Outlook 2003 & Newsreader

[David Lipetz]

Installed Outlook 2003. Added "News" to Go menu and it worked for a short
time. While in News, Outlook crashed. Since then, I have been unable to get
to the Newsreader. News is no longer in the Go menu, nor is it in the Go
menu within Customize. News can no longer be selected from anywhere it
seems.

I've run Detect and Repair but still no joy.

Ideas?

 

[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.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, David Lipetz asked:

| Installed Outlook 2003. Added "News" to Go menu and it worked for a
| short time. While in News, Outlook crashed. Since then, I have been
| unable to get to the Newsreader. News is no longer in the Go menu,
| nor is it in the Go menu within Customize. News can no longer be
| selected from anywhere it seems.
|
| I've run Detect and Repair but still no joy.
|
| Ideas?

 

[David Lipetz]

Thanks Milly! That worked!

 

[David Lipetz]

My answer may have been premature.

The problem comes back, but re-running the routine fixes it, at least
temporarily.

Oddly enough, some times when I click the News link, rather than launching
OE, a system folder opens. Weird.

Thanks Milly! That worked!


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

wrote in message news:%[email protected]...

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.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, David Lipetz asked:

| Installed Outlook 2003. Added "News" to Go menu and it worked for a
| short time. While in News, Outlook crashed. Since then, I have been
| unable to get to the Newsreader. News is no longer in the Go menu,
| nor is it in the Go menu within Customize. News can no longer be
| selected from anywhere it seems.
|
| I've run Detect and Repair but still no joy.
|
| Ideas?