Quick Tip Index
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- A program is trying to send an email message on your behalf
- Accepting an iCal invitation
- Access or share non-default Outlook folders
- Accessing Public Folders in OWA 2013
- Accessing Public Folders while offline
- Accidentally moved a folder and cannot find it
- Account selection by using keyboard shortcuts
- Account Setup fails for Outlook.com accounts
- ActiveX error for emails
- Add a “Chat with me in Teams” link to your email signature
- Add a "Contact me on WhatsApp" link to your email signature
- Add a Business Card to a Signature but without the image
- Add a printer specifically for Outlook
- Add a Shared Mailbox to your Folder List in Outlook on the Web (OWA)
- Add additional Spell Check languages to Outlook on the Web (Exchange, Office 365 and Outlook.com)
- Add addresses from the Auto-Complete cache to my Address Book as actual contacts
- Add all email senders or recipients as Contacts
- Add Business Card image to signature without vcf-file
- Add Cc or Bcc fields to meeting invitation
- Add distribution list members as individual contacts
- Add frequently used Message Templates to Outlook’s Jump List
- Add Holidays to your Microsoft 365 Exchange Online or Outlook.com mailbox
- Add multiple or change Calendars in the To-Do Bar
- Add or modify Reminders for Appointments and Meetings items in bulk
- Add shared Contacts folder as Address Book list
- Add shortcuts to your own locations in the Save, Open, Attach File and Insert Picture dialogs
- Add sport schedules or other special holidays and events to your Calendar
- Add to Outlook Contacts option is missing
- Adding all message recipients as Contacts
- Adding an additional or shared mailbox from the same Exchange organization to Outlook
- Adding an Outlook.com account to Outlook
- Adding attendees and sending reminders
- Adding commands to the Home or Message tab of the Ribbon
- Adding contact details to an email
- Adding holidays to a Shared Mailbox or Public Folder Calendar
- Adding hyperlinks to files stored on a network share in bulk
- Adding more contact information
- Adding personal Stationery
- Adding RSS feeds to Outlook from IE
- Adding Search Folders to Outlook Today
- Adding spouse and children details to a contact
- Adding, modifying and deleting Quick Parts
- Additional snooze times in the Reminder window
- Address envelopes and letters with Outlook contact data
- Advanced Editor for Signatures
- Alerts and overviews for newly received emails
- Allow Outlook to make changes to this computer?
- Always attach files from OneDrive as a copy and never as a web link
- Always Pop Out: Disabling Reading Pane Reply
- Always prompt to select the sending account before sending a message
- Always reply in HTML format
- Always reply with the same email address
- Always show all folders and hide Office 365 Groups in Outlook on the Web (OWA)
- Always show the Bcc and From field in Outlook on the Web (OWA) and Outlook.com
- Always show the received day name of a message in the Message List
- Always show Today first in the Week view
- Always use my default account instead of automatically selecting it based on the current folder
- Am I in ANSI or UNICODE format?
- Answering within a Reply or Forward adds my name
- Apply Business Card template
- Applying custom View settings to all folders at once
- Archive based on Received instead of Modified date
- Archive.pst has reached its maximum size
- Archiving emails to OneDrive or other Cloud storage
- Ask again before opening an attachment
- Associate Notes with Contacts
- Associate Tasks with a Calendar Appointment or Meeting
- Attaching a file locks up Outlook
- Attaching folders to an email message
- Attachments coming in as gz-files
- Attachments show up in the message body
- AutoArchive feature is missing
- AutoComplete addresses lost in Outlook after restart
- AutoComplete not working as expected in Outlook
- AutoComplete Quick Parts and AutoText
- AutoCorrect and text formatting support
- Automatic Replies (OOF) enabled but it is not replying
- Automatic Replies (OOF) with exceptions; Don’t reply to everyone
- Automatic signature changing
- Automatic spell check and Autocorrect not working
- Automatically process and delete empty Meeting Responses and other empty Receipts from your Inbox
- Automatically reply every time with a Message Rule
- Automatically request a Read Receipt when sending to a specific address
- Automatically turn specific words into hyperlinks
- AutoPreview for all messages
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- Background picture repeating itself
- Backing up all Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) customizations at once
- Backing up and Restoring Quick Steps
- Backing up and restoring the AutoComplete cache of Outlook 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and Office 365
- Backing up Outlook Data
- Backing up the Address Book (and how to restore it when needed)
- Backup Add-in for Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016
- Backup add-in remembers old location
- Backup and restore Categories
- Backup and Restore Outlook.com mailbox data
- Backup and Restore Quick Parts
- Backup and restore signatures
- Backup and restore the Outlook’s RoamCache folder
- Backup Outlook settings
- Backup Quick Access Toolbar settings
- Backward Looking P’s (¶) in Message
- Bcc addresses not showing on printout
- BCM 2010 and BCM 2013 availability
- Beep sound when a new email arrives
- Better Task Management for Outlook Desktop Outlook and Mobile with Microsoft To Do
- Birthday reminders wake me up at night
- Blocked Follow Up text
- Blocked Senders size limit
- Blocking spam emails with hidden or missing From address
- Blue arrow icon on folders
- Blue line in replies and forwards
- Bookmark to create a new message in OWA
- Boolean search with multiple criteria in Outlook (AND and OR statements)
- Breaking down large attachments
- Brighten up your Automatic Replies (OOF) for the holidays with icons, colors and emoji
- Browse Outlook folders like in Explorer
- Business Contact Manager (BCM) for Outlook 2016
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- Cache only Calendar and Contacts of a Shared Mailbox but not Emails
- Cache shared mail folders in Outlook 2007
- Cached Exchange Mode folder synchronization order
- Calendar (2)
- Calendar entries are duplicating
- Calendar time scale
- Calendar trivia
- Can connect to Exchange via Mail app and phone but not Outlook or Outlook RT
- Can I find out when I read a message in Outlook?
