OK, I've been a complete numpty!!

inmypocketnottheirs

I have accidentally gone and deleted Outlook from my PC. Have been doing some house keeping, and in the process of clearing out MS office as I only had a trial version, I have lost Outlook too.

Is there anyway I can restore with all the settings, or is it gone for good?

:beer:

PS. Just trying a system restore, fingers crossed!

Syman

inmypocketnottheirs wrote: »

I have accidentally gone and deleted Outlook from my PC. Have been doing some house keeping, and in the process of clearing out MS office as I only had a trial version, I have lost Outlook too.

Is there anyway I can restore with all the settings, or is it gone for good?

:beer:

you could try system restore.

then export your emails and personal bits to export into whatever you repalce it with.

billycasper_2

Hope the system restore works, if it doesnt then update to the latest version of internet explorer. outlook comes with internet explorer.
or
try
http://outlook--uk.com/?a=Download%20outlook%20express
good luck

macman

That is Outlook Express, not Outlook.

Eric_Pisch

was the outlook you where using part of the free trial? i suspect it was

full outlook is normally paid for separately or as part of an office bundle

billycasper_2

macman wrote: »

That is Outlook Express, not Outlook.

good point:eek:

inmypocketnottheirs

Thanks all :beer:.

The system restore did not work! :eek:

However, I have found a freebie, Office 2010 beta here, https://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx

fwor

It's not ~exactly~ a freebie. Hopefully you're aware that it will expire and stop working in October this year. You will then either have to pay for a full Office 2010 licence or find an alternative again.

Before taking that route, it may be worth exploring some of the excellent Open Source alternatives such as Thunderbird which - if you add the Lightning calendar add-on - look very similar to Outlook. Some of these alternatives have import utilities which allow you to import your existing Outlook mailbag and mailbox settings.

debitcardmayhem

fwor wrote: »

It's not ~exactly~ a freebie. Hopefully you're aware that it will expire and stop working in October this year. You will then either have to pay for a full Office 2010 licence or find an alternative again.

Before taking that route, it may be worth exploring some of the excellent Open Source alternatives such as Thunderbird which - if you add the Lightning calendar add-on - look very similar to Outlook. Some of these alternatives have import utilities which allow you to import your existing Outlook mailbag and mailbox settings.

Yeah use TB but you will probably have to use the office beta to get the original stuff back first to import .... maybe I am wrong .. but get TB in any case and go forward with it, I think it is the bees dangly bits

fwor

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Yeah use TB but you will probably have to use the office beta to get the original stuff back first to import .... maybe I am wrong .. but get TB in any case and go forward with it, I think it is the bees dangly bits

You may be right, but I vaguely remember doing almost exactly what the OP has done myself, and IIRC the MS Office uninstall process leaves the mailbag file intact and does not delete it.

However, from what I can recall from around 3 years ago, I don't ~think~ there is a direct import from Outlook to TB. But it would be worth looking at the TB ImportExportTools add-in to see if that now has anything that will help.

debitcardmayhem

fwor wrote: »

You may be right, but I vaguely remember doing almost exactly what the OP has done myself, and IIRC the MS Office uninstall process leaves the mailbag file intact and does not delete it.

However, from what I can recall from around 3 years ago, I don't ~think~ there is a direct import from Outlook to TB. But it would be worth looking at the TB ImportExportTools add-in to see if that now has anything that will help.

TB can import Outlook Express/Outlook/Eudora/LDIF+text etc, however tried on my PC which has MSO 2010 beta and says can't find address book, but I don't use Outlaw so I wonder if it is looking in the registry ? dunno any others might know but let OP and try first