Outlook 2003 not default program after uninstalling Office 2010 Be

[Rattlingroger]

I installed Office 2010 Beta and was not surprised to find that if I accessed
my old Outlook 2003 I got the message "Outlook is not currently your default
program for E-mail......", presumably because of the conflict with Outlook
2010.

I have now uninstalled the entire Office 2010 Beta installation, but the
message will not go away. The message ends "Would you like to make it the
default program?", to which I answer Yes - but the same thing happens every
time I access Outlook. I have ensured that the Default Programs (I am
running Vista) is correctly set to Custom installation, with Outlook as the
default program.

What do I have to do to make Outlook 2003 think it is the default email
program?

 

[Bob I]

Have you tried Help, Detect and Repair? (inside Outlook)

 

[Rattlingroger]

Excellent - that did it. I did not know of the existence of the Repair
function! Many thanks.

The uninstallation of Office 2010 Beta has left a number of files under the
folders "Microsoft Office/Office12 & 1033". Fortunately I have a custom
installation of the 2003 suite under a folder named "Microsoft Office 2003",
so the 2010 Beta did not overwrite it. Should I delete the remaining 2010
folders?

 

[Bob I]

Humm, Office12 would be Office 2007 not 2010. Perhaps you are mistaken
about where that folder came from?

 

[Rattlingroger]

Perhaps you are right. The computer came with a trial copy of Office 2007,
which I I uninstalled, presumably not completely. Should I delete the
folders?

 

[Bob I]

Ah, that would make sense. I suggest deleting them to the Recycle Bin
first and observe for any untoward results for a period of time before
emptying the the Bin.