- Can’t import Contacts into Outlook.com
- Can’t remove additional Exchange mailboxes
- Can’t save ics, vcs or vcf–files to a network share
- Can’t use multiple Signatures as message templates
- Can’t connect to a Shared Mailbox I’ve been granted access to
- Can’t create file: VoiceMessage.wav
- Can’t delete Quick Parts
- Can’t open attached messages
- Can’t see all unread items
- Cancelling Exchange password prompt still shows all my e-mails
- Cannot attach zip-files
- Cannot back-up large pst-files
- Cannot call some Outlook contacts from within Skype
- Cannot connect to or resolve name Exchange server
- Cannot create new messages in OWA
- Cannot disable add-in
- Cannot Edit Send/Receive Settings
- Cannot open MSG-file
- Cannot open the Outlook window error
- Cannot save as oft-file
- Cannot save rules; there is insufficient space
- Cannot turn off the Out of Office Assistant / Automatic Replies
- Cannot use Word as email editor
- Cannot verify Security Certificate warning
- Case sensitive searches in Outlook
- Categories and IMAP accounts
- Categorize Sent Items while composing a message
- Change back the message list look in Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016
- Change default address list in Outlook on the Web (OWA)
- Change default Due Date for Tasks
- Change default Journal entry type
- Change default location for pst and ost files
- Change default program for opening attachments
- Change default save type
- Change Outlook 2003 color scheme in Vista and 7
- Change the default address list of the Outlook Address Book
- Change the default Calendar folder
- Change the default duration of a Meeting or Appointment
- Change the language of the Calendar (names of the days and months)
- Change time-slot of multiple appointments at once
- Changing Calendar size in Navigation Pane
- Changing the background of a Business Card
- Changing the business hours and days for a Work Week in the Calendar
- Changing the default location for saving and opening message Templates (oft-files)
- Changing the display name of a mailbox or pst-file
- Changing the name of an Outlook.com mailbox in Outlook 2013
- Changing the skin tone, gender or profession of an Emoji in Outlook or other Office applications
- Changing the sort order of the To-Do Bar sections
- Changing time and date display settings
- Character challenge when sending via Hotmail
- Check for new emails frequency setting in Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016
- Classic Attach File button and Insert as Text option in Outlook 2016 / 2019 / 2021 / Microsoft 365
- Classic Toolbars and Menus in Outlook 2010
- Clean up mail before forwarding
- Clean up old RSS items automatically
- Cleaned up contacts via Outlook.com are still there in Outlook
- Clear recent searches
- Clickable index (TOC) in emails to jump to a later section within the email
- Clicking on hyperlink opens my Documents folder
- Client-side and server-side rules
- Clippy is back in Office 2013! Have you found him?
- Close all open message windows at once but not Outlook itself
- Close email automatically after replying
- Collect external POP3 emails quicker on Outlook.com
- Color Categories in shared and delegate Calendars
- Color Categories in shared Contacts folders
- Color code folders in Search results
- Color coding Holidays, Birthdays and Anniversaries
- Color formatting not working for all appointments
- Color subject for receiver
- Colorful emoticons and smiley faces in Outlook
- Combine and Sync Outlook Calendars
- Combine Inbox folders of multiple POP3 accounts in Outlook
- Combine or nest multiple Contact Groups into one
- Combined weeks in Date Navigator annoyance
- Command line not valid when attaching via add-in
- Command-line switches and Outlook 2010 Click-to-Run
- Communicator and Contact availability status in Outlook 2013
- Compact Outlook Express prompts
- Compatibility Checker dialog
- Conditional Formatting rule is showing the wrong color
- Configure how many Search results are returned
- Configuring message rules for a shared mailbox
- Contact Activities not showing
- Contact Linking
- Contact photo order when using Facebook and LinkedIn Social Connector
- Contact picture sync for Outlook.com contacts
- Contact sorting order in Address Book
- Contact updates from GAL in Notes section
- Contacting Server for Information
- Contacts and Calendar from iCloud missing or not synching after upgrading to Windows 10 or Outlook 2016
- Contacts are missing from the Address Book after importing or restoring a pst-file
- Contacts folders in Address Book
- Convert from a POP3 account to IMAP
- Convert from an IMAP account to POP3
- Copy or Move? What happens when I use Drag & Drop?
