The Tasks "To-Do List" was working, but now only shows "Cannot display the
folder" when I click the button.

I tried to "Repair" Outlook, but it didn't help.

Try resetting the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/resetview.htm

--
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"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
The Tasks "To-Do List" was working, but now only shows "Cannot display the
folder" when I click the button.

I tried to "Repair" Outlook, but it didn't help.

Didn't work using the "run outlook.exe /clean" command. Nothing was fixed or
changed.

Also, the "Task" view doesn't have menu items listed as methods for
resetting the few:
1. Browse the View menu to find the Customize command
2. Browse the View menu to find the Define views command

Neither of these commands are available in the View menu of the "Tasks" view.

Note that many people are having this same problem:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...6133&siteid=17


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Try resetting the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/resetview.htm

--
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"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
The Tasks "To-Do List" was working, but now only shows "Cannot display the
folder" when I click the button.

I tried to "Repair" Outlook, but it didn't help.

Did you try restarting outlook with the /resettodobar switch?

Turn on the Advanced toolbar - click in the To-do bar and see what view is
applied to the bar's list. It should be to-do list.

--
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"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
Didn't work using the "run outlook.exe /clean" command. Nothing was fixed
or
changed.

Also, the "Task" view doesn't have menu items listed as methods for
resetting the few:
1. Browse the View menu to find the Customize command
2. Browse the View menu to find the Define views command

Neither of these commands are available in the View menu of the "Tasks"
view.

Note that many people are having this same problem:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...6133&siteid=17


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Try resetting the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/resetview.htm

--
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"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
The Tasks "To-Do List" was working, but now only shows "Cannot display
the
folder" when I click the button.

I tried to "Repair" Outlook, but it didn't help.

"LarryQW" wrote in message
...

Didn't work using the "run outlook.exe /clean" command.

There is no such command, of course, so it's not surprising trying to use it
didn't work. The correct command to try is

outlook.exe /cleanviews
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Thanks. I just checked my history and I indeed typed "outlook.exe
/cleanviews".

I did the right command but made a mistake in my posting. Oops.

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

"LarryQW" wrote in message
...

Didn't work using the "run outlook.exe /clean" command.

There is no such command, of course, so it's not surprising trying to use it
didn't work. The correct command to try is

outlook.exe /cleanviews
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

I exited Outlook 2007 and restarted with "outlook.exe /resettodobar"

I see no difference whatsoever with my Tasks | To-Do List tool bars - no
view selection is available. I don't see the "Current View" selection box on
the Advanced toolbar in the Task | To-Do list mode.

I DO see the "Current View" selection box in Mail, Calendar, and Contacts
mode. I also see the "Current View" selection box in the Tasks mode with
"Tasks" selected in "My Tasks". I also see a left selection box for the
"Current View" in the left pane.

However, I do NOT see the "Current View" selection box in Tasks mode with
"To-Do List" selected in "My Tasks". Nor do I see a way to add it with the
"Custom" or Add Button commands. And the "Current View" selection box in the
left pane disappears when I select the "To-Do List" in the My Tasks box. I
only see a blank page displayed saying "Cannot display the folder".

Similarly, in all other windows where the "To-Do Bar" is displayed (like in
my Contacts window), I instead see a blank window with the message: "The
operation failed. An object could not be found."

I also get a similar pop-up message sometimes when first starting up Outlook
after booting my computer.

I should note I add in a couple extra mail boxes from home and other places,
so I have a couple more *.pst files open from files on my computer. But I
have done this for a couple months without a problem. I've tried closing all
these extra mail files and rebooting, without help on fixing this issue.

Thank you for your help. I wish I could solve this issue.


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Did you try restarting outlook with the /resettodobar switch?

Turn on the Advanced toolbar - click in the To-do bar and see what view is
applied to the bar's list. It should be to-do list.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

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"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
Didn't work using the "run outlook.exe /clean" command. Nothing was fixed
or
changed.

Also, the "Task" view doesn't have menu items listed as methods for
resetting the few:
1. Browse the View menu to find the Customize command
2. Browse the View menu to find the Define views command

Neither of these commands are available in the View menu of the "Tasks"
view.

Note that many people are having this same problem:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...6133&siteid=17


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Try resetting the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/resetview.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
The Tasks "To-Do List" was working, but now only shows "Cannot display
the
folder" when I click the button.

I tried to "Repair" Outlook, but it didn't help.

