Theme/Icons in Outlook 2003

[Guest]

For some reason when I install Office 2003 my outlook screen looks as it
should with Office 2003. As soon as I use my Office 2000 "pst" file Outlook
takes on the look of Office 2000 and I can't change it back. What do I do?

 

[Guest]

The only thing I can think of is that you still have other Office 2000
programs installed...

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[Guest]

This is a new machine that's never had Office 2000 on it. I checked
add/remove programs just in case and there's nothing listed as Office 2000.

 

[Brian Tillman]

For some reason when I install Office 2003 my outlook screen looks as
it should with Office 2003. As soon as I use my Office 2000 "pst"
file Outlook takes on the look of Office 2000 and I can't change it
back. What do I do?

Describe exactly how your are using the Outlook 2000 PST.

 

[Guest]

I use the pst file created with Outlook 2000 as my mail folder file in
Outlook 2003. It is the default mail folder, Brian.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

and describe exactly how/why it looks like 2000.

 

[Guest]

I don't know how to describe it, Diane. It just has an "old" look to it as
in Outlook 2000 - different Icons and look to it. I took a snapshot of my
screen but I don't see a way to post images or attachments to this group.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

you can't post here - if you don't have a web server to post it on, you can
email it to my address and I'll take a look.

 

[Guest]

OK, Diane. I sent you a doc file showing Outlook 2003 on my machine and what
it should look like normally.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

well, it's definitely not the ol2000 interface - it still has the nav bar -
it looks like the classic gray windows theme, but just loading a pst
shouldn't cause that. The settings are windows user account specific, not
outlook profile specific. I'm thinking it's the video card drivers.

Is this on winxp? Do the other office apps look their change too?

for those interested, I'm uploading the screenshots to
http://www.xsolive.com/Outlook Screen shots/Forms/AllItems.aspx