Thanks, Vic! What a difference a slash makes! LaShay --- vic <vaf@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm assuming you created a blank.msg and saved it in > the shellnew = > folder. > With that assumption, I suspect you typed the path > wrong: > It's not: > C:\\Windows\ShellNew\Blank.msg... > but > C:\Windows\ShellNew\Blank.msg > > Also, make sure Outlook is closed when you try it. > > vic > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WinTips-Tricks/ > > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: Virtual Executive=20 > To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 > Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 12:17 PM > Subject: [mso] Adding a "New Email Message" option > > > > Hello everyone, > > I followed the instructions of how to add a new > email > message entry to the new menu for Outlook 2000. =20 > > 1. Open a new email message > 2. File > Save As > Blank.msg (saved in SHELLNEW) > 3. Start > Run, type RegEdit, go to > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, > scroll down the .msg extension > 4. Right click .msg, click ShellNew > 5. ...Create a New String Value named FileName > 6. Double-click the FileName > icon...C:\\Windows\ShellNew\Blank.msg... > 7. click ok > > When I tested it, I received the following error > message: The file may not exist, you may not have > persmission ot open it, or it may be open in another > program. =20 > > Can someone tell me what I did wrong? > > LaShay > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Virtual Executive Services > Online and Offsite Assistance > LaShay Canady, President > http://www.virtualexecservices.com > mailto:lashay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 303-832-2740 (off.)/719-623-0573 (fax) > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > ************************************************************* > You are receiving this mail because you subscribed > to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = > or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To send mail to the group, simply address it to > mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to=20 > mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=3Dunsubscribe > > Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown > menu. This will = > also allow you to change your email settings to > digest or vacation (no = > mail). > //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso > > To be able to use the files section for sharing > files with the group, = > send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and > you will be sent an = > invitation with instructions. Once you are a member > of the files group, = > you can go here to upload/download files: > http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles > ************************************************************* > ************************************************************* > You are receiving this mail because you subscribed > to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or > MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To send mail to the group, simply address it to > mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe > > Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown > menu. This will also allow you to change your email > settings to digest or vacation (no mail). > //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso > > To be able to use the files section for sharing > files with the group, send a request to > mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an > invitation with instructions. Once you are a member > of the files group, you can go here to > upload/download files: > http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles > ************************************************************* ===== ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Virtual Executive Services Online and Offsite Assistance LaShay Canady, President http://www.virtualexecservices.com mailto:lashay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 303-832-2740 (off.)/719-623-0573 (fax) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************