Try a new profile.

when the task list in the to-do is selected, the view name should be grayed
out but visible - it should be say to-do.
http://www.xsolive.com/Outlook%20Scr...orm.aspx?ID=48 -
mine doesn't but I don't want to run cleanviews and it works most of the
time (outlook crashes occasionally when I use the to-do folder) so I'll live
with it for now. I'm not even sure how I got it on a different view.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

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"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
I exited Outlook 2007 and restarted with "outlook.exe /resettodobar"

I see no difference whatsoever with my Tasks | To-Do List tool bars - no
view selection is available. I don't see the "Current View" selection box
on
the Advanced toolbar in the Task | To-Do list mode.

I DO see the "Current View" selection box in Mail, Calendar, and Contacts
mode. I also see the "Current View" selection box in the Tasks mode with
"Tasks" selected in "My Tasks". I also see a left selection box for the
"Current View" in the left pane.

However, I do NOT see the "Current View" selection box in Tasks mode with
"To-Do List" selected in "My Tasks". Nor do I see a way to add it with the
"Custom" or Add Button commands. And the "Current View" selection box in
the
left pane disappears when I select the "To-Do List" in the My Tasks box. I
only see a blank page displayed saying "Cannot display the folder".

Similarly, in all other windows where the "To-Do Bar" is displayed (like
in
my Contacts window), I instead see a blank window with the message: "The
operation failed. An object could not be found."

I also get a similar pop-up message sometimes when first starting up
Outlook
after booting my computer.

I should note I add in a couple extra mail boxes from home and other
places,
so I have a couple more *.pst files open from files on my computer. But I
have done this for a couple months without a problem. I've tried closing
all
these extra mail files and rebooting, without help on fixing this issue.

Thank you for your help. I wish I could solve this issue.


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Did you try restarting outlook with the /resettodobar switch?

Turn on the Advanced toolbar - click in the To-do bar and see what view
is
applied to the bar's list. It should be to-do list.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


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your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
Didn't work using the "run outlook.exe /clean" command. Nothing was
fixed
or
changed.

Also, the "Task" view doesn't have menu items listed as methods for
resetting the few:
1. Browse the View menu to find the Customize command
2. Browse the View menu to find the Define views command

Neither of these commands are available in the View menu of the "Tasks"
view.

Note that many people are having this same problem:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...6133&siteid=17


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Try resetting the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/resetview.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
The Tasks "To-Do List" was working, but now only shows "Cannot
display
the
folder" when I click the button.

I tried to "Repair" Outlook, but it didn't help.

I tried to make a dummy profile, but Outlook checks for a real server and
password. Should I do this temporarially, or create a new profile from
scratch with the same settings, then tranfer my old files over?

In the Calendar view that you show, the To-Do Bar window has "To-Do Bar" in
the title, but is completely blank other than a small comment inside the
window: "The operation failed. An object could not be found.".

Many others are having this same exact problem, as I mentioned befo

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...6133&siteid=17

I'm also tempted to simply remove and reinstall Outlook. Everything worked
fine a week ago. It seems a data file or program file became corrupted. I
just don't know which, or how to fix it.

On the above link, TeriGal said this error only occured on one of her
profiles. So maybe I could make a new profile and transfer everything over.
But this may take some time and no help if it's a file that's corrupted.

Thanks for helping,
Larry

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Try a new profile.

when the task list in the to-do is selected, the view name should be grayed
out but visible - it should be say to-do.
http://www.xsolive.com/Outlook%20Scr...orm.aspx?ID=48 -
mine doesn't but I don't want to run cleanviews and it works most of the
time (outlook crashes occasionally when I use the to-do folder) so I'll live
with it for now. I'm not even sure how I got it on a different view.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


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"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
I exited Outlook 2007 and restarted with "outlook.exe /resettodobar"

I see no difference whatsoever with my Tasks | To-Do List tool bars - no
view selection is available. I don't see the "Current View" selection box
on
the Advanced toolbar in the Task | To-Do list mode.

I DO see the "Current View" selection box in Mail, Calendar, and Contacts
mode. I also see the "Current View" selection box in the Tasks mode with
"Tasks" selected in "My Tasks". I also see a left selection box for the
"Current View" in the left pane.

However, I do NOT see the "Current View" selection box in Tasks mode with
"To-Do List" selected in "My Tasks". Nor do I see a way to add it with the
"Custom" or Add Button commands. And the "Current View" selection box in
the
left pane disappears when I select the "To-Do List" in the My Tasks box. I
only see a blank page displayed saying "Cannot display the folder".

Similarly, in all other windows where the "To-Do Bar" is displayed (like
in
my Contacts window), I instead see a blank window with the message: "The
operation failed. An object could not be found."

I also get a similar pop-up message sometimes when first starting up
Outlook
after booting my computer.

I should note I add in a couple extra mail boxes from home and other
places,
so I have a couple more *.pst files open from files on my computer. But I
have done this for a couple months without a problem. I've tried closing
all
these extra mail files and rebooting, without help on fixing this issue.

