I need help setting up the newsreader

[John Black]

In setting up outlook to read news, I accidentally dragged "news" to the
toolbar instead of the GO menu, and I have not been able to reverse that.
When I click on it, an explorer window comes up in a "1032" directory and
nothing happens. If I go to the control panel and make OE my newsreader,
then open OE and tell it not to be my default newsreader, then the next time
I open Outlook, the newsreader appears. But only that time, and the next
time I click I get the 1032 window again.

Can someone help me put the news command where it should be and get outlook
working as my newsreader? Thanks.

 

[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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After furious head scratching, John Black asked:

| In setting up outlook to read news, I accidentally dragged "news" to
| the toolbar instead of the GO menu, and I have not been able to
| reverse that. When I click on it, an explorer window comes up in a
| "1032" directory and nothing happens. If I go to the control panel
| and make OE my newsreader, then open OE and tell it not to be my
| default newsreader, then the next time I open Outlook, the newsreader
| appears. But only that time, and the next time I click I get the
| 1032 window again.
|
| Can someone help me put the news command where it should be and get
| outlook working as my newsreader? Thanks.