OUTLOOK 2003 News Menu

[greg]

Also the NEWS button has gone missing from our toolbar & command option.

How can I get it back?

Thanks
Greg

 

[Rizla99]

Also the NEWS button has gone missing from our toolbar & command option.

How can I get it back?

Thanks
Greg

Right Click on the Toolbar and select Customise.
Select the Commands tab, then in Categories, select Go.
Now scroll down in the (right hand) Commands list, and drag the News button
back to the toolbar.
ATB
Mick

 

[Brian Tillman]

Right Click on the Toolbar and select Customise.
Select the Commands tab, then in Categories, select Go.
Now scroll down in the (right hand) Commands list, and drag the News
button back to the toolbar.

Incorrect advice. Once the News button "goes missing", it's not in the
Customize wizard.

To get the News item back, open IE and click Tools>Internet
Options>Programs. In the Newsgroup drop-down, choose Outlook Express.
Click OK. You should then be able to add the News item back to the Go menu.
If the next time you run Outlook Express it asks if you want to make it the
default newsreader, check the "don't ask me this again" box and click No.

 

[Rizla99]

Incorrect advice. Once the News button "goes missing", it's not in the
Customize wizard.

To get the News item back, open IE and click Tools>Internet
Options>Programs. In the Newsgroup drop-down, choose Outlook Express.
Click OK. You should then be able to add the News item back to the Go menu.
If the next time you run Outlook Express it asks if you want to make it the
default newsreader, check the "don't ask me this again" box and click No.

""Incorrect advice. Once the News button "goes missing", it's
not in the Customize wizard.""

Yes, sorry about that Greg, I should have read it properly first. (I was in
a rush to pick the wife up. should have left her waiting

PS. Brian, regarding what you said about not making Outlook your default
newsreader,..... I have already discovered that if you do, then whenever you
try to open the newsreader, it opens a folder in windows explorer instead.
Do you by any chance know why it does that ?
i.e. If I was to compleatly remove OE, would it still do that, or is OE
needed for shared files etc?
Cheers
Mick

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have already discovered that if you do,
then whenever you try to open the newsreader, it opens a folder in
windows explorer instead. Do you by any chance know why it does that ?

No, sorry.

i.e. If I was to compleatly remove OE, would it still do that, or is
OE needed for shared files etc?

The latter. Outlook depends on some elements of Outlook Express. However,
you can install another newsreader like Forte Agent and put that in the
Newsgroups drop-down. The News item in Outlook should then use that
newsreader.

 

[Rizla99]

PS. Brian, regarding what you said about not making Outlook your default

newsreader,..... I have already discovered that if you do, then whenever you
try to open the newsreader, it opens a folder in windows explorer instead.
Do you by any chance know why it does that ?
i.e. If I was to compleatly remove OE, would it still do that, or is OE
needed for shared files etc?
Cheers
Mick

Brian
Please ignore my last post. ^
I followed a link that you posted in another post -
(http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm)
and downloaded a zip with a reg hack that allows you to set Outlook as the
default newsreader.
Here is the page with a link to d/l the zip -
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Faq/news.htm
Thanks anyway.
Cheers
Mick

 

[Rizla99]

No, sorry.


The latter. Outlook depends on some elements of Outlook Express. However,
you can install another newsreader like Forte Agent and put that in the
Newsgroups drop-down. The News item in Outlook should then use that
newsreader.

Thanks for that
ATB
Mick