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Friday, August 10, 2012

Outlook Won't Select Text

Mouse won’t select text in outlook 2007

Mouse does not select or highlight text in outlook. This is common problem and many users suffer. I had this issue couple of days back and I spend many hours surfing net and found solution this problem. To solve this problem you will have two options. Either reinstall office product or delete one of the registry. I am sure you like to go with the option 2. First of all click on start and click on RUN In RUN type regedit and press OK It will open Registry editor. In registry expand HKEY_Current_USER  Software  Microsoft  Office  12.0  word Now under Word you will see DATA folder. Right click on Data folder and click on delete.
Once this registery key is deleted. Reboot your computer I know this is word key but in Microsoft there is always Magic…. Now open outlook and you should be able to select text within email. Please leave comments if this solve your problem. This will help others. Cheers.

10 comments:

  1. Thanks I will try this! I will reboot so might night find this page again but at least I have something to try!
    I knew this was a bug because I didn't change any setting myself!
    Thanks!

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  2. Try this. I am sure it will solve problem outlook issue. Cheers

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  3. I had same issue i was not able to select or copy and cut text in outlook message body. after couple of hours spending on google i came across your site. I tried and delete and it worked like champ. Thank you so much. really appreciated. Strange though.

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  4. Agreed, I had the same problem, and followed the steps, and it works fine. I skipped the re-start step as well, because IDGAF!! (: But seriously, thanks for the advices, and have a great day.

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  5. it worked... Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  7. This worked for me with Outlook 2013 and Windows 10!!

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  8. Tied other fixes but no good. This fix worked perfectly. Many thanks. Brian

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  9. I admit, I was skeptical, but this did it for me. I'm using Office 365, so I deleted the Data folder in Office/16.0. I've been living with this problem for years. Thank you!

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    1. Well darn, I guess I spoke to soon. After using Outlook for an hour or two the problem resurfaces. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted!

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