Right-Click in Outlook no longer works, selectively

[Dan]

Hi,
this had been posted last month by someone, and now I
have 2 such cases as well: Outlook (2003) no longer works
with right-clicking the mouse (tried different profiles):
When right-clicking a message in the inbox pane or a
contact or a calendar item, nothing happen. Maybe a
little 'flash', but no context menu. Clicking everywhere
else in Outlook still works and there are no problems in
any other applications. Since I have seen at least 2
other posts prior and elsewhere, this must not be unique.
Any idea how to fix the right-click ?!! Detect and repair
didn't do anything. SP1 installed, no change.

Thanks,
Dan.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

does it help to restart outlook or reboot?

The outcmd.dat file shouldn't have an affect on the context menu, but it
might be worth renaming it to see... C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. You can easily access
it by pasting %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook in the
Address bar of your browser or Windows Explorer.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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[Dan]

Diane, thanks for the reply.
No, restarting Outlook or the computers doesn't help. As
I said, neither did detect and repair or SP1. I will try
renaming the dat file though and let you know !!!
As I said, while not common, this does seem to be a
recurring problem lately, but nobody has pinpointed yet
what the cause is.

Thanks,
Dan.

-----Original Message-----
does it help to restart outlook or reboot?

The outcmd.dat file shouldn't have an affect on the context menu, but it
might be worth renaming it to see... C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. You can easily access
it by pasting %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook in the
Address bar of your browser or Windows Explorer.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


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Hi,
this had been posted last month by someone, and now I
have 2 such cases as well: Outlook (2003) no longer works
with right-clicking the mouse (tried different profiles):
When right-clicking a message in the inbox pane or a
contact or a calendar item, nothing happen. Maybe a
little 'flash', but no context menu. Clicking everywhere
else in Outlook still works and there are no problems in
any other applications. Since I have seen at least 2
other posts prior and elsewhere, this must not be unique.
Any idea how to fix the right-click ?!! Detect and repair
didn't do anything. SP1 installed, no change.

Thanks,
Dan.

.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

if renaming the dat doesn't work, try creating a new profile and see if it
works in the new profile. This can help us eliminate some files as the
cause.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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Diane, thanks for the reply.
No, restarting Outlook or the computers doesn't help. As
I said, neither did detect and repair or SP1. I will try
renaming the dat file though and let you know !!!
As I said, while not common, this does seem to be a
recurring problem lately, but nobody has pinpointed yet
what the cause is.

Thanks,
Dan.

-----Original Message-----
does it help to restart outlook or reboot?

The outcmd.dat file shouldn't have an affect on the context menu, but it
might be worth renaming it to see... C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. You can easily access
it by pasting %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook in the
Address bar of your browser or Windows Explorer.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


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Hi,
this had been posted last month by someone, and now I
have 2 such cases as well: Outlook (2003) no longer works
with right-clicking the mouse (tried different profiles):
When right-clicking a message in the inbox pane or a
contact or a calendar item, nothing happen. Maybe a
little 'flash', but no context menu. Clicking everywhere
else in Outlook still works and there are no problems in
any other applications. Since I have seen at least 2
other posts prior and elsewhere, this must not be unique.
Any idea how to fix the right-click ?!! Detect and repair
didn't do anything. SP1 installed, no change.

Thanks,
Dan.

.

 

[Dan]

Diane,
thanks, will do and let you know. For what it's worth,
both profiles that exist on the computer are affected
however...
Dan

-----Original Message-----
if renaming the dat doesn't work, try creating a new profile and see if it
works in the new profile. This can help us eliminate some files as the
cause.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


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Diane, thanks for the reply.
No, restarting Outlook or the computers doesn't help. As
I said, neither did detect and repair or SP1. I will try
renaming the dat file though and let you know !!!
As I said, while not common, this does seem to be a
recurring problem lately, but nobody has pinpointed yet
what the cause is.

Thanks,
Dan.

-----Original Message-----
does it help to restart outlook or reboot?

