Need to restore News capability

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Skip

I was trying to set up a new machine to handle newsgroups. In using the
create new button function I could not drag "News" to the GO function as
instructed... tried it half a dozen times and it just wouldn't take. Then I
got the bright idea to drag News to the opened GO tab directly and it worked
fine. After setting up the group I wanted I posted a question to it and
logged off. When I turned the computer back on, the News function was not in
the GO menu and it was not in the create buttons section either.

Does anyone have a clue where it might have gone or if I need to restore it
from the disc?

Thanks, Skip
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
button.

You may need to reset the Menu Bar and/or restart Outlook and/or reboot your
machine in order to complete the process. Not everyone is reporting success
with this method, but try it and see what happens. If all else fails, you
can always create a desktop shortcut to Outlook Express and include the
/outnews switch -- that gives you the same result as accessing the
newsreader via the News command in Outlook.


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Skip asked:

| I was trying to set up a new machine to handle newsgroups. In using
| the create new button function I could not drag "News" to the GO
| function as instructed... tried it half a dozen times and it just
| wouldn't take. Then I got the bright idea to drag News to the opened
| GO tab directly and it worked fine. After setting up the group I
| wanted I posted a question to it and logged off. When I turned the
| computer back on, the News function was not in the GO menu and it was
| not in the create buttons section either.
|
| Does anyone have a clue where it might have gone or if I need to
| restore it from the disc?
|
| Thanks, Skip
 
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