- Copy the current Mailbox folder structure to a new pst-file
- Corrupt email crashes Outlook
- Could not find an editor for H (.) files
- Count Contact Group or Distribution List members
- Count Selected Items
- Crash or no sound for Reminders window
- Crashes in Safe Mode by mspst32.dll
- Create a Contact Group for contacts belonging to the same Category
- Create a Desktop shortcut to an Outlook folder
- Create a new email from a Desktop shortcut
- Create a striking subject with symbol characters
- Create an Outlook Task for a Word document
- Create shortcuts to files and folders on C:\-drive, other disks, Network Shares or Cloud Storage
- Creating a distribution list from an Excel document
- Creating a Distribution List from email recipients
- Creating a new Archive pst-file and changing the folder for AutoArchive to archive to
- Creating a Search Folder for actionable items
- Creating a shared group calendar without Exchange
- Creating an ANSI pst-file in Outlook 2010 or 2013
- Creating an Outlook Desktop shortcut in Windows 10
- Creating an Outlook Desktop shortcut in Windows 11
- Creating an Outlook Desktop shortcut in Windows 8
- Creating clickable buttons in emails
- Creating or editing Note items in Outlook on the Web (OWA)
- Creating Private appointments as a Delegate
- Creating rules with NOT conditions
- Creating Search Folders in OWA
- Creating/Managing groups for Outlook.com accounts
- CTRL+Ins to copy
- Custom Journal Entry Type
- Customize actions of the New Mail Notification toast
- Customizing the Activities view
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- Daily Task List Planner
- Data file didn’t close properly
- Decrypt S/MIME encrypted emails and save them unencrypted
- Default template for Outlook items sent to OneNote
- Defining the default View applied to new folders
- Delayed or no New Mail Notifications for Outlook 2013 on Windows 8
- Delegate permissions vs. Folder permissions
- Delete duplicate pst folder set with same content
- Delete duplicates after emails got redownloaded
- Delete Junk Email from mail server too when deleted in Outlook
- Delete message from Outbox
- Delete or Hide the Clutter folder
- Delete or mark an email automatically at a set date
- Deleted Calendar and Contacts folders not showing in the Deleted Items folder
- Deleted in Outlook but not from Gmail
- Deleting a Meeting Invitation doesn’t delete the Meeting itself from the Calendar
- Deleting Calendars from Outlook.com
- Deleting or finding large Calendar items
- Delivering Exchange emails to a pst-file in Outlook 2013 / 2016 / 2019 / Microsoft 365
- Determine the folder path of a message found in Search results
- Determine the next time AutoArchive will run
- Dialog box is open
- Directly open originally blocked attachments
- Disable Conversation View in Outlook on the Web, OWA or Outlook.com
- Disable grouping by Today, Yesterday, Week etc…
- Disable New Mail Desktop Alert for specific accounts
- Disable or customize the Delete, Mark as Read, Flag and Pin action icons when hovering on a message in Outlook on the Web (OWA)
- Disable or limit the Recent Items list in the Attach File menu
- Disable virus scanner integration?
- Disabling or enabling Link Preview in Outlook 365 on the Web (OWA) and Outlook.com
- Discuss with Team instead of Reply to All
- Display contact addresses in Google Maps
- Display days left before task needs completion
- Displaying a Contact’s age and countdown to the next Birthday
- Displaying the Office Clipboard – Copy/Paste History
- Do not always ask before opening this type of file
- Do not AutoArchive this item checkbox
- Do not automatically accept all meetings as Tentative
- Do not automatically mark as read
- Do not automatically mark emails as Read in Outlook on the Web (OWA)
- Do not display “Top Results” when searching
- Do not include weekends on Calendar printout
- Do not print Tracking Receipts information
- Do not show all Activities
- Do you want to allow outlook.com to use additional storage on your computer?
- Don’t accidentally send via CTRL+ENTER or ALT+S
- Don’t add FW: and header when forwarding a message
- Don’t convert drive path to UNC path
- Don’t let senders flag message with Reminder for me
- Don’t open PDFs full screen in Windows 8 Reader
- Don’t re-download all emails
- Don’t receive all messages in Plain Text
- Don’t resize embedded pictures based on window width
- Don’t send emails directly
- Don’t share private items
- Don’t use Times New Roman as “fall back” font
- Don’t automatically switch to the Attachments tab when selecting a received attachment
- Don’t download Junk Email
- Don’t open Word attachments in Reading Layout
- Don’t repair ost-files with scanpst.exe
- Don’t risk losing your Contacts and Calendar when using IMAP in Outlook 2013, 2016, 2019, or Office 365
- Don’t send attachments to CC and BCC recipients
- Double new email and calendar notifications on Windows 10
- Double new email and calendar notifications on Windows 8
- Download older messages from Gmail via POP3
- Downloading pictures automatically for specific contacts or newsletters
- Drag & drop to add attachment no longer works
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- E-mail Properties for contact addresses in Outlook 2010
- E-mail Properties for contact addresses in Outlook 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and Microsoft 365
- Edit, add or remove words from the Custom Dictionary
- editdata.mso attachment
- Editing message increases message size
- Editing received messages and subjects
- Editing replies in-line adds spaces
- Editing the Registry
- Email attachments disappear when sent to others
- Email empty when changing Signature
- Email scanned document directly as an attachment
- Emails are being copied to “Important” folder
- Emails to Microsoft 365 Groups in Outlook syncs only 1 year
- Embed YouTube videos
- Emoji support in Outlook; 3 common questions answered
- Empty Address Book and switching between Address Lists in OWA 2013
- Empty Inbox and other IMAP synching issues in Outlook 2013
- Empty Task List in To-Do Bar
- Enable Automatic Replies for another user or additional mailbox
- Enable the Quick Access Toolbar in the New Office for Microsoft 365 (and show it above the Ribbon)
- Enable/Disable add-ins
- Enabling Bcc and From fields
- Enabling the Developer tab for Macros and designing Forms
- Enlarge font in the Reading Pane
- Enlarge week numbers in the Calendar
- Error when moving an email
- EULA keeps appearing
- Excel: Remove all Mailto hyperlinks for email addresses at once
- Excel: Stop turning email addresses into clickable Mailto links
- Exchange cache options for your own and shared mailboxes
- Exchange In-Place Archive not visible in Outlook
- Exclude account from receiving (send only account)
- Exclude specific folders in a mailbox wide search
- Exclude words in attachment content when searching
- Export multiple Contacts as vCards
- Export option in Outlook 2010
- Export or print the folder list
- Exporting emails to an Access database
- Exporting or backing up my complete Calendar as an ics-file
- Exporting the Offline Address Book or GAL
- Exporting to or importing from Excel in Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016
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- Facebook connector missing in Outlook 2013
- Favorite Folders empty upon restart
- Favorites section missing in the Navigation Pane
- File tab selected and Ribbon not visible
- Filling the Auto-Complete list with Contact addresses
- Filter applied (and missing items)
- Find all contacts older than…
- Find and open the installation folder of New Outlook (olk.exe)
- Find e-mail between specific dates
- Find or change the location of the Offline Address Book (OAB)
- Find or Select a folder by typing its name
- Find out when a message was deleted
- Finding back exceptions of a recurring meeting or appointment
- Finding back Recovered Deleted Items
- Finding Contacts or Colleagues based on Active Directory Information
- Finding messages which are set to expire
- Fixing Instant Search
- Flag completed time not showing
- Flag for recipient
- Flagged a message for Follow Up but I’m not getting a reminder
- Flagged message not in For Follow Up folder
- Flagging emails and default reminder times
- Focus Assist; Don’t let yourself get distracted by emails!