The outcmd.dat file shouldn't have an affect on the context menu, but it
might be worth renaming it to see... C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. You can easily access
it by pasting %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook in the
Address bar of your browser or Windows Explorer.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


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the

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Hi,
this had been posted last month by someone, and now I
have 2 such cases as well: Outlook (2003) no longer works
with right-clicking the mouse (tried different profiles):
When right-clicking a message in the inbox pane or a
contact or a calendar item, nothing happen. Maybe a
little 'flash', but no context menu. Clicking everywhere
else in Outlook still works and there are no problems in
any other applications. Since I have seen at least 2
other posts prior and elsewhere, this must not be unique.
Any idea how to fix the right-click ?!! Detect and repair
didn't do anything. SP1 installed, no change.

Thanks,
Dan.


.

.

 

[Guest]

Diane,
I tried this, but to no avail. A, the dat file simply is re-created, but the behaviour, on either of the 2 systems, doesn't change. Then, I tried a brand-new profile - same thing, the right-click is not working.

Any more idead greatly (!) appreciated

Thanks,
Dan

if renaming the dat doesn't work, try creating a new profile and see if it
works in the new profile. This can help us eliminate some files as the
cause.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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Diane, thanks for the reply.
No, restarting Outlook or the computers doesn't help. As
I said, neither did detect and repair or SP1. I will try
renaming the dat file though and let you know !!!
As I said, while not common, this does seem to be a
recurring problem lately, but nobody has pinpointed yet
what the cause is.

Thanks,
Dan.

-----Original Message-----
does it help to restart outlook or reboot?

The outcmd.dat file shouldn't have an affect on the context menu, but it
might be worth renaming it to see... C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. You can easily access
it by pasting %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook in the
Address bar of your browser or Windows Explorer.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
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Hi,
this had been posted last month by someone, and now I
have 2 such cases as well: Outlook (2003) no longer works
with right-clicking the mouse (tried different profiles):
When right-clicking a message in the inbox pane or a
contact or a calendar item, nothing happen. Maybe a
little 'flash', but no context menu. Clicking everywhere
else in Outlook still works and there are no problems in
any other applications. Since I have seen at least 2
other posts prior and elsewhere, this must not be unique.
Any idea how to fix the right-click ?!! Detect and repair
didn't do anything. SP1 installed, no change.

Thanks,
Dan.


.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

ok.. so we know it's not a corrupt configuration file.

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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
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Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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Diane,
I tried this, but to no avail. A, the dat file simply is re-created, but
the behaviour, on either of the 2 systems, doesn't change. Then, I tried a
brand-new profile - same thing, the right-click is not working.

Any more idead greatly (!) appreciated

Thanks,
Dan

if renaming the dat doesn't work, try creating a new profile and see if
it
works in the new profile. This can help us eliminate some files as the
cause.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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Diane, thanks for the reply.
No, restarting Outlook or the computers doesn't help. As
I said, neither did detect and repair or SP1. I will try
renaming the dat file though and let you know !!!
As I said, while not common, this does seem to be a
recurring problem lately, but nobody has pinpointed yet
what the cause is.

Thanks,
Dan.

-----Original Message-----
does it help to restart outlook or reboot?

The outcmd.dat file shouldn't have an affect on the
context menu, but it
might be worth renaming it to see... C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.
You can easily access
it by pasting %USERPROFILE%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook in the
Address bar of your browser or Windows Explorer.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart
Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual
QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center:
http://www.slipstick.com
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tips.net/

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Hi,
this had been posted last month by someone, and now I
have 2 such cases as well: Outlook (2003) no longer
works
with right-clicking the mouse (tried different
profiles):
When right-clicking a message in the inbox pane or a
contact or a calendar item, nothing happen. Maybe a
little 'flash', but no context menu. Clicking
everywhere
else in Outlook still works and there are no problems
in
any other applications. Since I have seen at least 2
other posts prior and elsewhere, this must not be
unique.
Any idea how to fix the right-click ?!! Detect and
repair
didn't do anything. SP1 installed, no change.

