In control panel there is no mail icon, help

[nehal_serpa]

Hello,

I have installed Office 2007, then I went to control panel but there is no mail icon in it. I have created profiles by using the /profile switch after the outlook executable but this is not pleasant. I have set up 3 windows vista machines so far this is the first with an issue. Is there a way to creat the shortcut like mail.msc or some such thing?
Thank you in advance.

[EINSTEIN_007]

See suggestions given in similar kinda threads: Missing "Mail" icon in Control Panel
http://forums.techarena.in/vista-help/1113669.htm
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Mail Icon in Control Panel

[Viceman]

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
1. Make sure that the following Control Panel file exists and that it works as expected:
Drive:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\System\MSMAPI\1033\mlcfg3 2.cpl

2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.

3. Locate the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\MMCPL

4. Make sure that the mlcfg32.cpl registry entry exists. Additionally, make sure that its value is set as follows:
Drive:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\System\MSMAPI\1033\mlcfg3 2.cpl
If the mlcfg32.cpl registry entry does not exist, you must create it. To do this, follow these steps:
Right-click the MMCPL registry subkey, point to New, and then click String Value.
Type mlcfg32.cpl as the name of the registry entry.
Double-click the mlcfg32.cpl registry entry, type Drive:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\System\MSMAPI\1033\mlcfg3 2.cpl in the Value Data box, and then click OK.

5. Exit Registry Editor, and then open Control Panel. The Mail icon is displayed as expected.

[Zachary]

To get to the Mail icon choose;
Start-> Control Panel-> Additional Options-> View 32-bit Control Panel Items-> Mail

If you have Outlook pinned to the top of your Start Menu there is a much shorter way to reach it;
Start-> right click on the Outlook icon-> Properties