window which is the expected behavior. Anyway to still use Word (I like using Word's features although I know using Word as your editor in Outlook has always been rumoured to be problematic)?

 

[Guest]

Did you ever use the option to open an Outlook folder in a new Window?

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, rebeth asked:

| When I open an item to read in Outlook another copy of Outlook opens.
| How can I change this behavior? I am running OL2003 on xp media
| edition.


Not sure I understand--if you mean have I ever used the "open in a new window" option, then of course I have used it. But that's not what I was doing when a second copy of Outlook opened--I just double-clicked the item in the inbox and a second copy of Outlook would open.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You should show 1 word and 1 outlook. The only time you'll show a second
outlook.exe running is if you open a second outlook window. It's not a new
copy of outlook running, just a window as you can only have one outlook open
at a time. It's nothing to worry about.

In the earlier versions of office, word as the editor left a lot to be
desired. It's much better now and is definitely worth using for Outlook 2002
and 2003. (Outlook 2007 has one choice - Word.)

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/