Thanks,
Dan.


.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

one more thing - do you have any thing like pop blockers running?

--
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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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Diane,
I tried this, but to no avail. A, the dat file simply is re-created, but
the behaviour, on either of the 2 systems, doesn't change. Then, I tried a
brand-new profile - same thing, the right-click is not working.

Any more idead greatly (!) appreciated

Thanks,
Dan

if renaming the dat doesn't work, try creating a new profile and see if
it
works in the new profile. This can help us eliminate some files as the
cause.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

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Diane, thanks for the reply.
No, restarting Outlook or the computers doesn't help. As
I said, neither did detect and repair or SP1. I will try
renaming the dat file though and let you know !!!
As I said, while not common, this does seem to be a
recurring problem lately, but nobody has pinpointed yet
what the cause is.

Thanks,
Dan.

-----Original Message-----
does it help to restart outlook or reboot?

The outcmd.dat file shouldn't have an affect on the
context menu, but it
might be worth renaming it to see... C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.
You can easily access
it by pasting %USERPROFILE%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook in the
Address bar of your browser or Windows Explorer.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart
Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual
QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center:
http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-
tips.net/

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Hi,
this had been posted last month by someone, and now I
have 2 such cases as well: Outlook (2003) no longer
works
with right-clicking the mouse (tried different
profiles):
When right-clicking a message in the inbox pane or a
contact or a calendar item, nothing happen. Maybe a
little 'flash', but no context menu. Clicking
everywhere
else in Outlook still works and there are no problems
in
any other applications. Since I have seen at least 2
other posts prior and elsewhere, this must not be
unique.
Any idea how to fix the right-click ?!! Detect and
repair
didn't do anything. SP1 installed, no change.

Thanks,
Dan.


.

 

[Dan]

Diane,
nope, no pop-up blockers running at all. I even disabled
the ATI Graphics Card Driver's functions (which extends
the right-click on the desktop), but to no avail. No SP2
installed either, disabled Virus, again, no luck. All I
can say is that if I do a search on the newsgroup, there
were 2 other individuals that had the same problem over
the last 2 months; doesn't seem to ever have gotten
resolved....

Thanks,
Daniel

-----Original Message-----
one more thing - do you have any thing like pop blockers running?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


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Diane,
I tried this, but to no avail. A, the dat file simply is re-created, but
the behaviour, on either of the 2 systems, doesn't change. Then, I tried a
brand-new profile - same thing, the right-click is not working.

Any more idead greatly (!) appreciated

Thanks,
Dan

if renaming the dat doesn't work, try creating a new profile and see if
it
works in the new profile. This can help us eliminate some files as the
cause.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
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Diane, thanks for the reply.
No, restarting Outlook or the computers doesn't help. As
I said, neither did detect and repair or SP1. I will try
renaming the dat file though and let you know !!!
As I said, while not common, this does seem to be a
recurring problem lately, but nobody has pinpointed yet
what the cause is.

Thanks,
Dan.

-----Original Message-----
does it help to restart outlook or reboot?

The outcmd.dat file shouldn't have an affect on the
context menu, but it
might be worth renaming it to see... C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.
You can easily access
it by pasting %USERPROFILE%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook in the
Address bar of your browser or Windows Explorer.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart
Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual
QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center:
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Hi,
this had been posted last month by someone, and now I
have 2 such cases as well: Outlook (2003) no longer
works
with right-clicking the mouse (tried different
profiles):
When right-clicking a message in the inbox pane or a
contact or a calendar item, nothing happen. Maybe a
little 'flash', but no context menu. Clicking
everywhere
else in Outlook still works and there are no problems
in
any other applications. Since I have seen at least 2
other posts prior and elsewhere, this must not be
unique.
Any idea how to fix the right-click ?!! Detect and
repair
didn't do anything. SP1 installed, no change.

Thanks,
Dan.


.

.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Yeah... it's hard to resolve it when so few suffer from it. only someone
who has the problem and later figures it out will know what causes it.

