"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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This is the most common question in this group and the solution is
simple.
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.


But the OP said that they *were* selecting news somehow (but not
mentioned how). So I did not assume the News menu item was gone.
Somehow the OP was trying to get to newsgroups from Outlook. He didn't
report the inability to find a news function in Outlook. He said that
some "directory" had opened (maybe in Outlook as a folder, maybe in
Explorer). If the OP had no News item in Outlook, that would've been
reported. Instead the News item *was* there for the OP to try but the
results were not as expected.

If the News object in Outlook is corrupted (i.e., perhaps pointing to
the wrong file or place), is opening a directory to "1030", whatever
that means to the OP, the usual result? My guess was that whatever
function was defined for the News menu item was within some file under
one of the 1033 (not 1030) folders under the C:\Program Files (for
Office or maybe under Common Files) that specifies what action or
program to run when that News object was called in Outlook but that
Outlook couldn't find the file and maybe was opening Explorer to some
path.

It seems, to me, that the OP actually did have a News item to use (i.e.,
it was there) but that its effect was screwed up (i.e., opening a folder
in Explorer rather than loading OE). "i try to open news in Outlook"
doesn't look like the News item is missing but then it is too vague
since it never really mentions HOW the user is trying to get to
newsgroups from within Outlook. "it [Outlook presumably] simply
opens a directory called 1030" but Outlook doesn't open directories so
"it" is something else, like Explorer showing a path to some directory.

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