Legacy Update: Get back online, activate, and install updates on your legacy Windows PC

If you have both the Inbox icon and the Microsoft Outlook® shortcut on your desktop, but want only one icon that starts Outlook, use this Inbox Icon for Outlook Utility.

This file also comes with Microsoft Office 97 and the Office 97 applications, in the Valupack folder on the CD. If you have both the Inbox icon and the Microsoft Outlook® shortcut on your desktop, but want only one icon that starts Outlook, use the Outlook 97 Inbox Icon utility. It transforms the Inbox icon (installed by Windows 95 or Microsoft Exchange, also called Windows Messaging System) to the Microsoft Outlook icon. You can use this updated icon to start Outlook and delete the Microsoft Outlook shortcut icon on your desktop.

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to June 2012.

Supported operating systems: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT

• This download works with the following Office applications:
• Outlook 98

To install this download

1. You may want to print this page to use as a reference when you are offline.
2. Download the file from this page by clicking the Download link above and following the instructions in the dialog boxes.
3. Double-click the chnginbx.exe program file on your hard disk to start the Setup program.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

Restart your computer. That will refresh icon and the desktop. Then you can delete or move the Microsoft Outlook icon off of your desktop.

To remove this download:

There is no Uninstall utility on this update. The files installed will become an integral part of your operating system, and cannot be removed without risking damage to your operating system.