--

Diane,
nope, no pop-up blockers running at all. I even disabled
the ATI Graphics Card Driver's functions (which extends
the right-click on the desktop), but to no avail. No SP2
installed either, disabled Virus, again, no luck. All I
can say is that if I do a search on the newsgroup, there
were 2 other individuals that had the same problem over
the last 2 months; doesn't seem to ever have gotten
resolved....

Thanks,
Daniel

-----Original Message-----
one more thing - do you have any thing like pop blockers running?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
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Diane,
I tried this, but to no avail. A, the dat file simply is re-created, but
the behaviour, on either of the 2 systems, doesn't change. Then, I tried a
brand-new profile - same thing, the right-click is not working.

Any more idead greatly (!) appreciated

Thanks,
Dan

:

if renaming the dat doesn't work, try creating a new profile and see if
it
works in the new profile. This can help us eliminate some files as the
cause.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote- tips.net/

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Diane, thanks for the reply.
No, restarting Outlook or the computers doesn't help. As
I said, neither did detect and repair or SP1. I will try
renaming the dat file though and let you know !!!
As I said, while not common, this does seem to be a
recurring problem lately, but nobody has pinpointed yet
what the cause is.

Thanks,
Dan.

-----Original Message-----
does it help to restart outlook or reboot?

The outcmd.dat file shouldn't have an affect on the
context menu, but it
might be worth renaming it to see... C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.
You can easily access
it by pasting %USERPROFILE%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook in the
Address bar of your browser or Windows Explorer.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart
Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual
QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center:
http://www.slipstick.com
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tips.net/

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Hi,
this had been posted last month by someone, and now I
have 2 such cases as well: Outlook (2003) no longer
works
with right-clicking the mouse (tried different
profiles):
When right-clicking a message in the inbox pane or a
contact or a calendar item, nothing happen. Maybe a
little 'flash', but no context menu. Clicking
everywhere
else in Outlook still works and there are no problems
in
any other applications. Since I have seen at least 2
other posts prior and elsewhere, this must not be
unique.
Any idea how to fix the right-click ?!! Detect and
repair
didn't do anything. SP1 installed, no change.

Thanks,
Dan.


.

.

 

[Dan]

Indeed
Well, anything else you think I could try ? I disabled
most anything I could think of last night (virus,
services, you name it), but to no avail....

Thanks!
Dan

-----Original Message-----
Yeah... it's hard to resolve it when so few suffer from it. only someone
who has the problem and later figures it out will know what causes it.

--

Diane,
nope, no pop-up blockers running at all. I even disabled
the ATI Graphics Card Driver's functions (which extends
the right-click on the desktop), but to no avail. No SP2
installed either, disabled Virus, again, no luck. All I
can say is that if I do a search on the newsgroup, there
were 2 other individuals that had the same problem over
the last 2 months; doesn't seem to ever have gotten
resolved....

Thanks,
Daniel

-----Original Message-----
one more thing - do you have any thing like pop

blockers
running?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


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news:F268CACF-12B4-4316-B591- (e-mail address removed)...
Diane,
I tried this, but to no avail. A, the dat file simply is re-created, but
the behaviour, on either of the 2 systems, doesn't change. Then, I tried a
brand-new profile - same thing, the right-click is

not
working.

Any more idead greatly (!) appreciated

Thanks,
Dan

:

if renaming the dat doesn't work, try creating a new profile and see if
it
works in the new profile. This can help us eliminate some files as the
cause.

QuickStart
Guide)

Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


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Diane, thanks for the reply.
No, restarting Outlook or the computers doesn't help. As
I said, neither did detect and repair or SP1. I will try
renaming the dat file though and let you know !!!
As I said, while not common, this does seem to be a
recurring problem lately, but nobody has

pinpointed
yet

what the cause is.

Thanks,
Dan.

-----Original Message-----
does it help to restart outlook or reboot?

