How do you get the news command back once you have lost it?

[Guest]

I have just install Outlook 2003. I followed the instructions to activate
News, ie copying the command "News" on to the standard toolbar. When I tried
to used the button all it did was bring up an Explorer window with a number
of files in it. To try and rectify this I tried to drag the News button off
the toolbar. Now I have lost it all together, it no longer appears when I
access the customise option for the Standard Toolbar. If anyone can help it
would be very appreciated?

 

[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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After furious head scratching, Craig Moulton asked:

| I have just install Outlook 2003. I followed the instructions to
| activate News, ie copying the command "News" on to the standard
| toolbar. When I tried to used the button all it did was bring up an
| Explorer window with a number of files in it. To try and rectify this
| I tried to drag the News button off the toolbar. Now I have lost it
| all together, it no longer appears when I access the customise option
| for the Standard Toolbar. If anyone can help it would be very
| appreciated?