> > Vic just reminded me that you could also make a shortcut to do this and > put a new icon on your desktop...so, if you use this icon instead of the > default Outlook icon, this would open Outlook with all preview panes > closed with one click Tell me to go away with this if I'm giving you a headache :) ... what happens when I'm working in outlook... leave the preview open.. visit another folder .. get more emails.. and oops I actually remember leaving it open.. and to close the damm thing I have go into the folder?... I have got used to working this way it's second nature that I click preview closed when I'm in another folder before going to say inbox where I know new emails have come in ... which I may leave open.. and lots of other folders... I'm afraid I could not get used to remembering.. I can forgot to do it now.. never when I've had a virus alert though.. I go look for it to make a rule to delete from server for future emails... and delete it out of oe. I don't think I'm going to get around this... but it's been very interesting learning more about this... and I'm glad these new tips came to light:).... I think what I shall do is uninstall outlook.. .then reinstall it.. so that it's fresh... then put all my oe emails in it....(that should be fun!) Then upgrade to ie6 oe6 ... and start with a fresh oe ...and make new folders (though keep my blocked rules I think in all this there was info to do that.. .(i'm overload ) .... For me that's the best solution:) Thanks very very much for all the hard work on this one Linda:) It's helped me make a very informed choice... and actually I can still use some of the features of outlook and have it as a 'storeroom'. Tina ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************