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Backup and restore Categories

Roady [MVP] — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:07:59 +0000

I've created a list of Categories in Outlook which I don't like to lose so I thought about backing them up. Unfortunately I couldn't find an export/import option for this. How do I backup my Categories and, if possible; can I also copy or restore them to another mail profile?

Meeting request holds no details for receiver

Roady [MVP] — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:34:54 +0000

I've sent out a meeting request but some recipients complained that the message was empty. I know that at least one of them is not using Outlook but Mozilla Thunderbird. I use Outlook 2010 myself. Is there anything I can do to solve this other than sending out regular email messages with the meeting details instead of actual meeting requests?

Permanently delete from pst-file and Compact Now

Roady [MVP] — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:58:00 +0000

I know that when I permanently delete something from Outlook (so also from the Deleted Items folder), it will still not be deleted directly and my pst-file won't become smaller unless I run Compact Now. Until then or until it gets overwritten, the data is still stored within the pst-file and thus recoverable as you described here.

I'd prefer the deleted items to be really gone and free up space directly. For this I now manually run Compact Now a couple of times per week.

Can I configure Outlook that it will always automatically compact the pst-file whenever I delete something?

Internet images not being downloaded in emails

Roady [MVP] — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:24:53 +0000

I've received a message with images in it which are located on the Internet. Outlook blocks these images from being downloaded, but even when I tell Outlook to download the images they will not show. I've completely disabled the picture blocking feature in Trust Center-> Automatic Download now and they still don't download and only show the infamous broken image icon with a red X. This applies to all the emails that I get with Internet images from different senders so I know it is not an issue with how the message was composed or that the images are no longer available on the web server. How can I get Outlook to download these images?

Disable automatic account selection in Outlook 2010

Roady [MVP] — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:50:11 +0000

I have mutlipe accounts configured in Outlook 2010. When I create a new message, it automatically selects the sending account based on the folder that I'm currently in instead of using the default configured account. Is there any way to disable this?

Outlook 2010 and large ost-files

Roady [MVP] — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:05:05 +0000

I'm using Outlook 2010 and I've noticed that my ost-file for my Exchange account is much (much!) larger than it was when I was still using Outlook 2007. Aside from my own mailbox, I also have the mailbox of my manager and a colleague added to Outlook as I am a delegate for them. It appears that Outlook 2010 fully caches these mailboxes now as well and not just the Calendar and Contacts. Can I change Outlook 2010's caching behavior back to the behavior of Outlook 2007?

Crash or no sound for Reminders window

Roady [MVP] — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:42:35 +0000

Whenever a reminder fires, the Reminders window comes up and Outlook crashes.

I've already tried
starting Outlook with the /cleanreminders switch
and
checked my pst-file for errors with scanpst.exe
but the crash still happens whenever the Reminder window comes up.

What else can I try to fix this?

Prevent Signature inclusion on Templates and Forms

Roady [MVP] — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:04:16 +0000

I have a message template (oft-file) which already contains a custom signature to match the template. However, each time that I create a new message based upon that template, my default signature also gets added. Is there any way to prevent my default signature from being added when using templates?

Archive based on Received instead of Modified date

Roady [MVP] — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:45:00 +0000

A common question regarding the Archive and AutoArchive function has been; "How can I archive based on the Received date instead of the Modified date?" The answer used to be; "You can't." This answer is now no longer true for Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 as you can now also archive based on the Received date thanks to an update for Outlook 2007 and a Hotfix for Outlook 2010.

Signature with Internet image and hyperlink

Roady [MVP] — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:45:00 +0000

I have a picture of myself located on the Internet which I want to add to my Signature. As I will regularly replace this picture with a newer one, I want it to automatically update in my Signature as well. In addition, I want the image to point to my website when people click on it. How can I set up such a dynamic signature image in Outlook?

View or change the Office or Outlook Product Key

Roady [MVP] — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:00:00 +0000

I've got several licenses for Office and Outlook but I'm not sure which one which ones I've used and which ones are free. How can I find out which license I've used for which computer and how can I change the key if needed?

Cannot connect to or resolve name Exchange server

Roady [MVP] — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:47:36 +0000

We're using an Exchange server but several of our clients are having difficulties connecting to the Exchange server. I've tried recreating the mail profile but then it cannot find the Exchange server at all. Disabling the client's firewall didn't solve the issue either. Other users have no issues at all and I can ping the Exchange server from the troubled clients without issues as well. How can I reconnect these clients to Exchange?

Outlook 2010 and My Documents redirection

Roady [MVP] — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:07:00 +0000

Are you using Outlook 2010 and is your My Documents folder redirected to a network share? This is a must read then…

Don’t use Times New Roman as “fall back” font

Roady [MVP] — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:37:25 +0000

Several mail applications and web mail services do not actually specify a font when composing and sending a message in HTML format. So although the sender thinks that he/she is sending a message in the Arial format, it actually arrives in Times New Roman on my computer. This is of course because Outlook uses Times New Roman as the default font when none is specified. Is there any way that I can change this default font to something different than 12pt Times New Roman? For instance, 10pt Arial?

Out of memory when opening a pst-file

Roady [MVP] — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:51:58 +0000

I've got a fair amount of Personal Folder (pst-files) connected in Outlook and I wanted to add another one. When I tried, I got the following error;

"Out of memory or system resources. Close some windows or programs and try again."

My system has lots of memory (4GB) and still plenty of memory free but even after closing all other applications and restarting my computer, I still get the same error.

How can I open more pst-files?