Microsoft KB Archive/218353

= OL2000: Outlook Desktop Icon Cannot Locate Outlook.exe on First Run =

Article ID: 218353

Article Last Modified on 10/8/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q218353



SYMPTOMS
After running the Windows installer for Microsoft Office 2000, you double-click the Outlook icon on the Desktop and receive the following error:

Windows Cannot Find OUTLOOK.EXE This program is needed for opening files of type 'Microsoft Outlook' Location of Outlook.exe

Your choices are OK, Locate, and Cancel.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if an element in the path you specified for your Office installation contained a single percent sign (%) character.



RESOLUTION
Open Outlook from either the Start menu or Windows Explorer. Once it runs correctly using this method, the shortcut on the Desktop should function as expected.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
The percent sign (%) is valid for specifying environment variables, but these variables should be surrounded by two percent signs.

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB218353

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