2003 disappearing "News" button

[james-c]

On 2 different installs of Outlook 2003(with an without SP2), I lose the
ability to make a news button. When I go to Add/Remove Buttons; Customize,
Catagories:Go, Commands , there is NO News command to drasg over an drop
onto the tool bar.
One time I had it working fine then, two days later, clicking on News got me
a directory listing of the "1033" folder. Can anybody help me?
James Crouch
Alt email: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

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.

You may need to reset the Menu Bar and/or restart Outlook and/or reboot your
machine in order to complete the process. Not everyone is reporting success
with this method, but try it and see what happens. If all else fails, you
can always create a desktop shortcut to Outlook Express and include the
/outnews switch -- that gives you the same result as accessing the
newsreader via the News command in Outlook.


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, james-c asked:

| On 2 different installs of Outlook 2003(with an without SP2), I lose
| the ability to make a news button. When I go to Add/Remove Buttons;
| Customize, Catagories:Go, Commands , there is NO News command to
| drasg over an drop onto the tool bar.
| One time I had it working fine then, two days later, clicking on News
| got me a directory listing of the "1033" folder. Can anybody help me?
| James Crouch
| Alt email: (e-mail address removed)