When I right-click on the new New Mail Out icon and select
'Properties', there is only a 'General' tab which informs me that the
file type is an Internet Shortcut which opens with Outlook Express.
Quicklaunch toolbar, the icon changes from the OE envelope to an IE
icon
and going into 'Properties' in this icon brings up a second shortcut
tab
to accompany the General tab - this tab does not appear in the
desktop
icon Properties?!
The Quicklaunch icon tells me that the Target is: "C:\Documents and
Settings\XXXXX\Desktop\New Mail Out.url" and starts in "C:\Documents
and
Settings\XXXXX\Desktop". Everything else seems normal with the
information in this icon but it STILL opens up OE and not a new blank
message, as I want it to.
I have come across this workaround "1. Open Outlook Express or
Outlook
and open a new email message. You can leave it blank or add whatever
signature or text you want to appear whenever a new message is opened
via
the New Menu entry (in effect, you are creating a new message
template)
2 Click File > Save As and save the file with a name like Blank.eml
if you
are using Outlook Express." This saved *.eml message was then
renamed
'New Mail Out' and bears the *.eml envelope icon. As there are *.eml
messages on my desktop for quick access to, I want to change the icon
for
this blank template (to distinguish it from saved messages) but find
that
this option is not available in 'Properties. Previously, I was able to
change the OE blank message icon to something brighter and easier to
distinguish it as a blank message template.
Ideally I would like to restore my previous icons and settings to
allow me to access my outgoing mail quicker, once again, without having
to do a uninstall and then reinstallation of OE, risking losing all my
identities and messages.
Maybe this:
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When I right-click on the new New Mail Out icon and select
'Properties', there is only a 'General' tab which informs me that the
file type is an Internet Shortcut which opens with Outlook Express.
What I have just discovered is that, if I drag the shortcut to my
Quicklaunch toolbar, the icon changes from the OE envelope to an IE
icon
and going into 'Properties' in this icon brings up a second shortcut
tab
to accompany the General tab - this tab does not appear in the
desktop
icon Properties?!
The Quicklaunch icon tells me that the Target is: "C:\Documents and
Settings\XXXXX\Desktop\New Mail Out.url" and starts in "C:\Documents
and
Settings\XXXXX\Desktop". Everything else seems normal with the
information in this icon but it STILL opens up OE and not a new blank
message, as I want it to.
I have come across this workaround "1. Open Outlook Express or
Outlook
and open a new email message. You can leave it blank or add whatever
signature or text you want to appear whenever a new message is opened
via
the New Menu entry (in effect, you are creating a new message
template)
2 Click File > Save As and save the file with a name like Blank.eml if
you
are using Outlook Express." This saved *.eml message was then
renamed
'New Mail Out' and bears the *.eml envelope icon. As there are *.eml
messages on my desktop for quick access to, I want to change the icon
for
this blank template (to distinguish it from saved messages) but find
that
this option is not available in 'Properties. Previously, I was able
to
change the OE blank message icon to something brighter and easier to
distinguish it as a blank message template.
Ideally I would like to restore my previous icons and settings to
allow me to access my outgoing mail quicker, once again, without
having
to do a uninstall and then reinstallation of OE, risking losing all
my
identities and messages.
Trvor Hook
