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Scott, I'm not an Outlook expert. Most of the Outlook experts hang

Changed view between category and classic large icon layout, no Mail icon. Typed in Mail in COntrol Panel search box, Mail option does not come up, only has the suggestion to download Windows Live Mail. They have 2 Windows 7 machines, both installed the same way, the main PC has NO mail icon, but the other PC does and it works fine. Blank icon with no name in Control Panel My Start Menu is set to display the Control Panel as a menu. At the top of the list is an item with no icon or name. Clicking it does nothing. I cant even create a shortcut of it. How can I remove this item? (Please see attached pic of the problem) General Discussion: RE: Troubleshooting icon in Control.

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out in the microsoft.public.outlook.general newsgroup, so you will
get more help by posting there. I am crossposting this to that newsgroup.

Gary VanderMolen

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'Scott' <Sc...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7349B67B-A58F-4F08-A72D-DCFCBA2D711C@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your message Gary. I'm using vista ultimate, office 2003 pro, and
> even after I install outlook there is no mail icon. My problems initially
> started when I downloaded the outlook connector beta. In order to properly
> set that up, I need the mail icon in the control panel (which I don't have).
> I tried to set it up anyway, it didn't work, and then outlook completely
> stopped working, which is why I initially called microsoft. They spent quite
> some time trying to 'restore' the mail icon, including renaming mapi.dll
> files and other things - nothing worked. So I tried to restore the system to
> an earlier time, but that didn't work. I ended up doing a complete format
> and system recovery to the original settings, but after installing outlook I
> still have no mail icon.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Scott
>
> 'Gary VanderMolen' wrote:
>
>> The Mail icon will appear in Control panel only if you have Outlook installed.
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen
>>
>> 'Cal Bear '66' <x...@xxx.org> wrote in message news:11129455-488A-40BB-9D85-A62DF344FF8E@microsoft.com...
>> > No Mail or Windows Mail icon in my Vista Ultimate x86 Control Panel.
>> >
>> > --
>> > I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> > GO BEARS!
>> >
>> >
>> > 'Scott' <Sc...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:674FCC14-4976-4825-A8E1-A11D035EE268@microsoft.com...
>> >> Anyone -
>> >>
>> >> I'm desperate for help (after spending 3 hours 41 minutes straight on the
>> >> phone with someone from microsoft support and no results). I'm using vista
>> >> ultimate and office 2003 pro.
>> >>
>> >> Apparently in Vista, there is supposed to be a mail icon in the control
>> >> panel. However, there wasn't one in mine so the microsoft support guy tried
>> >> to get it to reappear. I eventually gave up and did a complete system
>> >> recovery yesterday, but there is still no mail icon.
>> >>
>> >> Can somebody please tell me where the mail icon should be and what it is
>> >> for? Also, I would really appreciate any suggestions about how to get it to
>> >> appear or find it.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for your time.
>> >>
>> >> Scott

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