I installed Office 2010 Beta and was not surprised to find that if I accessed 
my old Outlook 2003 I got the message "Outlook is not currently your default 
program for E-mail......", presumably because of the conflict with Outlook 
2010.

I have now uninstalled the entire Office 2010 Beta installation, but the 
message will not go away.  The message ends "Would you like to make it the 
default program?", to which I answer Yes - but the same thing happens every 
time I access Outlook.  I have ensured that the Default Programs (I am 
running Vista) is correctly set to Custom installation, with Outlook as the 
default program.

What do I have to do to make Outlook 2003 think it is the default email 
program?

Have you tried Help, Detect and Repair? (inside Outlook)

Rattlingroger wrote:
> I installed Office 2010 Beta and was not surprised to find that if I accessed 
> my old Outlook 2003 I got the message "Outlook is not currently your default 
> program for E-mail......", presumably because of the conflict with Outlook 
> 2010.
> 
> I have now uninstalled the entire Office 2010 Beta installation, but the 
> message will not go away.  The message ends "Would you like to make it the 
> default program?", to which I answer Yes - but the same thing happens every 
> time I access Outlook.  I have ensured that the Default Programs (I am 
> running Vista) is correctly set to Custom installation, with Outlook as the 
> default program.
> 
> What do I have to do to make Outlook 2003 think it is the default email 
> program?

Excellent - that did it.  I did not know of the existence of the Repair 
function!  Many thanks.

The uninstallation of Office 2010 Beta has left a number of files under the 
folders "Microsoft Office/Office12 & 1033".  Fortunately I have a custom 
installation of the 2003 suite under a folder named "Microsoft Office 2003", 
so the 2010 Beta did not overwrite it.  Should I delete the remaining 2010 
folders?

"Bob I" wrote:

> Have you tried Help, Detect and Repair? (inside Outlook)
> 
> Rattlingroger wrote:
> > I installed Office 2010 Beta and was not surprised to find that if I accessed 
> > my old Outlook 2003 I got the message "Outlook is not currently your default 
> > program for E-mail......", presumably because of the conflict with Outlook 
> > 2010.
> > 
> > I have now uninstalled the entire Office 2010 Beta installation, but the 
> > message will not go away.  The message ends "Would you like to make it the 
> > default program?", to which I answer Yes - but the same thing happens every 
> > time I access Outlook.  I have ensured that the Default Programs (I am 
> > running Vista) is correctly set to Custom installation, with Outlook as the 
> > default program.
> > 
> > What do I have to do to make Outlook 2003 think it is the default email 
> > program?
> 
> .
> 

Humm, Office12 would be Office 2007 not 2010. Perhaps you are mistaken 
about where that folder came from?

Rattlingroger wrote:
> Excellent - that did it.  I did not know of the existence of the Repair 
> function!  Many thanks.
> 
> The uninstallation of Office 2010 Beta has left a number of files under the 
> folders "Microsoft Office/Office12 & 1033".  Fortunately I have a custom 
> installation of the 2003 suite under a folder named "Microsoft Office 2003", 
> so the 2010 Beta did not overwrite it.  Should I delete the remaining 2010 
> folders?
> 
> "Bob I" wrote:
> 
> 
>>Have you tried Help, Detect and Repair? (inside Outlook)
>>
>>Rattlingroger wrote:
>>
>>>I installed Office 2010 Beta and was not surprised to find that if I accessed 
>>>my old Outlook 2003 I got the message "Outlook is not currently your default 
>>>program for E-mail......", presumably because of the conflict with Outlook 
>>>2010.
>>>
>>>I have now uninstalled the entire Office 2010 Beta installation, but the 
>>>message will not go away.  The message ends "Would you like to make it the 
>>>default program?", to which I answer Yes - but the same thing happens every 
>>>time I access Outlook.  I have ensured that the Default Programs (I am 
>>>running Vista) is correctly set to Custom installation, with Outlook as the 
>>>default program.
>>>
>>>What do I have to do to make Outlook 2003 think it is the default email 
>>>program?
>>
>>.
>>

Perhaps you are right.  The computer came with a trial copy of Office 2007, 
which I I uninstalled, presumably not completely.  Should I delete the 
folders?

"Bob I" wrote:

> Humm, Office12 would be Office 2007 not 2010. Perhaps you are mistaken 
> about where that folder came from?
> 
> Rattlingroger wrote:
> > Excellent - that did it.  I did not know of the existence of the Repair 
> > function!  Many thanks.
> > 
> > The uninstallation of Office 2010 Beta has left a number of files under the 
> > folders "Microsoft Office/Office12 & 1033".  Fortunately I have a custom 
> > installation of the 2003 suite under a folder named "Microsoft Office 2003", 
> > so the 2010 Beta did not overwrite it.  Should I delete the remaining 2010 
> > folders?
> > 
> > "Bob I" wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Have you tried Help, Detect and Repair? (inside Outlook)
> >>
> >>Rattlingroger wrote:
> >>
> >>>I installed Office 2010 Beta and was not surprised to find that if I accessed 
> >>>my old Outlook 2003 I got the message "Outlook is not currently your default 
> >>>program for E-mail......", presumably because of the conflict with Outlook 
> >>>2010.
> >>>
> >>>I have now uninstalled the entire Office 2010 Beta installation, but the 
> >>>message will not go away.  The message ends "Would you like to make it the 
> >>>default program?", to which I answer Yes - but the same thing happens every 
> >>>time I access Outlook.  I have ensured that the Default Programs (I am 
> >>>running Vista) is correctly set to Custom installation, with Outlook as the 
> >>>default program.
> >>>
> >>>What do I have to do to make Outlook 2003 think it is the default email 
> >>>program?
> >>
> >>.
> >>
> 
> .
> 

Ah, that would make sense. I suggest deleting them to the Recycle Bin 
first and observe for any untoward results for a period of time before 
emptying the the Bin.

Rattlingroger wrote:
> Perhaps you are right.  The computer came with a trial copy of Office 2007, 
> which I I uninstalled, presumably not completely.  Should I delete the 
> folders?
> 
> "Bob I" wrote:
> 
> 
>>Humm, Office12 would be Office 2007 not 2010. Perhaps you are mistaken 
>>about where that folder came from?
>>
>>Rattlingroger wrote:
>>
>>>Excellent - that did it.  I did not know of the existence of the Repair 
>>>function!  Many thanks.
>>>
>>>The uninstallation of Office 2010 Beta has left a number of files under the 
>>>folders "Microsoft Office/Office12 & 1033".  Fortunately I have a custom 
>>>installation of the 2003 suite under a folder named "Microsoft Office 2003", 
>>>so the 2010 Beta did not overwrite it.  Should I delete the remaining 2010 
>>>folders?
>>>
>>>"Bob I" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Have you tried Help, Detect and Repair? (inside Outlook)
>>>>
>>>>Rattlingroger wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I installed Office 2010 Beta and was not surprised to find that if I accessed 
>>>>>my old Outlook 2003 I got the message "Outlook is not currently your default 
>>>>>program for E-mail......", presumably because of the conflict with Outlook 
>>>>>2010.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have now uninstalled the entire Office 2010 Beta installation, but the 
>>>>>message will not go away.  The message ends "Would you like to make it the 
>>>>>default program?", to which I answer Yes - but the same thing happens every 
>>>>>time I access Outlook.  I have ensured that the Default Programs (I am 
>>>>>running Vista) is correctly set to Custom installation, with Outlook as the 
>>>>>default program.
>>>>>
>>>>>What do I have to do to make Outlook 2003 think it is the default email 
>>>>>program?
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>.
>>