Toolbar News command gone missing

[Lee Chapelle]

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "ON"

"Microsoft Outlook Newsreader" is what it calls itself. I coined the short
form "ON".

What I'm saying is that in all previous versions of Outlook, Outlook had to
be designated as the default news reader in order to invoke Outlook Express
in news only mode.

"ON" is that news-only mode of OE.

The first time OE is launched as the news reader,
however, OE may prompt you to be designate it as the default news reader.
The answer to that prompt is "no," because we want Outlook to remain as the
designated news reader--

I guess as a thoroughbred Outlook Guy, you can't conceive of people using OE
for a long time before ever attempting to use "ON". That was my situation,
and therefore it was Outlook (i.e. "ON") that issued the "default or not"
prompt to which the correct answer was Yes. Had I subsequently launched OE,
THEN I would be answering No to that question, but I didn't intend to that,
except I was forced to by the bug.

even though that answer is counter-intuitive since
we all know that OE is actually doing the news reading.

It's not really counter-intuitive, that's pretty understandable. Saying No
to letting Outlook Newsreader handle News would have been more
counter-intuitive.

Do we understand each other yet? :>)

BTW, due to a crash and re-imaging, I am back to good ol' Outlook/ON 2000
SR1, now what to do <heh>??

Lee

-snip-

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Aha, again. So it was Outlook (not OE) that was issuing the "make me the
default" request? That changes everything. As near as I can tell, there has
been an undocumented change in Office 2003 wherein OE now needs to be
designated as the default news reader in order to use the Go > News command
from Outlook. In fact, with a clean install, Outlook no longer prompts with
that request, nor does it appear in the dropdown as an option in Control
Panel > Internet Options > Programs.
Not sure we even have a bug here. The next time you're back to Office 2003,
select OE as the default newsreader. FWIW, I always use clean installs when
it come to Office, no matter how much they claim you can upgrade safely.

 

[Jonathan E. \(NZ\)]

My NEWS button simply vanished.

Hi there,
As outlined in another thread... I have the same issue.

Hi

Did you get the News command button also open that "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office 2003\OFFICE11\1033" folder?

Lee

DETAILS:
-----------------------------
- Outlook 2003 from Office Pro 2003, with Business Contact Manager
installed.
- System: WinXP PRO SP1
- Office 2003 was an upgrade on Office XP. Outlook 2003 then was an upgrade
on Outlook XP
- Info store is a standard office PST file. Been using same file for some
years... Outlook 2002, XP, now 2003.
- Never had any beta versions installed
- No patches installed to office 2003 (have not checked if there are any...
but since it is yet to hit the shelves I imagine not [I am a reseller])
-----------------------------

Regards,

Jonathan

Ouch. There go our three most promising theories all in one blow. This is
starting to look like a genuine bug in the RTM. The Outlook MVP's are all
trying to repro and so far none of us can. The more steps to repro we can
get the better so we can pass the information along. Some other information
that might help:
1. Was your Outlook installation clean or upgrade?
2. What information store are you using? If it's a PST, was it new,

 

[Jonathan E. \(NZ\)]

How does one RESET Outlook as the default newsreader?

I had this issue... and I corrected it by resetting this using a TWEAK
program but now I forget exactly what I did.
Another user is having the same problem and I am not sure what to tell them
to do in order to change OE from DEFAULT reader status over to NOT DEFAULT
reader status... and then to set OUTLOOK to default reader status.

There must be a standard way to do this (ie. without using some registry
edit or TWEAK program)...

Any ideas?

Jonathan

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "ON"
What I'm saying is that in all previous versions of Outlook, Outlook had to
be designated as the default news reader in order to invoke Outlook Express
in news only mode. The first time OE is launched as the news reader,
however, OE may prompt you to be designate it as the default news reader.
The answer to that prompt is "no," because we want Outlook to remain as the
designated news reader--even though that answer is counter-intuitive since
we all know that OE is actually doing the news reading.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

as
the

Based on what you just said, why would I say no to making ON the default?
The first time ON is employed it asks if you want to make it the default.
The answer should be Yes.


Great

Lee

 

[Guest]

My News command is also missing and I don't remember any error message or doing anything that would have caused it to disapper.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

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.
http://faq.outlookmvps.org/archives/000710.html

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



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