- Folder is full
- Folder or drive lock after saving attachment or message
- Folder sorting order in Shared Mailbox changes back randomly
- Follow Up Flags and reminders
- Follow Up Flags and Reminders for IMAP accounts
- Force all emails to be received or shown in Plain Text
- Forgotten attachment or subject reminder
- Formatting and attachments disabled for Notes section of Appointments, Contacts and Tasks
- Forward emails only when Automatic Replies (OOF) is enabled
- Forward, Reply All and Print in Outlook.com
- Free/Busy information not available in Meeting Scheduling Assistant
- fxsext32.dll error
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- Get back a message that was Recalled by the sender; Yes, it’s possible!
- Get back Advanced Find in Outlook 2016
- Getting rid of empty Contact pictures
- Getting Sent Items off the server and into Outlook
- Gmail accounts and disproportionally large ost- or pst-files
- Gmail and To-Do List duplicates
- Grayed out rules
- Greyed out button to Reply, Forward and create New Email
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- Hand instead of mouse pointer
- Hidden emails in a shared mailbox
- Hide details of all or some appointments and meetings
- Hide flagged items of other mailboxes in To-Do Bar
- Hide when Minimized launches multiple Outlook windows
- Hide your Free/Busy information completely
- Hiding recipients with distribution lists
- High priority mail sounds 3 annoying loud beeps
- High water mark notification
- Highlight important text in emails
- Highlight mail coming from a specific domain
- Highlight or Color Code emails from known Contacts
- Highlight Today in the Calendar
- Highlight/sort Meeting Receipts which contain text
- Holiday updates for the Outlook Calendar
- Home Page tab not available in Folder Properties
- How long is my Outlook version still supported?
- How often do I need to use AutoArchive?
- How to check the Service Pack level in Office 2010
- How to check the Service Pack level in Office 2013
- How to install and run the New Outlook and Classic Outlook side by side
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- iCloud and Outlook 2007 support; APLZOD.DLL error. The set of folders cannot be opened
- Icons not showing Forward/Reply status
- Icons of configured rules
- Ignore stationery fonts
- Image in signature shows as attachment
- IMAP accounts and saving Sent Items on the server
- IMAP and always download full items
- IMAP performance in Outlook 2010
- IMAP: Folder structure and Junk E-mail filter
- Import contacts from an nk2-file
- Import contacts from the Windows Contacts folder
- Import Facebook Birthdays and Events into Outlook
- Import from Outlook Express
- Import large amounts of eml-files into Outlook
- Import multiple contacts from a vCard file (vcf-file)
- Import wab-file on Windows 7 or Windows 8
- Import/Export message rules
- Importing contacts from an exported csv-file fails
- Importing from Outlook Express, Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail on Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10
- Importing, exporting and backing up RSS Feeds
- Inbox Repair Tool (scanpst.exe)
- Inbox Repair Tool and Outlook 2010 Click-to-Run
- Include subfolders when searching
- Including a screenshot or clipping in your email
- Increase maximum size for pst-files and ost-files
- Increase the maximum attachment size limit
- Increase the New Mail Desktop Alert duration for Outlook 2013 on Windows 8
- Insert HTML code directly into an email message
- Insert Outlook Contact details into Word without Mail Merge
- Insert picture directly from scanner or camera
- Inserting a background picture
- Inserting hyperlink shows {HYPERLINK}
- Installer pops-up every time
- Installing a mix of different Outlook and Office versions
- Instant spell check for Outlook Web App (OWA)
- Instantly backup pst-files via a right-click option
- Integrating Facebook chat with Outlook
- Internet Explorer 11 only loads OWA Light
- Internet Explorer crashes when using OWA
- Internet headers in Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2016, Outlook 2019 and Office 365
- Internet images are not being downloaded in emails
- Internet message header in Outlook on the Web, OWA and Outlook.com
- Irregular recurring appointments and meetings
- Issues opening Excel attachments
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- Journal entries in Calendar view
- Journal replacement options
- Jump List Tasks for Outlook’s pinned Taskbar shortcut are missing
- Jump to a specific date in the Calendar
- Jump to contacts by typing first letter
- Junk button grayed out in Outlook RT on Surface
- Junk E-mail Filter broken with blocked icon?
- Junk E-mail filter cannot be turned off
- Junk E-mail Filter settings for multiple accounts
- Junk E-mail Filter synching for Outlook.com/EAS accounts
- Junk E-mail marked as Not Junk getting marked as Junk again
- Junk Email still delivered in Inbox
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- Large Exchange mailboxes and the ost file size limit
- Launching Outlook at startup (in a smarter way)
- Leave messages on mail server
- Let Outlook read your emails out loud
- Let users decide their Microsoft 365 Apps (Office 365) Release Channel
- Libraries empty in Outlook 2003
- Limits for Outlook.com mailboxes and messages
- Limits to synching Outlook Contact information with Outlook.com
- Link a Contact to an Appointment
- Link instead of attachment?
- Links do not open: This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer
- Links show different color in Signature
- Live Meeting add-in not working
- Locate old meetings and change meeting organizer
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- Mail Merge as a Delegate
- Mail Merge filter based on Categories
- Mail Merge with a Distribution List as the source
- Mail Merge with attachment
- Mail Merge with Custom Contact Fields
- Mailbox size and Exchange quota
- MailTo links do not open Outlook
- Make all appointments Private by default
- Making GIFs animate
- Managing a large amount of message rules
- Manual meeting responds tracking
- Manually add a 3rd party Outlook Connector mail account type like Kerio Connect, Zimbra or Fax providers
- Manually update or reset the Offline Address Book
- Many folders created named: "the file so that changes to the file will be reflected in your item."
