AIM & Outlook Express

[beverage]

Did a quick search, didn't see anything about this, so here goes:

I have AOL Instant Messanger version 5.13036 and Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1123


Well the fine people at AOL have seen fit to do the following things:

a) Open AIM whenever I open Outlook (if AIM is not already open)
b) Put all of the people on my buddy list into the contacts section of Outlook Express

I hate both of these things. I can't seem to find an easy way to stop this in either the AIM or Outlook options menus, can anyone help me stop these things from happening?!

 

[Reliant]

The only way I could get that to stop was to uninstall AIM and then reinstall it.
For some reason it broke the connection between the two.

 

[igowerf]

Go into AIM preferences, click on Sign On/Off and uncheck the "Make AIM my default instant messaging program".

 

[beverage]

Originally posted by: igowerf
Go into AIM preferences, click on Sign On/Off and uncheck the "Make AIM my default instant messaging program".

THANKS! that did it, no more pointless buddy names mixed in with my important email addresses.