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Outlook 2002: disable help drop-down

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by desktop jinx 1 view

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I just started using Outlook 2002.
There's an obnoxious drop-down affixed to the right side of the menu bar listing recent Help queries. I want to turn it off. It makes me angry.

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by rawle

Hello There:

At the bottom of the "obnoxious drop-down" uncheck the option "Show at startup". This should disable the option

Hope it helps.

by desktop jinx

There is no checkbox at the bottom of the drop-down. It only contains the obscenities I typed at the paper clip after failing to find anything useful in Help.

by delfeye

If you are talking about the box at the end of the Menu Bar, then you need to right-click on a toolbar/menubar and choose Customize. Then, right-click on the offending dropdown and uncheck the choice "Show Ask a Question Box."

by desktop jinx

"Then right-click on the offending dropdown and uncheck the choice 'Show Ask a Question Box'" -- the offending dropdown is not listed and there's no such checkbox anywhere.

by delfeye

D J,

Not sure, but I think you misunderstood. After you right-click on the toolbar area and choose customize, a dialog box opens up. With that box open go back up to the "actual" dropdown menu you want to eliminate and right-click on it. Then youcan de-select it.

If this is not what you are looking for I am sorry for wasting your time.

by desktop jinx

Aha. That was unintuitive for someone used to modal settings dialogs in Microsoft applications. I should have simply followed your instructions to the letter instead of interpreting them with my experience. :) The offending dropdown is banished and I am now wiser. Thank you.

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