Comments on: Outlook 2003 Not Listed in Default Programs

By: Paul Walker

Paul Walker — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:35:57 +0000

Ramesh,

I have Outlook installed in D:/Microsoft Office/Office 11/

I ran the fix changing the the Server to install mode but the software reports it is unable to locate outlook.exe.

Paul,

By: Paul Walker

Paul Walker — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:57:48 +0000

Ramesh,

Can I ask you to eith post or email what registry keys are affected by this tool. I have the issue but it is on a Citrix Server installation on Win 2008 Standard server 32bit OS. I need to backup the keys in case the fix does not work.

Paul,

By: Win007

Win007 — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:27:32 +0000

the OL2003fix tool worked perfect……. now found outlook in list of programs, set as default

By: Ramesh Srinivasan

Ramesh Srinivasan — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:19:16 +0000

@niced00d: It’s a false-positive. Some AV programs report so, if the exe is compressed using UPX. BTW I wrote the program.

By: niced00d

niced00d — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:06:51 +0000

my avg av detects this as a virus is it come from where? who makes it?

By: mrg

mrg — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:21:03 +0000

This tool did not work for me. I think it looks only at the C drive default install location. It could not find the location of my Office 2003 since I installed it to a different physical drive.

How can I manually include outlook into the default programs list ?

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:16:22 +0000

I had to come put in another comment. I was wrong. This actually DID work for me.

Thanks

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:27:24 +0000

Excellent! After trying various other advice found on the Net to get Outlook 2003 to appear in the in the Default Programs list in Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit and Microsoft telling me Outlook 2003 is not compatible with Windows 7, someone recommended this Outlook fix program and it did the job in the blink of an eye!

One suggestion to you all at Win Help Online: I recommend you change the Readme file info to say that this works on Windows 7 (not just Vista!).

By: Ralph

Ralph — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:47:49 +0000

Brilliant! We were tearing our hair out over this one (along with many others on numerous forums…) – repairing and even reinstalling Outlook did not help.

Running OL2003fix fixed the problem on our windows 7 64-bit machine.

Many thanks for posting.

By: bill healy

bill healy — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:56:17 +0000

I recognize that it has been over three years since your reply, but I have to say thanks so much to yourself and people like you. It is tremendously helpful and timesaving when someone else not only does the footwork, but posts it online for others. So many times, people think I am a genius for fixing their problems, when it is me sharing the hard work of others. Thanks for your hard work.