Missing News Button

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Xenos

Hello

Using MS Outlook 2003 I tried to place the news button in the GO menu.
Following the instructions in Outlook, I dragged the News button to the Go
menu. The news button was placed there, worked once, and now is missing. I
checked to see if it was located somewhere else but it is not. It does not
show up now in the Customize-Commands-Go commands box. Any suggestions?
 
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.
 
Thank You for the quick reply Russ. I did as you suggested with no success.
By doing some experimenting here I found out the news button appears when
you start Outlook Express in the Newsgroup, then start Outlook 2003. It
disappears again after you close both programs and just start Outlook 2003
only.

What I did to fix this was start Outlook Express in the Newsgroup, Then
start Outlook 2003. Go to the Customize dialog box. Select the Commands
tab then click the Rearrange Commands button. With the Menu bar checked
Choose Go. Now click add and find News. Click Ok then close. I was also
able to modify selection and do a change button image. Every works well
now.

This appears to be a software bug. Maybe MS should consider the
instructions above instead of what is currently given. Anyway, I hope this
will help somebody else.

Russ Valentine said:
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.


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Xenos said:
Hello

Using MS Outlook 2003 I tried to place the news button in the GO menu.
Following the instructions in Outlook, I dragged the News button to the Go
menu. The news button was placed there, worked once, and now is
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missing.
I
checked to see if it was located somewhere else but it is not. It does not
show up now in the Customize-Commands-Go commands box. Any suggestions?
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It really depends on the order in which you've installed things and whether
the install was clean. The procedure I posted works for 90%. The rest will
have to experiment with the order in which you do things.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Xenos said:
Thank You for the quick reply Russ. I did as you suggested with no success.
By doing some experimenting here I found out the news button appears when
you start Outlook Express in the Newsgroup, then start Outlook 2003. It
disappears again after you close both programs and just start Outlook 2003
only.

What I did to fix this was start Outlook Express in the Newsgroup, Then
start Outlook 2003. Go to the Customize dialog box. Select the Commands
tab then click the Rearrange Commands button. With the Menu bar checked
Choose Go. Now click add and find News. Click Ok then close. I was also
able to modify selection and do a change button image. Every works well
now.

This appears to be a software bug. Maybe MS should consider the
instructions above instead of what is currently given. Anyway, I hope this
will help somebody else.

Russ Valentine said:
To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control
Click to expand...
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.


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Xenos said:
Hello

Using MS Outlook 2003 I tried to place the news button in the GO menu.
Following the instructions in Outlook, I dragged the News button to
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
the
Go missing. does
not
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Click to expand...
 
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