"Default Newsreader" Problem with Outlook

[J-Man]

I have Outlook 2003. I have to use Outlook Express as my newsreader.
Here's the problem:

If I make sure that Outlook Express is shown in Tools/Internet Options as my
newsreader program, then click on either GO-News in Outlook, or Mail-News in
Internet Explorer, it takes me to Outlook Express (although the top of the
screen says OUTLOOK NEWS and not Outlook Express). However, I get a pop-up
message that says "Outlook News is not your default newsreader-- would you
like to make it the default?"

If I click YES, the program opens normally; however, when I go back to
either WORD or EXPLORER, the GO-News option is no longer there (despite
having been manually added to the toolbar previously), nor is Outlook
Express shown as the newsreader program in Explorer. (Nothing is there.)
Since you can't select Outlook News, or Outlook, for that matter, as the
default newsreader in Explorer, I don't understand the problem.

I can work around it by answering NO to the default newsreader question, but
it still annoys me. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

 

[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.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, J-Man asked:

| I have Outlook 2003. I have to use Outlook Express as my newsreader.
| Here's the problem:
|
| If I make sure that Outlook Express is shown in Tools/Internet
| Options as my newsreader program, then click on either GO-News in
| Outlook, or Mail-News in Internet Explorer, it takes me to Outlook
| Express (although the top of the screen says OUTLOOK NEWS and not
| Outlook Express). However, I get a pop-up message that says "Outlook
| News is not your default newsreader-- would you like to make it the
| default?"
|
| If I click YES, the program opens normally; however, when I go back to
| either WORD or EXPLORER, the GO-News option is no longer there
| (despite having been manually added to the toolbar previously), nor
| is Outlook Express shown as the newsreader program in Explorer.
| (Nothing is there.) Since you can't select Outlook News, or Outlook,
| for that matter, as the default newsreader in Explorer, I don't
| understand the problem.
|
| I can work around it by answering NO to the default newsreader
| question, but it still annoys me. Any ideas?
|
| Thanks in advance.

 

[J-Man]

Thanks, but I'd already figured that out-- I'm not having the problem now
that I said NO to "make Outlook News my default" and checked the box so that
it wouldn't ask again--my question is WHY is it happening?

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Consider the source.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, J-Man asked:

| Thanks, but I'd already figured that out-- I'm not having the problem
| now that I said NO to "make Outlook News my default" and checked the
| box so that it wouldn't ask again--my question is WHY is it happening?
|
| "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.
||
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, J-Man asked:
||
||| I have Outlook 2003. I have to use Outlook Express as my
||| newsreader. Here's the problem:
|||
||| If I make sure that Outlook Express is shown in Tools/Internet
||| Options as my newsreader program, then click on either GO-News in
||| Outlook, or Mail-News in Internet Explorer, it takes me to Outlook
||| Express (although the top of the screen says OUTLOOK NEWS and not
||| Outlook Express). However, I get a pop-up message that says
||| "Outlook News is not your default newsreader-- would you like to
||| make it the default?"
|||
||| If I click YES, the program opens normally; however, when I go back
||| to either WORD or EXPLORER, the GO-News option is no longer there
||| (despite having been manually added to the toolbar previously), nor
||| is Outlook Express shown as the newsreader program in Explorer.
||| (Nothing is there.) Since you can't select Outlook News, or Outlook,
||| for that matter, as the default newsreader in Explorer, I don't
||| understand the problem.
|||
||| I can work around it by answering NO to the default newsreader
||| question, but it still annoys me. Any ideas?
|||
||| Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem with default E-mail.
I used to be able to lauch outlook express from my internet browser. MAIL
receive
Internet Tools tab gen email default does not list outlook express only
microsoft outlook. Cannot get an entry to select from. Should be easy enough.
I go to options in outlook express gen click on make default email. And it
doesn't insert me in the tools for explorer. I recheck and it doesn't take
and is reset to be able to make default AGAIN. never takes! Now when clicking
on email links express does not show. I hate this because it used to work
fine and the tools to fix the easy problem are not doing what they should.

MORE HELP-----why isn't it as easy as it looks or should be?