The outcmd.dat file shouldn't have an affect on the
context menu, but it
might be worth renaming it to see... C:\Documents and

Settings\username\Application

Data\Microsoft\Outlook.
You can easily access
it by pasting %USERPROFILE%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook in the
Address bar of your browser or Windows Explorer.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart
Guide)
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Hi,
this had been posted last month by someone, and now I
have 2 such cases as well: Outlook (2003) no longer
works
with right-clicking the mouse (tried different
profiles):
When right-clicking a message in the inbox pane or a
contact or a calendar item, nothing happen.

Maybe
a

little 'flash', but no context menu. Clicking
everywhere
else in Outlook still works and there are no problems
in
any other applications. Since I have seen at least 2
other posts prior and elsewhere, this must not be
unique.
Any idea how to fix the right-click ?!! Detect and
repair
didn't do anything. SP1 installed, no change.

Thanks,
Dan.


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Dan,

I have had the same problem (Outlook 2002) and I found something that worked
for me while searching Google... Hope it works for you!

Mark

I will quote the post:

"Possible Fix:
I'm not sure why this works but it did while I was on the
phone with Microsoft Premier Support --
Do a reinstall of Office XP. When completed, start Outlook
in safe mode (Start->Run->type "Outlook /safe")

The "Please wait while Windows installs Office XP" window
came up and when Outlook finally launched, I could right
click on mail items and calendar items. Re-launched the
app in regular mode and all was well.

Hope this helps."

Here is the link to the message if you would like to follow the thread:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]&rnum=4

Indeed
Well, anything else you think I could try ? I disabled
most anything I could think of last night (virus,
services, you name it), but to no avail....

Thanks!
Dan

-----Original Message-----
Yeah... it's hard to resolve it when so few suffer from it. only someone
who has the problem and later figures it out will know what causes it.

--

Diane,
nope, no pop-up blockers running at all. I even disabled
the ATI Graphics Card Driver's functions (which extends
the right-click on the desktop), but to no avail. No SP2
installed either, disabled Virus, again, no luck. All I
can say is that if I do a search on the newsgroup, there
were 2 other individuals that had the same problem over
the last 2 months; doesn't seem to ever have gotten
resolved....

Thanks,
Daniel


-----Original Message-----
one more thing - do you have any thing like pop blockers
running?

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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart
Guide)
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(e-mail address removed)...
Diane,
I tried this, but to no avail. A, the dat file simply
is re-created, but
the behaviour, on either of the 2 systems, doesn't
change. Then, I tried a
brand-new profile - same thing, the right-click is not
working.

Any more idead greatly (!) appreciated

Thanks,
Dan

:

if renaming the dat doesn't work, try creating a new
profile and see if
it
works in the new profile. This can help us eliminate
some files as the
cause.

--
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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart
Guide)
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Diane, thanks for the reply.
No, restarting Outlook or the computers doesn't
help. As
I said, neither did detect and repair or SP1. I
will try
renaming the dat file though and let you know !!!
As I said, while not common, this does seem to be a
recurring problem lately, but nobody has pinpointed
yet
what the cause is.

Thanks,
Dan.

-----Original Message-----
does it help to restart outlook or reboot?

The outcmd.dat file shouldn't have an affect on the
context menu, but it
might be worth renaming it to see... C:\Documents
and
Settings\username\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook.
You can easily access
it by pasting %USERPROFILE%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook in the
Address bar of your browser or Windows Explorer.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual
QuickStart
Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual
QuickStart Guide)


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Hi,
this had been posted last month by someone, and
now I
have 2 such cases as well: Outlook (2003) no
longer
works
with right-clicking the mouse (tried different
profiles):
When right-clicking a message in the inbox pane
or a
contact or a calendar item, nothing happen. Maybe
a
little 'flash', but no context menu. Clicking
everywhere
else in Outlook still works and there are no
problems
in
any other applications. Since I have seen at
least 2
other posts prior and elsewhere, this must not be
unique.
Any idea how to fix the right-click ?!! Detect and
repair
didn't do anything. SP1 installed, no change.

Thanks,
Dan.


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