How to add the Outlook 2003 icon back to the desktop

Take the text below and either add it manually to the registry or place it into a text file and save it as outlook_fix.reg. Then double click the outlook_fix.reg file and add it to the registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]@="3" 

Next either reboot Windows or select an icon on the desktop and hit the F5 key.

Your new Outlook 2003 icon should now be on the desktop.

 

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