- MAPI32.DLL error after clean install
- Meeting invitation contains “not supported calendar message.ics” file and other attachments
- Meeting request holds no details for receiver
- Merge archive files or other pst-files
- Message header info shown on 1 or 2 lines in the message list
- Message Tracking not working
- Message window size and location not remembered
- Messages automatically disappear after receiving
- Messages not being removed from server
- Messages returned; Error 550 – Connection Rejected. Your IP is in RBL
- Metered network warning and Outlook not connecting automatically
- Microsoft LDAP Directory dialog
- Migrate from ANSI to Unicode
- Migrating Outlook pst-data to Outlook.com
- Mileage calculations from Tasks and Calendar
- Minimize the Ribbon
- Minimizing the message header in Outlook 2013
- Missing CAB-file
- Missing categories when transferring to Outlook on a new computer
- Missing features when replying in Outlook 2013
- Modify the file type filter of the attachment dialog
- Modify the language of the default mailbox folders
- Modifying the Message Preview font
- Month view doesn’t show all my appointments
- More colors for Notes via Categorize
- Move all proper emails out of the Junk E-mail folder
- Move emails from unknown Contacts out of your Inbox folder
- Move messages automatically after marking them as Read
- Move the ost-file to another disk or folder location
- Move to Junk Email Folder without adding the address to the Blocked Senders list
- Moving my pst-file to another location
- Moving or Copying Calendar Items
- Moving or making Automatic Replies (OOF) stand out more
- Moving Tasks items in bulk to another Due Date
- Msg-file details in Windows File Explorer
- MSOutlook.info
- MSVCR80.dll error upon starting Outlook
- Multiple Contacts Folders vs. Contact Groups vs. Categories
- Multiple entries for same contact in Address Book
- Multiple Exchange accounts limit
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- Named ranges error when importing from Excel
- Navigating through the Calendar with keyboard shortcuts or touch input
- Navigation Pane font settings
- Navigation Pane is on the left instead of bottom of the Folder List
- New and renamed shared folders not visible
- New Appointment defaults to All Day Event
- New mail alert for delegate or shared mailboxes
- New Mail Desktop Alert in the middle of my screen
- New mail envelope and Windows 7
- New mail notification for IMAP in Outlook 2010
- New messages immediately get deleted upon arrival
- Next and Previous links in email
- No dark Reading Pane in Outlook with Black Theme (Sun/Moon button)
- No Date at bottom of To-Do List
- No Hyperlinks in Plain Text anymore
- No mail alert on Hotmail account
- No Mail icon in Control Panel
- No preview when selecting multiple emails
- No Send button
- noname.eml attachments for Gmail or other web based mail clients
- Not a personal folders file
- Not able to add a Delegate or Shared mailbox for Exchange
- Not all contacts synching with phone
- Not all Outlook.com contacts synch with Outlook
- Not getting New Email Alerts on Windows 10
- Not getting Office updates via Windows Update
- Not receiving Delivery Receipts
- Not receiving requested Read Receipts
- Not receiving some expected emails; Checklist
- Note full screen
- Note items with formatting and attachments
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- Office 365 and cloud based sharing and synching
- Office Help Assistant in Windows 7
- Office replacement installation disks, setup files and license keys
- Old appointments get deleted automatically
- Old signature being used
- Open Outlook search results in a new window
- Open OWA messages in a new tab instead of a pop-up window
- Open the full contact editing form instead of the Contact Card in Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016
- Open XNK-files (Outlook links)
- Opening archive from a CD or DVD
- Opening eml-files with Outlook
- Opening Outlook or restoring the Outlook window with a keyboard shortcut
- Opening picture attachments as a slideshow
- Opening the archive
- Options tab for old add-ins in Outlook 2010
- Organize feature in Outlook 2010
- Organizing Outlook windows on Windows 7
- Out of memory when opening a pst-file
- Out of Office Assistant missing
- Out of Office rule doesn’t auto-forward my mail
- Outbox messages have no date and hang
- Outlook 2003: Sent messages are being received incomplete
- Outlook 2010 and remembering last used snooze time
- Outlook 2010 doesn’t sync
- Outlook 2010 is mixing up header IMAP accounts
- Outlook 2010: New features and Cached Exchange Mode
- Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016 message list: Is it really black?
- Outlook 2016 and Exchange support
- Outlook 2019 and Exchange compatibility
- Outlook and 2-Step Verification for Gmail accounts
- Outlook and the Documents folder redirection problem
- Outlook and Two-Step Authentication for Outlook.com and Hotmail accounts
- Outlook and Two-Step Verification for iCloud
- Outlook and Two-Step Verification for Yahoo! accounts
- Outlook can’t send after upgrading to Windows 10
- Outlook closes on minimize
- Outlook Connector Pack contents
- Outlook Connector version
- Outlook Contacts in Skype
- Outlook could not create the work file
- Outlook crash when printing
- Outlook crashes upon selecting folder
- Outlook crashes upon send/receive
- Outlook Error: “Not Implemented.”
- Outlook freezes repeatedly on new Dell computer
- Outlook Hotmail Connector and HTTPS support
- Outlook Hotmail Connector or POP3?
- Outlook is sending multiple copies of an email
- Outlook is suddenly taking the foreground
- Outlook not accessible when writing email
- Outlook not available after installing trial
- Outlook Notifications not showing in Action Center of Windows 10
- Outlook reduces resolution and changes to 8bit color
- Outlook Social Connector Update interval
- Outlook Today missing in Outlook for Office 365’s new interface?
