Outlook Problem

Question

Right off the bat, this is going to be kind of long.  I have a dimension with Outlook installed.  Outlook works fine by itself, however, there is some sort of problem in terms of some other programs accessing it.  From the start I was never able to open Outlook from Internet Explorer by using the read mail icon in the menu bar.  I always have to open Outlook from the start menu or desktop to check my mail.  However, if I am selecting a link on a webpage to send an e-mail to someone it will open a outlook e-mail window in that case.  I looked under Internet Options in Explorer to make sure that outlook is the default program for mail and it is, however, Outlook is not an option for the default program for the calander or contact information.  I have had this computer for two years and never paid much attention to the problem because I could always just open Outlook manually to use it.  It was an extra step from Explorer but nothing to get too excited about.    Now the real problem.  I got an Axim for Christmas so I could keep track of appointments and contacts.  I set it up to sync with my computer and it seems to sync just fine except it does not get any information from access such as contacts, appointments, e-mails, etc...   I called the Axim support line and we went through several items on the Axis and came to the conclusion that something is wrong with Outlook.  He tried a help a little with Outlook but said he cannot offer much assistance since he is in the PDA support department.  My service contract on the Dimension is expired and I am usually able to trouble shoot any problems that come up so really don't want to pay $100 to fix this problem if I don't have to.  I am not sure but it seems like the Axis problem I am having and the fact that Outlook acted quircky from the start could very well be related.   Any ideas what could be going on here?  Thanks for any help anyone can offer.   Matt Message Edited by snmhanson on 01-01-2006 05:08 PM

Augie65 · Answer

Open Outlook and select Help from the menu bar. On the drop down select Detect and Repair. See if that repairs Outlook.

snmhanson · Answer

I ran the detect and repair routine and it seems to have gotten everything working correctly.  Thank-you very much for the suggestion, I would have never found that out myself.  Now if someone can only explain why none of my mp3 files show up in Mobile Media Player and I have to access them directly from the file explorer to play any of them...

BBraxton · Answer

I read the Axim forum(s) a lot so I hope you have posted this new question there. Also, have you tried http://www.aximsite.com ?

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