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News in MS Outlook
Okay, so to post to this newsgroup, I customized a toolbar and added the
"News" option from the "Go" menu. Then I posted a few questions to the newsgroups, read a few other posts, and closed Outlook Express. Later, I go back to read more news, click on the News button on my toolbar, and get a popup file folder (I believe that it is actually the folder on the computer where some Outlook Express files are stored, but am not sure). So I restart Outlook, only to find that the "News" button in my toolbar is GONE and I can't even put it back, because the "News" option under the "Go" menu is also missing!! scratches head in confusion How do I fix this? Any idea what causes this? I managed to find the Outlook Express application and maually start it (so I could make this post), but how do I continue to open the Newsreader from Outlook, if I can't put the button on the toolbar, or even select it from the "Go" menu. Thanks!! Tom |
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"HDS Tom" wrote:
scratches head in confusion In your confusion you've also posted your problem to the WRONG newsgroup. ask this in microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general |
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the missing News button is outlook's problem
-- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message ... "HDS Tom" wrote: scratches head in confusion In your confusion you've also posted your problem to the WRONG newsgroup. ask this in microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general |
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Personally I prefer the dedicated shortcut in my quick launch
"%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /outnews "Diane Poremsky" wrote in message ... 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, click the "Don't ask me again" box and then click the No button. You may need to reset the menu or toolbar using Tools, customize. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HDS Tom" wrote in message ... Okay, so to post to this newsgroup, I customized a toolbar and added the "News" option from the "Go" menu. Then I posted a few questions to the newsgroups, read a few other posts, and closed Outlook Express. Later, I go back to read more news, click on the News button on my toolbar, and get a popup file folder (I believe that it is actually the folder on the computer where some Outlook Express files are stored, but am not sure). So I restart Outlook, only to find that the "News" button in my toolbar is GONE and I can't even put it back, because the "News" option under the "Go" menu is also missing!! scratches head in confusion How do I fix this? Any idea what causes this? I managed to find the Outlook Express application and maually start it (so I could make this post), but how do I continue to open the Newsreader from Outlook, if I can't put the button on the toolbar, or even select it from the "Go" menu. Thanks!! Tom |
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HDS Tom wrote:
So I restart Outlook, only to find that the "News" button in my toolbar is GONE and I can't even put it back, because the "News" option under the "Go" menu is also missing!! scratches head in confusion How do I fix this? Open Internet Explorer and click ToolsInternet OptionsPrograms. In the "Newsgroups" drop-down, select Outlook Express. Click OK. Start Outlook Express and if it asks if it should be the default news handler, check the "Do not ask again" box and click No. Close OE and open Outlook. If it asks if you want it to be your default mail and news handler, choose No. You should be able to find the News item again and add it to the Go menu. Any idea what causes this? No idea, myself, but it's one of the most frequest issues found in these newsgroups. Google Groups would have found for you the many times it has been posted in less time than it took for you to type the question. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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"DL" wrote in message ...
Personally I prefer the dedicated shortcut in my quick launch "%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /outnews For the OP's info, the /outnews loads OE in news-only mode. Any e-mail accounts defined in OE are disabled and you cannot send/receive e-mails when in that mode. If you don't have any e-mail accounts defined in OE, /outnews is superfluous. If you do have e-mail accounts defined in OE, and if you never want to use OE as your e-mail client, even if accidentally, then /outnews prevents you from doing e-mail in OE. Personally I have yet to understand why any user would bother to first load Outlook and then click on a button to have Outlook load Outlook Express. Seems a lot easier and faster to just load Outlook Express in the first place. Outlook has not and probably never will handle NNTP (network news transfer protocol) so it has to load Outlook Express to handle newsgroups. Some users leave Outlook running all the time and so figure a toolbar button makes it easy to get Outlook Express loaded to do newsgroups. Seems like the same reasoning applies to having a shortcut in your QuickLaunch or other toolbar in the Windows taskbar for one-click access to Outlook Express. Even when I have Outlook open, I still using by Quicklaunch button to load OE. |
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As for the "why" it happens, its related to the news only mode in OE.
Outlook express title bar used to say "Outlook Newsreader" if you used Go, News (or use the /outnews switch) - if you use the /newsonly switch (or opened OE in mail and news mode) it’s the OE Newsreader. It was very confusing to people and after many complaints, they dropped the Outlook Newsreader BS. But... they missed something when they made this change and the "Outlook newsreader" is no longer recognized when its set as the default in Internet Options. Unfortunately, its still listed there. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... HDS Tom wrote: So I restart Outlook, only to find that the "News" button in my toolbar is GONE and I can't even put it back, because the "News" option under the "Go" menu is also missing!! scratches head in confusion How do I fix this? Open Internet Explorer and click ToolsInternet OptionsPrograms. In the "Newsgroups" drop-down, select Outlook Express. Click OK. Start Outlook Express and if it asks if it should be the default news handler, check the "Do not ask again" box and click No. Close OE and open Outlook. If it asks if you want it to be your default mail and news handler, choose No. You should be able to find the News item again and add it to the Go menu. Any idea what causes this? No idea, myself, but it's one of the most frequest issues found in these newsgroups. Google Groups would have found for you the many times it has been posted in less time than it took for you to type the question. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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