Outlook2003 -- Rules Icon & Pull Down Menu Option Disappeared

[windingmywatch]

Outlook user since beginning. Heavy user of rules. New cmptr so wanted to
export rules&alerts and install. Discovered in past week my rules icon
"folder" and the pull down menu item disappeared. Checked to see if moved to
another PD menu. Running Detect & Repair ... no help.

Any ideas as to what happened to my Rules&Alerts option? Don't look forward
to recreating all of my entries on my new system.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Outlook user since beginning. Heavy user of rules. New cmptr so
wanted to export rules&alerts and install. Discovered in past week
my rules icon "folder" and the pull down menu item disappeared.
Checked to see if moved to another PD menu. Running Detect & Repair
... no help.

Any ideas as to what happened to my Rules&Alerts option? Don't look
forward to recreating all of my entries on my new system.

Tools>Rules and Alerts or the "Rules and Alerts" button on the Advanced
toolbar doesn't open the rules wizard?

 

[windingmywatch]

Button on Advanced Toolbar ... and menu option for Rules and Alerts under
Tools don't even exist ... gone ... disappeared. Have no idea where the
option went. ONLY reason I am looking is to go in and Export Rules and
Alerts ... so I can install on my new computer. Don't need to repair
Office/Outlook ... just need to copy or export the Rules etc. Have copied or
exported all the other .psts or text files (safe/junk sender) stuff.

But to your question ... folder looking button on the Advanced toolbar or
the menu option under Tools ... don't even exist. Gone ... someplace.

 

[windingmywatch]

Both button and menu option themselves disappeared. Gone. Disappeared last
wk. Only reason I need to get to Rules/Alerts is to export so I can upload
on new cmptr. Any way to go in the backdoor and copy something without
repairing the actual application?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Both button and menu option themselves disappeared. Gone.
Disappeared last wk. Only reason I need to get to Rules/Alerts is to
export so I can upload on new cmptr. Any way to go in the backdoor
and copy something without repairing the actual application?

With Outlook closed, try deleting the (usually hidden) file
%AppData%\Microsoft\Outlook\outcmd.dat