Lost my Newsreader in Outlook 2003

[Adam Orden]

Installed Outlook 2003; everything went fine.
Added the newsreader to the standard toolbar...ie. Go>>News by clicking
on the toolbars ...customize...go...news.
this went fine.
Shutdown my computer..brought it home.
Opened up outlook
NO newsreader !!
And it's nowwhere to be found on the customize..commands menu. !!!

I tried detect/ and repair.
I tried resetting all toolbars.

Nothing works.

Before I completely remove Office 2003 and reinstall I hope someone
might have a solution.

Regards,
Adam

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Close Outlook - find and rename outcmd.dat to .old. Reopen Outlook.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the
Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be deleted w/out
reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Adam Orden <[email protected]_NoSpam> asked:

| Installed Outlook 2003; everything went fine.
| Added the newsreader to the standard toolbar...ie. Go>>News by
| clicking on the toolbars ...customize...go...news.
| this went fine.
| Shutdown my computer..brought it home.
| Opened up outlook
| NO newsreader !!
| And it's nowwhere to be found on the customize..commands menu. !!!
|
| I tried detect/ and repair.
| I tried resetting all toolbars.
|
| Nothing works.
|
| Before I completely remove Office 2003 and reinstall I hope someone
| might have a solution.
|
| Regards,
| Adam

 

[Steve Colburn]

I had it once too.

On the next boot clicking on it (I had a button on the standard tools in the beta version) brought up a folder in explorer - I don't
remember the folder, but it sure was not OE news. I deleted the button, now all is gone.

Tried your tip - still no news anywhere in Outlook. Tried a repair install, still no go.

Just what program does it call?

Steve

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Try making OE the default news reader under Control Panel->Internet
Options->Programs tab. Please report back if this works.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the
Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be deleted w/out
reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Steve Colburn <[email protected]> asked:

| I had it once too.
|
| On the next boot clicking on it (I had a button on the standard tools
| in the beta version) brought up a folder in explorer - I don't
| remember the folder, but it sure was not OE news. I deleted the
| button, now all is gone.
|
| Tried your tip - still no news anywhere in Outlook. Tried a repair
| install, still no go.
|
| Just what program does it call?
|
| Steve
|
| || Close Outlook - find and rename outcmd.dat to .old. Reopen Outlook.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the
|| Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be deleted
|| w/out
|| reading.
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
|| Adam Orden <[email protected]_NoSpam> asked:
||
||| Installed Outlook 2003; everything went fine.
||| Added the newsreader to the standard toolbar...ie. Go>>News by
||| clicking on the toolbars ...customize...go...news.
||| this went fine.
||| Shutdown my computer..brought it home.
||| Opened up outlook
||| NO newsreader !!
||| And it's nowwhere to be found on the customize..commands menu. !!!
|||
||| I tried detect/ and repair.
||| I tried resetting all toolbars.
|||
||| Nothing works.
|||
||| Before I completely remove Office 2003 and reinstall I hope someone
||| might have a solution.
|||
||| Regards,
||| Adam

 

[Steve Colburn]

Right after dropping my message I found the /outnews switch, then put OE with it in my quick launch. But, now your suggestion put
it back in my "Go" menu and on the "Standard Buttons".

Thanks a whole bunch - it is the little things. <g>

I'm about to do a complete new fresh install of the whole system - lots of beta stuff to clean out.

Oh, did I say thank you? Well...

Thank you!


Steve

 

[Jenn]

I went to control panel | inyrtnry options | Programs and
the only options my XP Pro is giving me is outlook
express, which I do not want. I am also running Office
Pro Outlook 2003. When I reloaded Office I refound the
news button there but cannot open it in Outlook 2003. No
matter what I do, Outlook Express sticks its nose in. and
Yes, I am a different person.
Thanks again for any help anyone can offer.

 

[Rifleman]

I went to control panel | inyrtnry options | Programs and
the only options my XP Pro is giving me is outlook
express, which I do not want. I am also running Office
Pro Outlook 2003. When I reloaded Office I refound the
news button there but cannot open it in Outlook 2003. No
matter what I do, Outlook Express sticks its nose in. and
Yes, I am a different person.
Thanks again for any help anyone can offer.


Outlook calls OE as it's newsreader - you can't get away from that.

-----Original Message-----
Try making OE the default news reader under Control Panel->Internet
Options->Programs tab. Please report back if this works.

Surely if you use Outlook then the default Newsreader should be Outlook not
OE?

 

[Jenn]

And pray tell, where did you find the / outnews switch,
maybe i'll try that. Nothing else seems to work.

-----Original Message-----
Right after dropping my message I found the /outnews

switch, then put OE with it in my quick launch. But, now
your suggestion put

it back in my "Go" menu and on the "Standard Buttons".

Thanks a whole bunch - it is the little things. <g>

I'm about to do a complete new fresh install of the

whole system - lots of beta stuff to clean out.

Oh, did I say thank you? Well...

Thank you!


Steve

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <[email protected]> wrote

in message news:%[email protected]...

Try making OE the default news reader under Control Panel->Internet
Options->Programs tab. Please report back if this works.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the
Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be deleted w/out
reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Steve Colburn <[email protected]> asked:

| I had it once too.
|
| On the next boot clicking on it (I had a button on the standard tools
| in the beta version) brought up a folder in explorer - I don't
| remember the folder, but it sure was not OE news. I deleted the
| button, now all is gone.
|
| Tried your tip - still no news anywhere in Outlook. Tried a repair
| install, still no go.
|
| Just what program does it call?
|
| Steve
|
| || Close Outlook - find and rename outcmd.dat to .old. Reopen Outlook.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the
|| Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be deleted
|| w/out
|| reading.
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
|| Adam Orden

||
||| Installed Outlook 2003; everything went fine.
||| Added the newsreader to the standard toolbar...ie. Go>>News by
||| clicking on the toolbars ...customize...go...news.
||| this went fine.
||| Shutdown my computer..brought it home.
||| Opened up outlook
||| NO newsreader !!
||| And it's nowwhere to be found on the customize..commands menu. !!!
|||
||| I tried detect/ and repair.
||| I tried resetting all toolbars.
|||
||| Nothing works.
|||
||| Before I completely remove Office 2003 and reinstall I hope someone
||| might have a solution.
|||
||| Regards,
||| Adam

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