"News" toolbar button opens wrong program

Thanks Diane. I have it pinned to my start menu. Anytime I want to go to
the newsgroups I seem to be in Outlook that's why I wanted to find out how
to fix the News button. Sounds like it's a flaw in Outlook. I'll stick
with the pinned item in the start menu.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" outlookmvp[at]msn[dot]com wrote in message
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steviegt wrote on Mon, 29 December 2008 07:05
I apologize if I seem stupid but, what is the starting point?
IE/Properties? Where am I clicking/right clicking at the start? Thanks.

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
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IE\Properties\Programs\newsgroups and use the small dropdown arrow to
select WLM


That path does not exist in Vista. In either Control panel or from IE, go
to internet options, programs tab, set programs button. Verify WLM is set
as the news reader. If so, and if Go, news doesn't work (it doesn't load
WLM for me), you'll need to use a shortcut to open WLM. I prefer a
shortcut on the Quick Launch toolbar or pinned to the start menu, but you
can add one to Outlook's toolbar as a hyperlinked button if you prefer (it
takes extra mouse clicks to use a shortcut in outlook - pinned to the
start menu is easier).

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Outlook was written before they changed the simple mail client to Mail and
it's hard coded for MSIMN.exe, not the wlm exe. They are depreciating the
ability to open the newsreader from outlook so it may not be updated in
future versions. (It caused a lot of confusion for users who thought it was
part of outlook, not OE in news-only mode.)

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You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"steviegt" wrote in message
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Thanks Diane. I have it pinned to my start menu. Anytime I want to go to
the newsgroups I seem to be in Outlook that's why I wanted to find out how
to fix the News button. Sounds like it's a flaw in Outlook. I'll stick
with the pinned item in the start menu.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" outlookmvp[at]msn[dot]com wrote in message
...
steviegt wrote on Mon, 29 December 2008 07:05
I apologize if I seem stupid but, what is the starting point?
IE/Properties? Where am I clicking/right clicking at the start?
Thanks.

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
IE\Properties\Programs\newsgroups and use the small dropdown arrow to
select WLM


That path does not exist in Vista. In either Control panel or from IE,
go to internet options, programs tab, set programs button. Verify WLM is
set as the news reader. If so, and if Go, news doesn't work (it doesn't
load WLM for me), you'll need to use a shortcut to open WLM. I prefer a
shortcut on the Quick Launch toolbar or pinned to the start menu, but you
can add one to Outlook's toolbar as a hyperlinked button if you prefer
(it takes extra mouse clicks to use a shortcut in outlook - pinned to the
start menu is easier).

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

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EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:

"steviegt" wrote in message
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It does nothing other than making my current active window appear to be
inactive. Isn't this the same site we are on? What is/was supposed to
happen?

Just checking to see if the NNTP protocol starts Windows Live Mail, and
apparently it does.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]