Where is has the NEWS button gone?

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A disgruntled outlook user

The online help tells me there is a newsgroup button in the GO commands of
the configure toolbar options. Which there was, until I accidently let go of
the mouse button while I draged it (it dropped in the main message viewer
screen of outlook).

Since then, I have seen nothing of it, ANYWHERE in the menus, the screen,
nowhere...

Can anyone help me?
 
Z

Zoolook

Paul... found it at last...

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.

Cheers to the folks who posted this originally... all of you, but I just
wish that Micro$oft didnt make things so bloody hard...
 
P

Paul

This is irritating the hell out of me too. I'm starting to think that I
have a diffrent version of Outlook 2003 than everybody else on the planet
because there is absolutely NO "news" option anywhere within my Outlook.
Not in the "go" menu or anywhere else that people tell me it should be. Oh
well, I guess I can keep opening OE separately.


"A disgruntled outlook user" <A disgruntled outlook
[email protected]> wrote in message
| The online help tells me there is a newsgroup button in the GO commands of
| the configure toolbar options. Which there was, until I accidently let go
of
| the mouse button while I draged it (it dropped in the main message viewer
| screen of outlook).
|
| Since then, I have seen nothing of it, ANYWHERE in the menus, the screen,
| nowhere...
|
| Can anyone help me?
 
M

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.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Paul asked:

| This is irritating the hell out of me too. I'm starting to think
| that I have a diffrent version of Outlook 2003 than everybody else on
| the planet because there is absolutely NO "news" option anywhere
| within my Outlook. Not in the "go" menu or anywhere else that people
| tell me it should be. Oh well, I guess I can keep opening OE
| separately.
|
|
| "A disgruntled outlook user" <A disgruntled outlook
| [email protected]> wrote in message
| || The online help tells me there is a newsgroup button in the GO
|| commands of the configure toolbar options. Which there was, until I
|| accidently let go of the mouse button while I draged it (it dropped
|| in the main message viewer screen of outlook).
||
|| Since then, I have seen nothing of it, ANYWHERE in the menus, the
|| screen, nowhere...
||
|| Can anyone help me?
 
J

J Rousseau

Actually to get the "news" button into the "Go" menu is simple.

Right click on "Go"
Select "Customize"
Under "Categories" select "Go"
Scroll through the commands to find "News"
Drag and drop "News" to the "Go" Menu on the toolbar
 
R

Roady [MVP]

Yes, but this option is not available when a default newsreader hasn't been
set correctly.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
J Rousseau said:
Actually to get the "news" button into the "Go" menu is simple.

Right click on "Go"
Select "Customize"
Under "Categories" select "Go"
Scroll through the commands to find "News"
Drag and drop "News" to the "Go" Menu on the toolbar


Milly Staples said:
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.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Paul asked:

| This is irritating the hell out of me too. I'm starting to think
| that I have a diffrent version of Outlook 2003 than everybody else on
| the planet because there is absolutely NO "news" option anywhere
| within my Outlook. Not in the "go" menu or anywhere else that people
| tell me it should be. Oh well, I guess I can keep opening OE
| separately.
|
|
| "A disgruntled outlook user" <A disgruntled outlook
| [email protected]> wrote in message
| || The online help tells me there is a newsgroup button in the GO
|| commands of the configure toolbar options. Which there was, until I
|| accidently let go of the mouse button while I draged it (it dropped
|| in the main message viewer screen of outlook).
||
|| Since then, I have seen nothing of it, ANYWHERE in the menus, the
|| screen, nowhere...
||
|| Can anyone help me?
 
P

patrick

Someone said "it's simple..." but I had the same probelm and it's not
simple. Dragging the original "news" item would not work, and then it
disappeared from even the customiize-> components list. I am goig to try the
inet options default news reader option in control panel that someone else
posted, but since it needs a reboot, I don't yet know if that will fix my
problem. I do not see why MS chose to make news a nonstandard option. It
should be installed as the DEFAULT!
 
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