Outlook 98 Today Options Button not working

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Chris Johnson

When I am in Outlook Today, the Options button does not
work.
When I click it nothing happens.
Has anyone ever had this problem before?

Thanks
Chris Johnson
 
Yes,
I am running Win98SE, IE6 SP1 and Office 97 Pro with
Outlook 98.
The issue is with Outlook 98 and IE cumulative updates
(critical security patches). When I install the IE update
it renders the "Options" button on the Outlook Today page
inoperable. To change options I have to uninstall the
update, change the options and reinstall the update.
Another point is I have to remember to uninstall the
previous update before installing the latest because one
can only uninstall the last update.
If I should forget to uninstall the previous update I
suspect that my options button functionality would be gone
forever.
 
Yes,
I am running Win98SE, IE6 SP1 and Office 97 Pro with
Outlook 98.

The issue is with Outlook 98 and IE cumulative updates
(critical security patches). When I install the IE update
it renders the "Options" button on the Outlook Today page
inoperable. Previously to change options I had to
uninstall the update, change the options and reinstall the
update. Another point is I had to remember to uninstall
the previous update before installing the latest because
one can only uninstall the last update.

OR

Read Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 820575 (OL2000:
You Cannot Customize Outlook Today After You Install
Critical Update 813489 for Internet Explorer).

This works for me and I am running Outlook 98. I have made
two reg files and I merge (import) them to toggle the
Options button on and off. As you read in 820575 it is
best for security purposes to leave this off and only
toggle on long enough to change options. I saved these two
reg files as:
Outlook Today Options Off.reg
Outlook Today Options On.reg

The content of these two files is below. Copy between the
dotted lines and paste into Notepad. Name and save the
files with a .reg extension. You too can then toggle the
Outlook Today Options on and off in Outlook 98.


Outlook Today Options Off.reg
---------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Application Compatibility]
"Outlook.exe"=dword:00000000

---------------




Outlook Today Options On.reg
---------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Application Compatibility]
"Outlook.exe"=dword:00000001
 
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