Microsoft KB Archive/174243

= OL97: Outlook Bar is Missing when Starting in Another Folder =

Article ID: 174243

Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q174243





SYMPTOMS
When you start Microsoft Outlook 97 with a command-line switch to open in a folder other than the default, the Outlook Bar does not display.



CAUSE
When you use a command-line switch to open a specific folder within Outlook, the View Outlook Bar command defaults to off. Outlook does not provide a command-line switch to control the View Outlook Bar command.



RESOLUTION
Use one of the following methods to display the Outlook Bar:

Method 1
After starting Outlook, on the View menu, click Outlook Bar.

Method 2
After starting Outlook, press ALT+V, then press the O key.



Steps to Reproduce Problem
To start Outlook directly in a folder named Other Folder:  Click Start, then click Run. Type,

OUTLOOK.EXE /select "Outlook:\\My_PST\Other Folder"

and then click OK.

NOTE: Do not delete the quotation marks. Substitute the name of your Personal Folder for "My_PST" in the example above.

Additional query words: icons appear missing

Keywords: kbprb KB174243

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