Thank you for your help. I wish I could solve this issue.


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Did you try restarting outlook with the /resettodobar switch?

Turn on the Advanced toolbar - click in the To-do bar and see what view
is
applied to the bar's list. It should be to-do list.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
Didn't work using the "run outlook.exe /clean" command. Nothing was
fixed
or
changed.

Also, the "Task" view doesn't have menu items listed as methods for
resetting the few:
1. Browse the View menu to find the Customize command
2. Browse the View menu to find the Define views command

Neither of these commands are available in the View menu of the "Tasks"
view.

Note that many people are having this same problem:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...6133&siteid=17


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Try resetting the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/resetview.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
The Tasks "To-Do List" was working, but now only shows "Cannot
display
the
folder" when I click the button.

I tried to "Repair" Outlook, but it didn't help.

Go to control panel, mail and make a new profile - use your real mail
account info and set outlook to leave mail on the server. If you have more
than 1 acct, you only need to add one to the profile right now, since you
are only testing it to see if its outlook or a corrupt profile.

if it works, close outlook and go back to control panel, mail and add the
old pst to the profile, setting it as the default. Restart outlook. Does it
still work? If not, something in the pst is bad.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


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"LarryQW" wrote in message
news
I tried to make a dummy profile, but Outlook checks for a real server and
password. Should I do this temporarially, or create a new profile from
scratch with the same settings, then tranfer my old files over?

In the Calendar view that you show, the To-Do Bar window has "To-Do Bar"
in
the title, but is completely blank other than a small comment inside the
window: "The operation failed. An object could not be found.".

Many others are having this same exact problem, as I mentioned befo

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...6133&siteid=17

I'm also tempted to simply remove and reinstall Outlook. Everything worked
fine a week ago. It seems a data file or program file became corrupted. I
just don't know which, or how to fix it.

On the above link, TeriGal said this error only occured on one of her
profiles. So maybe I could make a new profile and transfer everything
over.
But this may take some time and no help if it's a file that's corrupted.

Thanks for helping,
Larry

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Try a new profile.

when the task list in the to-do is selected, the view name should be
grayed
out but visible - it should be say to-do.
http://www.xsolive.com/Outlook%20Scr...orm.aspx?ID=48
-
mine doesn't but I don't want to run cleanviews and it works most of the
time (outlook crashes occasionally when I use the to-do folder) so I'll
live
with it for now. I'm not even sure how I got it on a different view.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
I exited Outlook 2007 and restarted with "outlook.exe /resettodobar"

I see no difference whatsoever with my Tasks | To-Do List tool bars -
no
view selection is available. I don't see the "Current View" selection
box
on
the Advanced toolbar in the Task | To-Do list mode.

I DO see the "Current View" selection box in Mail, Calendar, and
Contacts
mode. I also see the "Current View" selection box in the Tasks mode
with
"Tasks" selected in "My Tasks". I also see a left selection box for the
"Current View" in the left pane.

However, I do NOT see the "Current View" selection box in Tasks mode
with
"To-Do List" selected in "My Tasks". Nor do I see a way to add it with
the
"Custom" or Add Button commands. And the "Current View" selection box
in
the
left pane disappears when I select the "To-Do List" in the My Tasks
box. I
only see a blank page displayed saying "Cannot display the folder".

Similarly, in all other windows where the "To-Do Bar" is displayed
(like
in
my Contacts window), I instead see a blank window with the message:
"The
operation failed. An object could not be found."

I also get a similar pop-up message sometimes when first starting up
Outlook
after booting my computer.

I should note I add in a couple extra mail boxes from home and other
places,
so I have a couple more *.pst files open from files on my computer. But
I
have done this for a couple months without a problem. I've tried
closing
all
these extra mail files and rebooting, without help on fixing this
issue.

Thank you for your help. I wish I could solve this issue.


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Did you try restarting outlook with the /resettodobar switch?

Turn on the Advanced toolbar - click in the To-do bar and see what
view
is
applied to the bar's list. It should be to-do list.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
Didn't work using the "run outlook.exe /clean" command. Nothing was
fixed
or
changed.

Also, the "Task" view doesn't have menu items listed as methods for
resetting the few:
1. Browse the View menu to find the Customize command
2. Browse the View menu to find the Define views command

Neither of these commands are available in the View menu of the
"Tasks"
view.

Note that many people are having this same problem:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...6133&siteid=17


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Try resetting the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/resetview.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or
point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"LarryQW" wrote in message
...
The Tasks "To-Do List" was working, but now only shows "Cannot
display
the
folder" when I click the button.

I tried to "Repair" Outlook, but it didn't help.