Help me kill a Toolbar

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Hi,

I have recently 'upgraded' to MS Outlook 2003, which means I have more inane features that I never ever use, and my day-to-day performance is seriously degraded despite running on a brand new state-of-art computer...

My question: I want to eliminate a couple of toolbars from MS Outlook, namely the Business Contact Manager and the Norton Anti-spam toolbars. I go into Tools>Customize etc and do the obvious, unchecking the toolbars, and they disappear as you would expect. But, everytime I restart Outlook, they are back, visible and in the default configuration (ie stacked). No matter what I do, move them, remove them, delete them, uncheck them, curse at them, they return.

Please help me!

Joe
 
With Outlook closed search and either rename/delete a file called
outcmd.dat, this file holds menu and toolbar customisation and will get
rebuilt to default when you start Outlook, note this is a hidden file!
Joe W said:
Hi,

I have recently 'upgraded' to MS Outlook 2003, which means I have more
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inane features that I never ever use, and my day-to-day performance is
seriously degraded despite running on a brand new state-of-art computer...
My question: I want to eliminate a couple of toolbars from MS Outlook,
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namely the Business Contact Manager and the Norton Anti-spam toolbars. I go
into Tools>Customize etc and do the obvious, unchecking the toolbars, and
they disappear as you would expect. But, everytime I restart Outlook, they
are back, visible and in the default configuration (ie stacked). No matter
what I do, move them, remove them, delete them, uncheck them, curse at them,
they return.
 
Robert

Thanks for trying, but didn't solve it. It did recreate that file but it still doesn't register any changes I make once I restart (and then close and restart) Outlook.

Thanks!

Joe
 
As you don't use Business Contact Manager then it can be removed from
Add/Remove programs you can also disable from starting in the registry by
changing the value of this key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\Microsoft.Busine
ssSolutions.eCRM.OutlookAddIn.Connect.1, the key is "LoadBehavior"
unfortunately I am having a brain dead session and I cannot remember the
value (I thinks it 0 or 1, will check my notes), with the Norton's toolbar
can you disable either through Norton's itself or is it listed as an Add-in
here Tools > Options > Other > Advanced Options > Add In Manager.
Joe Walowski said:
Robert

Thanks for trying, but didn't solve it. It did recreate that file but it
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still doesn't register any changes I make once I restart (and then close and
restart) Outlook.
 
Seems I have the same sort of problem - various programs like Groove and PDFCreater seem to have decided I need direct support in Outlook and have installed ToolBars - I too have tried the obvious route of unticking the add-ins but they always come back again.

I looked for the Outcmd.dat file but didnt find one on a search. Cant find any 'options' in either Grrove or PDFCreator to turn off these 'features' ...

Any help greatley appreciated
 
Turn on searching hidden/system files.

--
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 searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, erhum asked:

| Seems I have the same sort of problem - various programs like Groove
| and PDFCreater seem to have decided I need direct support in Outlook
| and have installed ToolBars - I too have tried the obvious route of
| unticking the add-ins but they always come back again.
|
| I looked for the Outcmd.dat file but didnt find one on a search. Cant
| find any 'options' in either Grrove or PDFCreator to turn off these
| 'features' ...
|
| Any help greatley appreciated
|
| Robert Crayk" wrote:
|
|| As you don't use Business Contact Manager then it can be removed from
|| Add/Remove programs you can also disable from starting in the
|| registry by
|| changing the value of this key
||
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\Microsoft.Busine
|| ssSolutions.eCRM.OutlookAddIn.Connect.1, the key is "LoadBehavior"
|| unfortunately I am having a brain dead session and I cannot remember
|| the
|| value (I thinks it 0 or 1, will check my notes), with the Norton's
|| toolbar
|| can you disable either through Norton's itself or is it listed as an
|| Add-in
|| here Tools > Options > Other > Advanced Options > Add In Manager.
|| message
|| ||| Robert
|||
||| Thanks for trying, but didn't solve it. It did recreate that file
||| but it
|| still doesn't register any changes I make once I restart (and then
|| close and
|| restart) Outlook.
|||
||| Thanks!
|||
||| Joe
|||
||| "Robert Crayk" wrote:
|||
|||| With Outlook closed search and either rename/delete a file called
|||| outcmd.dat, this file holds menu and toolbar customisation and
|||| will get
|||| rebuilt to default when you start Outlook, note this is a hidden
|||| ||||| Hi,
|||||
||||| I have recently 'upgraded' to MS Outlook 2003, which means I have
||||| more
|||| inane features that I never ever use, and my day-to-day
|||| performance is
|||| seriously degraded despite running on a brand new state-of-art
|| computer...
|||||
||||| My question: I want to eliminate a couple of toolbars from MS
||||| Outlook,
|||| namely the Business Contact Manager and the Norton Anti-spam
|||| toolbars. I
|| go
|||| into Tools>Customize etc and do the obvious, unchecking the
|||| toolbars,
|| and
|||| they disappear as you would expect. But, everytime I restart
|||| Outlook,
|| they
|||| are back, visible and in the default configuration (ie stacked). No
|| matter
|||| what I do, move them, remove them, delete them, uncheck them,
|||| curse at
|| them,
|||| they return.
|||||
||||| Please help me!
|||||
||||| Joe
 
It is already switched on ... or at least it is in the options for Explorer and therefore sees all files

I can find other hidden files OK ... but not coutcmd.dat

Milly Staples said:
Turn on searching hidden/system files.