- Outlook Today, meet Favorites, Peeks and the To-Do Bar
- Outlook versions, build numbers and other trivia
- Outlook vs. Outlook.com vs. Outlook on the Web (OWA)
- Outlook Web Access Light
- Outlook Web App for Office 365 Home
- Outlook, Windows RT and the Surface tablet
- Outlook.com account doesn’t sync Drafts folder (this computer only)
- Outlook.com account with a personal address or custom domain can’t be added to Outlook
- Outlook.com stops syncing with Outlook 2013
- Outlook.com/Hotmail messages take a long time to be received
- OWA 2013 layout choice and optimizations for touch screens, tablets and smartphones
- OWA features broken with latest Chrome update
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- Password Exchange account not remembered
- Password expired for Outlook.com account
- Password not remembered in Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010 on Windows Vista or Windows 7
- Password not remembered in Outlook XP on Vista/7
- Password protect startup of an Outlook Mail Profile
- Password protected pst-file prompts directly
- People Pane adds GUID references to IE History
- People sorting order seems random in the Contacts folder
- Permanently delete from pst-file and Compact Now
- Pin Flagged messages at the top of my email list
- Play a custom New Mail sound for specific contacts
- Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010
- Plus Addressing (dynamic instant aliases with a +) for Microsoft 365, Outlook.com and Gmail
- Poor Hotmail experience
- Preparing Outlook for first use
- Prevent Archive files from loading each time
- Prevent attachments from opening in Protected View
- Prevent Calendar changing from Month to Day view
- Prevent changing a Task’s Due Date when changing the Start Date
- Prevent duplicate Sent Items when using Gmail
- Prevent Recurring Meetings or Appointments to be created without an End Date
- Prevent Reply to All
- Prevent RSS items from being counted and shown in Unread Mail Search Folder
- Prevent sending messages that are too large
- Prevent sending of Meeting Request Updates
- Prevent Signature inclusion on Templates and Forms
- Preview handler for pdf-files
- Previewing attachments and security
- Print a Calendar with Appointment and Meeting Notes
- Print a message with today’s date and time added to the top or bottom of the printout
- Print attachment list
- Print multiple notes or short emails on a single page
- Print only items that belong to a specific Category
- Print or copy the meeting attendee list
- Print or create a list of dates for a recurring meeting
- Print via keyboard shortcut bug in Outlook 2010
- Printing a day with appointments after midnight on a single page
- Printing Address Label Stickers with Outlook Contact information
- Printing an opened Note in Outlook 2010
- Printing Calendar and Tasks as a delegate
- Printing calendar with appointment times
- Printing combined Calendars
- Printing early morning and late evening appointments
- Printing only the latest reply or a text selection of a long email conversation
- Printouts getting cut off on the side
- Process your mail quicker with keyboard shortcuts
- Prompt before closing Outlook or minimize instead
- Prompt to save a copy or not when sending emails
- Propose New Time missing from Meeting Request
- PST File access is denied after upgrading to Windows 10
- pst-file / ost-file in use
- Pst-files vs. pst-archives vs. ost-files
- Public Folder Contacts and Calendars in Navigation Pane
- Putting the Navigation Bar back in the Folder Pane in Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016
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- QAT and Ribbon settings not saved upon logoff
- Query Builder not available
- Quick Access Toolbar shortcut keys
- Quick Commands Bar to Delete, Reply, Move etc… on the right side of a message
- Quick Parts not saved after restarting computer
- Quick Steps and HTML formatted message templates (fonts, tables, images etc)
- Quick Steps; What are they and why should you use them?
- Quickly access mail folders in Public Folders
- Quickly collapse all opened subfolders
- Quickly create a rule
- Quickly deduplicate contacts without 3rd party tools
- Quickly delete old Newsletters and RSS feed items
- Quickly open folders via Quick Steps
- Quickly return to last open window in Windows 7
- Quickly send copied text and files by pasting
- Quickly set dates with formulas and natural text
- Quickly translate an email via the Mini Translator
- Quota information not displayed in Status Bar
- Quoting copied text
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- Reading long Notes
- Reading RSS feeds while offline
- Recall a sent message (and why it will probably fail)
- Receive emails directly instead of once per hour for Connected Accounts in Outlook.com
- Received an attachment I cannot open
- Receiving empty emails
- Receiving meeting invitations and updates for my manager
- Receiving new mail alerts when Outlook is closed
- Recommended pst-/ost-file size vs. Maximum technical size
- Recover a single folder or message from backup
- Recover an edited and saved attachment
- Recover Deleted Items doesn’t work
- Recover Deleted Items in Outlook on the Web (OWA)
- Recovering a missing or corrupt pst-file
- Recovering deleted Outlook.com / Hotmail messages
- Recreating the Birthday Calendar
- Recurring Appointments and Meetings are being archived
- Recurring Tasks don’t remind me again after the first occurrence
- Redownload a message from the mail server
- Reduce ost file size with Synchronization Filters
- Reduce picture attachment size
- Reduce To, From, Cc, and Bcc field and button sizes in Outlook for Office 365
- Reinstalling Outlook/Office and losing data
- Relocate the archive file
- Reminder bell for appointments in Calendar missing
- Reminder that Out of Office is still on
- Reminder to call a Contact
- Reminders keep popping up
- Reminders support for folders in archives and additional pst-files
- Remove “External” tag from Outlook Message List
- Remove addresses from AutoComplete
- Remove attachments from emails
- Remove attachments from meeting invitation
- Remove empty Personal Folders list
- Remove my email address from the Windows 10 Logon screen
- Remove my name from the top header when printing an email as a delegate
- Remove Outlook search results from Start Menu
- Remove underline and changing hyperlinks color
- Removing Calendars from the Navigation Pane
- Rename mail profile
- Rename your email accounts
- Reopen last Outlook windows
- Repeated password prompts and sync issues after turning off less secure apps in Yahoo Mail
- Replies do not show picture in signature
- Reply to all emails in a specific folder
- Reply with a message template via Quick Steps
- Reply/Reply to All with original attachments
- Request a Read Receipt when using Outlook on the Web (OWA)
- Reset Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) and Microsoft Sync connections for Exchange, Microsoft 365 and Outlook.com accounts
- Reset or keep formatting when pasting to email
- Reset the local cache of an Exchange, Outlook.com or IMAP account
- Resetting dat-files
- Resize images via Send To Mail Recipient command
- Resorting the list order of mailboxes and pst-files
- Restore a pst-file after configuring a POP3 account via Auto Account Setup
- Restoring a pst-file of a POP3 account on a new computer
- Restoring mails to the Web Mail Server
- Reveal full original message source with header
- Rotate received picture attachments and scans
- RSS folder structure sync with Internet Explorer
- RSS Home Page script error
- RSS view
- Rule action: Do not Download it from the Server
- Rule to sort out “on behalf of” messages
- Rules do not work automatically
- Run a Script rule action is no longer working and can’t be selected for a new rule
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- Safe-listed mail still ends up in Junk E-mail folder
- Save attachment changes with original message
- Save changes to this message?
