Outlook has vanished!

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Been having trouble opening Outlook lately, if PC is left on for prolonged
period, without having to restart Windows (XP Home). Today the Outlook icon
has disappeared from the desktop replaced by a white icon that looks like a
sheet of paper. When I open properties under the shortcut tab I get the
message "this is not a valid shortcut". I cannot find Outlook anywhere,
either in Start/All Programs, or Documents and Settings/user/Desktop (here I
get the same white icon). Unfortunately the system restore on this PC has
been shut off for some time, so I can't go back to a restore point here. Any
ideas what may have happened? And how can I recover Outlook. This is my
parents PC and they bought it refurbished from someone who's conveniently
gone out of business.

Any help out there would be greatly appreciated.
 
On Dec 26, 10:33 am, Blammo <Bla...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Been having trouble opening Outlook lately, if PC is left on for prolonged
> period, without having to restart Windows (XP Home). Today the Outlook icon
> has disappeared from the desktop replaced by a white icon that looks like a
> sheet of paper. When I open properties  under the shortcut tab I get the
> message "this is not a valid shortcut". I cannot find Outlook anywhere,
> either in Start/All Programs, or Documents and Settings/user/Desktop (hereI
> get the same white icon). Unfortunately the system restore on this PC has
> been shut off for some time, so I can't go back to a restore point here. Any
> ideas what may have happened? And how can I recover Outlook.  This is my
> parents PC and they bought it refurbished from someone who's conveniently
> gone out of business.
>
> Any help out there would be greatly appreciated.

try going to the run command and typing outlook
 
This worked, Thank you. I can get into Outlook now through run, how can I
restore it to the desktop?

"wilscott1st@yahoo.com" wrote:

> On Dec 26, 10:33 am, Blammo <Bla...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Been having trouble opening Outlook lately, if PC is left on for prolonged
> > period, without having to restart Windows (XP Home). Today the Outlook icon
> > has disappeared from the desktop replaced by a white icon that looks like a
> > sheet of paper. When I open properties under the shortcut tab I get the
> > message "this is not a valid shortcut". I cannot find Outlook anywhere,
> > either in Start/All Programs, or Documents and Settings/user/Desktop (here I
> > get the same white icon). Unfortunately the system restore on this PC has
> > been shut off for some time, so I can't go back to a restore point here. Any
> > ideas what may have happened? And how can I recover Outlook. This is my
> > parents PC and they bought it refurbished from someone who's conveniently
> > gone out of business.
> >
> > Any help out there would be greatly appreciated.
>
> try going to the run command and typing outlook
>
 
On Dec 26, 1:10 pm, Blammo <Bla...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> This worked, Thank you. I can get into Outlook now through run, how can I
> restore it to the desktop?

Find OUTLOOK.EXE, in Program Files, right click it. SEND TO DESKTOP
or PIN TO START MENU
 
"Uncle Grumpy" wrote:

> On Dec 26, 1:10 pm, Blammo <Bla...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > This worked, Thank you. I can get into Outlook now through run, how can I
> > restore it to the desktop?
>
> Find OUTLOOK.EXE, in Program Files, right click it. SEND TO DESKTOP
> or PIN TO START MENU
> Got it. Thanks!
 
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