UN-install Outlook

[Guest]

I need to start a-fresh with outlook. How do I uninstall completely. I
tried to just un-check it in the main installation box and it removed outlook
BUT when I re-installed it remembered all the options I had previously told
it.

How do I get rid of it completely so I can do a fresh installation?

thanks

...steve

 

[DL]

You use the Mail Applet in the control panel to create a new Profile, add a
new data file, configure the accounts and test.
Uninstalling does nothing to the data file & accounts

But perhaps one should ask why or for what reason you wish to start afresh?

 

[Guest]

OK. I am desperate. I am currently using Thunderbird and have become
dissatisfied. I own Office 2003 and have decided to migrate to Outlook BUT I
have hundreds of filters setup in Thunderbird. I understand Outlook has
Rules but I am unable to see the option for setting up rules in the program.

I posted to another forum here and no one could give me an answer as to how
to be able to access rules. I even posted a picture
(http://www.box.net/shared/z5hdafqro7#1:8993505:88961943) to show that the
rules option is not even visible in my Tools tab. I was hoping that a fresh
installation might fix the problem. I have Norton anti-spam running and it
jumped in when I installed and so i thought that might have messed up the
installation?

Once I can get rules working I will make the migration even though I cannot
find a way to get my Thunderbird Filters migrated over.

...steve

 

[DL]

I dont know what you meant to post/upload but that pic certainly isnt from
Outlook, its an offline file storage web application

Have you actually launched outlook from Start>Program Files>Microsoft
Office>Outlook 2003 ?
Or from the Outlook Icon which should be on your desktop?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You must have your focus on a mail enabled folder before the Rules and
Alerts option will show. Highlight your in-box and try it again.

--
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, sghalliday wrote:

| I need to start a-fresh with outlook. How do I uninstall completely.
| I tried to just un-check it in the main installation box and it
| removed outlook BUT when I re-installed it remembered all the options
| I had previously told it.
|
| How do I get rid of it completely so I can do a fresh installation?
|
| thanks
|
| ..steve

 

[Roady [MVP]]

I'm not sure which picture you looked at put the one that he posted was
definitely of Outlook 2003. I saw that he had the Adobe Acrobat addin and
Norton AntiSpam addin installed as well.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

The Rules and Alerts option won't show if you don't have an account
configured.
Use Tools-> E-mail Accounts and verify that you have an account configured
there.

If you already have an account configured there; which type?

 

[DL]

Ah I see now; I was using Firefox, with the no script addin, and omitted to
allow the script

 

[Guest]

I created a new profile, re-installed a mail account and that has fixed it.
Maybe I did not get the mail account installed correctly before.


Thanks for all the help/ideas. Sorry to confuse Roady, but I cannot upload
files to this forum and that was a way to make the screencap available.

Milly, the focus was on the Mail app.

Thanks again

....steve

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You're welcome! It was not me who you confused but DL ;-)