Thanks.
1. What is a full version of Outlook? The install disk should allow me to
load that version.
2. I tried the "/resetfolders" switch. It did not appear to do anything that
I noticed.
3. I did not try the /Unregservers and /Regserver switches. Could they help
in some way?
4. I used the Inbox Repair Tool, Scanpst.exe on my Outlook.pst file. The
results were as follows:
No effors found in this file.
Folders found in this file: 26
Items found in this file: 673
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John F. Passafiume, Colonel, USA Retired
AKA Colonel Flagg
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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Unfortunately, most of the options we would use to correct a corrupt
connection to your Outlook Data File are not available to us because you
are not using a full version of Outlook.
Try checking your Outlook Data File for errors using the Inbox Repair
Tool.
Try starting Outlook once with the /resetfolders command line switch. This
switch (and a few other really helpful ones) are discussed he
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q156/9/82.asp
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Passafiume" wrote in message
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Wish I could recall how I did the reinstall. As I said earlier, or at
least I think I said, all I did was reinstall Outlook from the
instatllation disk. I would be happy to do that again, hopefully
correctly, so that I can stop spending so much time spinning my wheels.
If I have to reenter all of my contacts, so be it. This situation is not
any good. Thanks for your help.
Understand about the contact folders and have got that part working up to
a point, but calendar is non-functional and worthless. The PIM feature is
very useful to me and I would like to get it working.
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John F. Passafiume, Colonel, USA Retired
AKA Colonel Flagg
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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In no version of Outlook should you ever have used the address book for
data entry or editing. Now you see why. You completely lose track of
where that data goes or whether you have even saved it. There is no
address book in Outlook. All data is stored in Contact Folders. Use
Folder List view to see how many Contact Folders you now have,
consolidate them if you have more than one, and use only that Contact
Folder for data entry.
You've obviously created some serious problems with the connection to
your Outlook Data File when you reinstalled Outlook. We can't solve them
until you answer my question about how you did that.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Passafiume" wrote in message
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Thanks for your expeditious response to my query.
This is from help/about:
Microsoft Outlook 2000 SR-1 (9.0.0.3821)
Internet Mail Only
Don't recall being given any options when I installed Outlook. Ditto in
re address book.
Pretty sure I was able to make changes to address book entries in
previous version of Outlook I had been using (probably Office 97 to my
best recollection). If I have to reinstall Outlook, that is no problem.
I really have gotten used to the calendar and it hurts not to be able
to use it.
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"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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You never use the address book to make entries. It is merely a view of
your Contact Folders.
All Contact data resides is the Contacts Folders and that is the only
place you should enter or edit data.
Provide more detail on your version (include the mail support mode:
Line 2 of Help | About if you don't know). State how you configured
your Outlook data file in this installation and how you configured
your address book.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Passafiume" wrote in message
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I have recently installed Windows XP w/SP1 as well as Office 2000. I
am using Outlook as my email client and like it having used it before
when I was using Outlook under Windows Me. When I installed XP, I also
reinstalled Office 2000. Email worked fine with no glitches. But am
having problems:
(1) When I try to place a new ently in the address book, I find that
Outlook has remembered all of my all email friends names, but
"forgot" all of the addresses. When I go to address book and click on
name to edit, the system appears to work, allowing me to make entries
such as email address, phone, etc. But when I go back to address book
after having saved info, nothing but the original name is there --
all the new stuff is gone.When I get an email and right click on the
senders address to add a contact, that works fine. This doesn't make
sense.
(2) When I add the new contact as above, I am hounded with reminders
about contacting that person. How do I get rid of or edit reminders?
Have tried to turn off and it doesn't work.
(3) Cannot add meetings, appointments, etc. to calendar. System lets
me make entries and than calendar shows nothing.
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John F. Passafiume, Colonel, USA Retired
AKA Colonel Flagg