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Common Problems and their Solutions

The information contained in this section will help you solve problems with Outlook. While some of the problems are related to bugs (which may or may not get fixed), many of the problems are just how Outlook was designed, which doesn't necessarily fit with how we want to use it. Other problems are caused by the interaction between Outlook and other programs or Outlook add-ins.

Problems Index

The following is a list of all files in the Problems section of slipstick.com. The newest pages are at the top of the list.

Directory Listing
  • Convert an OST to PST
  • Repair a 2gb Personal Folders file or Offline Folders
  • This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer.
  • Repair a damaged Personal Folders PST file
  • MSN (and Hotmail) Access Denied?
  • Recurring Meeting Bug: Outlook turns all Meetings into Recurring Meetings
  • Error with the To-Do Bar's Task list
  • How to Print a 15 minute calendar with Outlook
  • Error Message: Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook.
  • Old email addresses keep reappearing: Understanding the Nickname Cache
  • Disappearing All Day Events
  • Help: I can send messages from Outlook, but cannot receive messages
  • Problem: Outlook keeps asking me to accept the End User License Agreement
  • Email Won't Send - Common Causes
  • Messages I send are double spaced
  • Problem: Invalid Page Fault in Outlrpc.dll
  • Outlook: After viewing the Outbox, e-mail won't send
  • "Failed to open message store" Error
  • Print Email (and Attachments) on Arrival
  • Problem: Folders Sorted by Date, Not Alphabetically
  • Problem: I need to change the company name on many contacts
  • Problem: Imported Addresses Missing from Outlook Address Book
  • iPhone, Outlook, and disappearing appointments
  • Printing Calendars with Color Categories
  • Remove a Password From a PST File
  • Outlook's Toolbars Don't Stay Where You Put Them
  • Problem: Outlook will not start minimized
  • Remove mailbox name when printing email
  • Outlook Error: This application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not found.
  • Reply to All Includes My Address
  • No Microsoft Outlook offline folders with Windows 2000 Terminal Services
  • Help! My Email opens slow
  • Outlook won't open forwarded messages (*.MSG)
  • Outlook and Slow HTML
  • Use FireFox to open links in email
  • What does this error mean?
  • Problem: Invalid page fault in module EMALSCAN.DLL in Microsoft Outlook
  • Problem: Configuration File (ecf) Errors
  • Problem: Opening a vCard Crashes Microsoft Outlook
  • Delete large messages stuck in your Outbox
  • The Exchange Server Account Gets Set as the Default Account
  • Microsoft Outlook: Outlook.exe won't exit
  • Error Printing HTML Formatted Email
  • Problem: WordMail Busy or Unavailable
  • Microsoft Outlook error message: "Can't create the item"
  • Outlook 2003: External Content isn't Blocked
  • Microsoft Outlook Virus Misconceptions
  • Outlook 2003, Vista, BCC, and MIME
  • The Add-in Cannot Be Found
  • Removing the Acrobat Toolbar from Outlook
  • How to stop accidentally closing Outlook
  • Birthdays recur every 12 Years
  • Exchange 2007, Outlook 2003 and Meeting Request Forwards
  • Outlook 2007 SP2 & Desktop Alerts
  • Problem: Outlook is sending unknown messages
  • Outlook doesn't display zip files in the Insert file dialog
  • Red X's in Email
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    Updated Dec 14 2009

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