--Â
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 searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, erhum asked:

| Seems I have the same sort of problem - various programs like Groove
| and PDFCreater seem to have decided I need direct support in Outlook
| and have installed ToolBars - I too have tried the obvious route of
| unticking the add-ins but they always come back again.
|
| I looked for the Outcmd.dat file but didnt find one on a search. Cant
| find any 'options' in either Grrove or PDFCreator to turn off these
| 'features' ...
|
| Any help greatley appreciated
|
| Robert Crayk" wrote:
|
|| As you don't use Business Contact Manager then it can be removed from
|| Add/Remove programs you can also disable from starting in the
|| registry by
|| changing the value of this key
||
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\Microsoft.Busine
|| ssSolutions.eCRM.OutlookAddIn.Connect.1, the key is "LoadBehavior"
|| unfortunately I am having a brain dead session and I cannot remember
|| the
|| value (I thinks it 0 or 1, will check my notes), with the Norton's
|| toolbar
|| can you disable either through Norton's itself or is it listed as an
|| Add-in
|| here Tools > Options > Other > Advanced Options > Add In Manager.
|| message
|| ||| Robert
|||
||| Thanks for trying, but didn't solve it. It did recreate that file
||| but it
|| still doesn't register any changes I make once I restart (and then
|| close and
|| restart) Outlook.
|||
||| Thanks!
|||
||| Joe
|||
||| "Robert Crayk" wrote:
|||
|||| With Outlook closed search and either rename/delete a file called
|||| outcmd.dat, this file holds menu and toolbar customisation and
|||| will get
|||| rebuilt to default when you start Outlook, note this is a hidden
|||| ||||| Hi,
|||||
||||| I have recently 'upgraded' to MS Outlook 2003, which means I have
||||| more
|||| inane features that I never ever use, and my day-to-day
|||| performance is
|||| seriously degraded despite running on a brand new state-of-art
|| computer...
|||||
||||| My question: I want to eliminate a couple of toolbars from MS
||||| Outlook,
|||| namely the Business Contact Manager and the Norton Anti-spam
|||| toolbars. I
|| go
|||| into Tools>Customize etc and do the obvious, unchecking the
|||| toolbars,
|| and
|||| they disappear as you would expect. But, everytime I restart
|||| Outlook,
|| they
|||| are back, visible and in the default configuration (ie stacked). No
|| matter
|||| what I do, move them, remove them, delete them, uncheck them,
|||| curse at
|| them,
|||| they return.
|||||
||||| Please help me!
|||||
||||| Joe
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Got that switched on already ... just checked ... still no outcmd.dat file (although I do find a few other out*.dat files.

Milly Staples said:
Turn on searching hidden/system files.

--Â
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 searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, erhum asked:

| Seems I have the same sort of problem - various programs like Groove
| and PDFCreater seem to have decided I need direct support in Outlook
| and have installed ToolBars - I too have tried the obvious route of
| unticking the add-ins but they always come back again.
|
| I looked for the Outcmd.dat file but didnt find one on a search. Cant
| find any 'options' in either Grrove or PDFCreator to turn off these
| 'features' ...
|
| Any help greatley appreciated
|
| Robert Crayk" wrote:
|
|| As you don't use Business Contact Manager then it can be removed from
|| Add/Remove programs you can also disable from starting in the
|| registry by
|| changing the value of this key
||
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\Microsoft.Busine
|| ssSolutions.eCRM.OutlookAddIn.Connect.1, the key is "LoadBehavior"
|| unfortunately I am having a brain dead session and I cannot remember
|| the
|| value (I thinks it 0 or 1, will check my notes), with the Norton's
|| toolbar
|| can you disable either through Norton's itself or is it listed as an
|| Add-in
|| here Tools > Options > Other > Advanced Options > Add In Manager.
|| message
|| ||| Robert
|||
||| Thanks for trying, but didn't solve it. It did recreate that file
||| but it
|| still doesn't register any changes I make once I restart (and then
|| close and
|| restart) Outlook.
|||
||| Thanks!
|||
||| Joe
|||
||| "Robert Crayk" wrote:
|||
|||| With Outlook closed search and either rename/delete a file called
|||| outcmd.dat, this file holds menu and toolbar customisation and
|||| will get
|||| rebuilt to default when you start Outlook, note this is a hidden
|||| ||||| Hi,
|||||
||||| I have recently 'upgraded' to MS Outlook 2003, which means I have
||||| more
|||| inane features that I never ever use, and my day-to-day
|||| performance is
|||| seriously degraded despite running on a brand new state-of-art
|| computer...
|||||
||||| My question: I want to eliminate a couple of toolbars from MS
||||| Outlook,
|||| namely the Business Contact Manager and the Norton Anti-spam
|||| toolbars. I
|| go
|||| into Tools>Customize etc and do the obvious, unchecking the
|||| toolbars,
|| and
|||| they disappear as you would expect. But, everytime I restart
|||| Outlook,
|| they
|||| are back, visible and in the default configuration (ie stacked). No
|| matter
|||| what I do, move them, remove them, delete them, uncheck them,
|||| curse at
|| them,
|||| they return.
|||||
||||| Please help me!
|||||
||||| Joe
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