- Save custom voting answers
- Save Deleted Items in owner’s mailbox
- Save Sent Items in owner’s mailbox
- Saving an Appointment or Meeting as ics-file by using Drag & Drop
- Saving and using pst-files on an external USB-drive
- Saving emails as eml or msg-file in the New Outlook or OWA
- Saving emails as pdf-files
- Saving messages to a network share creates tmp-files
- Saving received Notes
- Scan to email doesn’t add signature
- Scanpst.exe can’t be found or started when Outlook is installed via the Microsoft Store
- Scanpst.exe keeps finding issues and doesn’t fix my pst-file
- Schedule a recurring meeting X days before or after another recurring meeting
- Schedule meeting between multiple time zones
- Scheduling meeting for someone else adds myself
- Scrolling not working in Outlook
- Search and Replace for Contact fields
- Search Folder for all Meeting related messages
- Search Folder or Conditional Formatting for internal company emails
- Search Folder support in OWA 2013
- Search Folders show in italics and become inactive
- Search for attachments by file extension or words within the attachments
- Search Indexer add-in disabled (mssphtb.dll)
- Search partial string or mid-word
- Search queries with special characters
- Search Results can’t be moved or Categorized and Categories column isn’t shown
- Search without a completed index in Outlook
- Searching for or excluding items with empty fields
- Searching for Outlook items from the Start Screen, Start Menu or Explorer
- Searching inside msg-files
- Searching mail faster with keyboard shortcuts
- Searching within pdf attachments
- Select next unread message automatically
- Send an Appointment instead of a Meeting invite
- Send button inactive for attached Draft messages
- Send files and report updates automatically
- Send from an alias address when using an Outlook.com account
- Send mail from an additional Exchange address or alias
- Send meeting details in emails rather than as an invite or ics-attachment
- Send meeting reminders to non-responders
- Send meeting requests but don’t request responses
- Send To Mail Recipient in HTML and with Signature
- Send Word document as email body
- Send/Receive button doesn’t work for Exchange and Outlook.com accounts
- Sender’s name contains specific text rule
- Sending mail rejected and returned
- Sending meeting requests without Notes
- Sending out a Voting email with custom answers
- Sending Outlook folders
- Sent Items folder only shows my name
- Separate rules for Exchange and POP3 accounts
- Set POP3 as the default when connecting to Exchange
- Set pst-file as default delivery for Exchange account
- Set Windows Desktop Search to only index Outlook
- Setting Export filter criteria
- Setting Reply as the default instead of Reply All in Outlook on the Web (Exchange 2016/2019 and Microsoft 365)
- Setting Skype, Skype for Business, Teams, Lync or Cisco Jabber as the default IM client for Outlook
- Setting the Reading Pane at the bottom and other display options in Outlook on the Web and OWA
- Setting the Sent Items folder for IMAP accounts in Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016
- Setting up a Team Calendar
- Shade group headings
- Sharing or forwarding lots of emails to someone
- Shortcut to switch between all open Outlook windows and messages
- Shortcuts to Mail, Calendar and People in Outlook on the Web (OWA)
- Should I install the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Office/Outlook?
- Should I use POP3 or IMAP?
- Show all Holidays as Busy or Out of Office on my Calendar
- Show if a Read Receipt is being requested or not
- Show more calendar months in the Date Navigator
- Show next Reminder Time after using Snooze
- Show Sender’s Company Name in the Message List
- Show total unread item count of collapsed folders
- Showing Appointment and Meeting details and notes directly in the Calendar
- Showing icons in To-Do List
- Showing the Ruler and Tab Stops in Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010
- Showing the Ruler and Tab Stops in Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016
- Shrink your pst-file or ost-file after cleanup with Compact Now
- Signature adds weird characters
- Signature images not sending in Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016
- Signature size limit in OWA
- Signature with Internet image and hyperlink
- Signature won’t save because of File Block settings
- Signatures… and Stationery and Fonts… buttons are not working
- Single account with 2 different SMTP servers
- Single key reading; What is that?
