Milly, I tried your suggestion but got into an awful mess, it did not work;
The default newsreader in Internet Exp;lorer was already Outlook Express and
it is NOT the default newsreader.
I dragged the Outlook Express shortcut icon into the folder "News" in
Outlook and the system crashed. I had to reinstall Office 2003.
Now to get to the newsgroups I go to Outlook, then News, then open the
folder 1033 and then click on the Outlook Express shortcut icon in that
folder.
I suppose I could drag the shortcut for Outlook Express back onto my desktop
but am worried in case it crashes again.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote in message
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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.

By the way, you can subscribe directly to the Microsoft news groups using
msnews.microsoft.com for the server - no authentication required.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Stewart asked:

| Until 3 weeks ago I could access Outlook Express and so these
| newsgroups through the news command in Outlook.
| It is Outlook that I use for my emails etc..
| Without warning Wanadoo disconnected their server to the newsgroups
| and left us with none so I had to use an independent. I am now with
| 2CO.COM operating through Outlook Express but this time as a shortcut
| on my desktop. I want to restore access to Outlook Express through
| Outlook but am unable to do so.
| When Wanadoo disconnected; my news folder in Outlook changed to
| folder 1033 and it has nothing at all to do with newsgroups, it even
| contains links to autoroute etc..
| Internet Explorer is properly set up to access Outlook Express as the
| newsgroup reader.
| In Outlook when I try to go from Tools to Customise and so to the
| Command setting and News I find that there is no News item in the
| folder so I cannot change it that way.
| Does anyone know how I can reconnect Outlook Express as the newsreader
| through "News" in Outlook?
| Thank you.