Outlook minimizing to taskbar

N

neo [mvp outlook]

When Outlook is running, right click on the Outlook icon next to the clock
and select "hide when minimized".
 
R

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

R click the Outlook icon in the system tray > Check "Hide when minimized"
 
G

Guest

The icon doesn't appear next to the clock. It's in the main part of the
taskbar. When I right click the icon, the options are Restore, Maximize, and
Close. Move, Size, and Minimize--the only other options that appear in the
box (window?)--are greyed out.
 
R

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

Then this either isn't Outlook 2003 or you have a corrupt installation.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
anon said:
Plesae see my reply to neo. Thanks!

Russ Valentine said:
R click the Outlook icon in the system tray > Check "Hide when minimized"
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
anon said:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/mintotray.htm states that it is the
default
of Outlook 2003 to minimize in the notification section, near the
clock,
and
not to the taskbar. My Outlook 2003 minimizes to the taskbar. How can I
reset
the default?
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G

Guest

Something's corrupted; it used to work. I may try reinstalling it. Thanks!

Russ Valentine said:
Then this either isn't Outlook 2003 or you have a corrupt installation.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
anon said:
Plesae see my reply to neo. Thanks!

Russ Valentine said:
R click the Outlook icon in the system tray > Check "Hide when minimized"
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/mintotray.htm states that it is the
default
of Outlook 2003 to minimize in the notification section, near the
clock,
and
not to the taskbar. My Outlook 2003 minimizes to the taskbar. How can I
reset
the default?
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M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

If your taskbar is set to hide inactive icons, look into its cache and see
if the Outlook Icon is one of them. Right click the start button, select
properties, then the taskbar tab.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, anon asked:

| Something's corrupted; it used to work. I may try reinstalling it.
| Thanks!
|
| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Then this either isn't Outlook 2003 or you have a corrupt
|| installation. --
|| Russ Valentine
|| [MVP-Outlook]
|| ||| Plesae see my reply to neo. Thanks!
|||
||| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
|||
|||| R click the Outlook icon in the system tray > Check "Hide when
|||| minimized" --
|||| Russ Valentine
|||| [MVP-Outlook]
|||| ||||| http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/mintotray.htm states that it is
||||| the default
||||| of Outlook 2003 to minimize in the notification section, near the
||||| clock,
||||| and
||||| not to the taskbar. My Outlook 2003 minimizes to the taskbar. How
||||| can I reset
||||| the default?
 
R

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

If you're sure the icon isn't just hidden, I'd run Detect and Repair.
Reinstalling rarely solves anything.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
anon said:
Something's corrupted; it used to work. I may try reinstalling it. Thanks!

Russ Valentine said:
Then this either isn't Outlook 2003 or you have a corrupt installation.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
anon said:
Plesae see my reply to neo. Thanks!

:

R click the Outlook icon in the system tray > Check "Hide when
minimized"
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/mintotray.htm states that it is the
default
of Outlook 2003 to minimize in the notification section, near the
clock,
and
not to the taskbar. My Outlook 2003 minimizes to the taskbar. How
can I
reset
the default?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
G

Guest

I've fiddled around with the hidden icon and cache, as MVP Milly suggested.
Now the "new mail" icon displays near the clock, but I still have to close
Outlook Express to get it out of the taskbar. I want OE to run in the
background while I go about my business, and to make its presence known only
by notifying me of new email. Have I been asking the wrong questions here? If
not, how do I run Detect and Repair?

Russ Valentine said:
If you're sure the icon isn't just hidden, I'd run Detect and Repair.
Reinstalling rarely solves anything.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
anon said:
Something's corrupted; it used to work. I may try reinstalling it. Thanks!

Russ Valentine said:
Then this either isn't Outlook 2003 or you have a corrupt installation.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Plesae see my reply to neo. Thanks!

:

R click the Outlook icon in the system tray > Check "Hide when
minimized"
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/mintotray.htm states that it is the
default
of Outlook 2003 to minimize in the notification section, near the
clock,
and
not to the taskbar. My Outlook 2003 minimizes to the taskbar. How
can I
reset
the default?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook is not Outlook Express - which do you want running in the
background? If Outlook, having the icon in the taskbar means that it is
running. Loading Outlook as a service does not work, it is either open or
closed.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, anon asked:

| I've fiddled around with the hidden icon and cache, as MVP Milly
| suggested. Now the "new mail" icon displays near the clock, but I
| still have to close Outlook Express to get it out of the taskbar. I
| want OE to run in the background while I go about my business, and to
| make its presence known only by notifying me of new email. Have I
| been asking the wrong questions here? If not, how do I run Detect and
| Repair?
|
| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| If you're sure the icon isn't just hidden, I'd run Detect and Repair.
|| Reinstalling rarely solves anything.
|| --
|| Russ Valentine
|| [MVP-Outlook]
|| ||| Something's corrupted; it used to work. I may try reinstalling it.
||| Thanks!
|||
||| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
|||
|||| Then this either isn't Outlook 2003 or you have a corrupt
|||| installation. --
|||| Russ Valentine
|||| [MVP-Outlook]
|||| ||||| Plesae see my reply to neo. Thanks!
|||||
||||| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
|||||
|||||| R click the Outlook icon in the system tray > Check "Hide when
|||||| minimized"
|||||| --
|||||| Russ Valentine
|||||| [MVP-Outlook]
|||||| ||||||| http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/mintotray.htm states that it
||||||| is the default
||||||| of Outlook 2003 to minimize in the notification section, near
||||||| the clock,
||||||| and
||||||| not to the taskbar. My Outlook 2003 minimizes to the taskbar.
||||||| How can I
||||||| reset
||||||| the default?
 

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