- Single rule with lots of contacts
- Skype availability in signature
- Slow Contact Activities search results
- Sort Notes alphabetically
- Sort Outlook Today Tasks by subject
- Sorting additional Calendar and Contacts folders
- Sorting and grouping mail by Contact
- Sorting and grouping messages together based on their content but within a single folder
- Sorting contacts by Company; (none) listed twice
- Sorting Draft messages by date
- Sorting mail by contacts
- Sorting order options for the Reminders Window
- Sorting the Deleted Items folder by Date Deleted
- Spaces in filename breaks hyperlink
- Spelling and grammar check not working
- Split your message compose window
- Splitting a pst-file into yearly archives
- Square block indents in front of appointment and meeting blocks
- Starting clean or resetting parts of Outlook
- Starting Outlook as Administrator on Windows 7
- Starting Outlook as an Administrator on Windows 10
- Starting Outlook as an Administrator on Windows 11
- Starting Outlook as an Administrator on Windows 8
- Starting Outlook in Safe Mode
- Starting Outlook with all folders collapsed/expanded
- Still using an @hotmail, @live, @msn or @passport email address? Switch to an @outlook address!
- Stop ignoring/moving conversations
- Stop processing more rules and prevent duplicate messages
- Storing files directly in Outlook folders
- Strange Keyboard actions
- Suggested Contacts folder is getting full
- Suggested Contacts folder missing or doesn’t save new addresses in Outlook 2013 and later
- Suggested Contacts folders holds addresses but no suggestions are being made when composing mail
- Suppressing New Mail Alerts and Reminders during meetings and presentations
- Suspend reception of emails
- Suspicious domain names option disabled
- Switch from Gmail to Outlook.com
- Switching between Address Lists in Outlook on the Web (OWA 2016 and 2019)
- Switching between Calendar and Tasks folders in Outlook.com
- Switching between Microsoft 365 Apps for Business/Enterprise, Current, Preview and Beta Channel (Office Insider) without re-installing
- Switching to Schedule View and back
- Sync and backup POP3 accounts via Outlook.com
- Sync error 4350 and 4202 with Outlook Hotmail Connector
- Sync Hotmail Tasks
- Sync interval for Exchange account
- Sync Issues folder; Where and what is it?
- Sync multiple calendars with a Smartphone or PDA
- Sync Outlook via a USB drive
- Sync Outlook with a Smartphone or Tablet
- Sync Slider for delegated and shared Exchange mailboxes
- Synching Outlook contacts and calendar with a Windows Phone 7 device
- Synching Outlook message rules with Outlook.com accounts
- Synchronize frequently used contacts only
- Synchronizing email signatures between computers
- Synchronizing folders
- Syncing pst-files via OneDrive or Dropbox
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- Tasks show up multiple times
- The form required to view this message cannot be displayed
- The mail profile was created with a newer version of Outlook
- The Outlook To-Do Bar is too cluttered
- The Sent Items/Deleted Items folder is unavailable
- Themes or Stationery for replies and forwards
- This location may be unsafe warning
- Time and date format inconsistent
- Time stamp on Notes
- Time zone independent appointments and tasks
- To-Do Bar Calendar functionality in Outlook 2013
- Today’s Unread Mail folder
- Too many devices when connecting to Outlook.com
- Too many recipients
- Toolbar customizations don’t stick
- Toolbars I close keep reappearing
- Training Outlook’s Junk E-mail Filter
- Traveling between time zones
- Trim down the list of translation languages
- Two or more icons for Outlook on the Taskbar
- Typing categories instead of selecting
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- Unable to load the information service msncon.dll
- Undeliverable error when sending on behalf of a hidden mailbox
- Undisclosed Recipients
- Undo Send for Outlook
- Unified Inbox folder for recent unread mail items
- Uninstall Outlook Microsoft 365 and Office 2013/2016/2019 Click-To-Run Updates
- Uninstalling Outlook or Office updates
- Unread mail count on logon screen is wrong
- Unreliable meeting response counts and accepted/declined tracking
- Update broke my Outlook Send/Receive
- Update RSS feeds on demand only
- Updating contacts after company changed name
- Upgrade licenses and Product Key Cards for Outlook/Office 2010
- Use OneNote to create linked Appointment Tasks
- Use RE: and FW: instead of localized subject prefix
- Using AND and OR operators with filtering and searching
- Using AND operators in rules
- Using Instant Search with Public Folders
- Using Outlook on a second machine for free
- Using Outlook without an email account
- Using the Full Name field of a Contact in a Mail Merge
- Using wildcards to block Junk E-mail domains
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- VB Editor doesn’t work
- Very big/small font size when composing an email
- View all days vertical
- View all Outlook Social Connector status update messages
- View Color categories in Outlook 2003
- View message in web browser only shows HTML code in Microsoft Edge
- View non-adjacent days/weeks side by side
- View or change the Office or Outlook Product Key
- View today’s RSS feeds only
- View Toolbar commands on 2 lines
- Views don’t save the Group By expand/collapse state
- Virus scanner exclusion recommendations for Outlook
- Visual difference between Appointments and Meetings in the Calendar
- Vote for the best meeting day and location
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- Watermark background (Confidential, Do not Forward, Draft, etc…)
- WebEx Toolbar/Ribbon buttons not available
- Week numbers in the Calendar are wrong
- Week numbers in the Outlook Calendar
- What are Hotfixes?
- What is lost by exporting/importing pst-files?
- What is Outlook synchronizing now?
- What is stored in the ost-file and why is it larger or smaller than my mailbox?
- What’s in the vcf-file?
- Where did "HTML options" go in Outlook 2007/2010?
- Where did it go? Disable Hardware Graphics Acceleration
- Where is my Outlook pst-file located?
- Which Exchange version am I using?
- Which mail profile am I using?
- Which Outlook add-ins do I really need?
- Who has already read that message in our shared mailbox?
- Why am I not getting the latest updates for Microsoft 365 Apps, Outlook 2021, Outlook 2019 or Outlook 2016?
- Why did Outlook crash?
- Why do some emails arrive in a folder called Clutter?
- Windows 10 and Outlook compatibility
- Windows 11 and Outlook compatibility
- Windows 7 and Outlook compatibility
- Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Outlook compatibility
- Working Offline and Reconnect to Server
- Wrapping text automatically option doesn’t seem to work
