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mimi47 - 13 Dec 2007 03:19 GMT

I know this may sound silly, but I want my old outlook express back! I have
Windows XP Media and today when I turned on my computer, it was gone!! This
happened once before and I was able to locate it and click it back on....but
not this time! Did Microsoft remove it? and why? please help!

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N. Miller - 13 Dec 2007 06:19 GMT

> I know this may sound silly, but I want my old outlook express back! I have
> Windows XP Media and today when I turned on my computer, it was gone!! This
> happened once before and I was able to locate it and click it back on....but
> not this time! Did Microsoft remove it? and why? please help!

No, Microsoft did not remove MS Outlook Express; but, depending upon what
application you have installed, it may have been hidden. I don't think that
MS Outlook does anything like that, though, so I am unclear about why you
are asking in an MSOL group. Tell us more...

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David Biddulph - 13 Dec 2007 10:47 GMT

>> I know this may sound silly, but I want my old outlook express back! I
>> have
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> MS Outlook does anything like that, though, so I am unclear about why you
> are asking in an MSOL group. Tell us more...

Yes, Outlook does tend to hide Outlook Express. Even if OE is chosen as the
default application for mail (and for newsgroups), updates for Outlook (such
as those in yesterday's "2nd Tuesday in the month" batch) tend to make
Outlook the default application. One then has to start Outlook Express
separately (so it is useful to include it specifically in the Start menu),
and reaffirm that it should be the default.

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Brian Tillman - 13 Dec 2007 13:34 GMT

> Yes, Outlook does tend to hide Outlook Express.

In all the years I've been using Outlook and Outlook Express on the same PC,
this has never been the case for me.

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N. Miller - 13 Dec 2007 16:10 GMT

>>> I know this may sound silly, but I want my old outlook express back! I
>>> have Windows XP Media and today when I turned on my computer, it was
>>> gone!! This happened once before and I was able to locate it and click
>>> it back on....but not this time! Did Microsoft remove it? and why?
>>> please help!

>> No, Microsoft did not remove MS Outlook Express; but, depending upon what
>> application you have installed, it may have been hidden. I don't think
>> that MS Outlook does anything like that, though, so I am unclear about
>> why you are asking in an MSOL group. Tell us more...

> Yes, Outlook does tend to hide Outlook Express. Even if OE is chosen as the
> default application for mail (and for newsgroups), updates for Outlook (such
> as those in yesterday's "2nd Tuesday in the month" batch) tend to make
> Outlook the default application. One then has to start Outlook Express
> separately (so it is useful to include it specifically in the Start menu),
> and reaffirm that it should be the default.

Changing the defaults is one thing, hiding it is another. AFAIK, MSOL does
not mark 'msimn.exe' as a hidden file, as another application does, so it
won't show up in a search.

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Brian Tillman - 13 Dec 2007 13:35 GMT

> I know this may sound silly, but I want my old outlook express back!
> I have Windows XP Media and today when I turned on my computer, it
> was gone!! This happened once before and I was able to locate it and
> click it back on....but not this time! Did Microsoft remove it? and
> why? please help!

You're in the wrong newsgroup. Outlook Express questions go in
microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

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