Newsreader in Outlook 2003

[J Brown]

The "News" option under the "Go" menu appears and
disappears at random. I also created a button on the
button bar for news. When I click it, sometimes it opens
the newsreader and sometimes, it opens an Explorer window
to the Office directory on my HD. When it does NOT work,
if I use IE 6.0 and select Tools/Mail & News/News,
nothing happens. If I go to internet options, the option
for Newsreader (under Programs) appears and disappears
randomly as well. The only option that remains
consistently is Outlook Express.

Please email any suggestions to (e-mail address removed)

 

[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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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, J Brown asked:

| The "News" option under the "Go" menu appears and
| disappears at random. I also created a button on the
| button bar for news. When I click it, sometimes it opens
| the newsreader and sometimes, it opens an Explorer window
| to the Office directory on my HD. When it does NOT work,
| if I use IE 6.0 and select Tools/Mail & News/News,
| nothing happens. If I go to internet options, the option
| for Newsreader (under Programs) appears and disappears
| randomly as well. The only option that remains
| consistently is Outlook Express.
|
| Please email any suggestions to (e-mail address removed)