When inserting a link to a file on a mapped network share, the link is automatically converted to a UNC path. So a link that used to be;
H:\filename.txt
turns to;
\\servername\username\filename.txt

In the above example the H:\-drive is the user’s home drive and the UNC path now points to the home location of the sender instead of the receiver.

This is causing us some issues as we often place personal report files on the user’s home drive and then send them an email with a link to notify them of this. Our Human Resource department for instance does this in bulk and sends out a standardized email to all of the users at once with the H:\-drive reference.

Is there a way to configure Outlook that the drive path reference to the mapped network share is kept and that it won’t be converted to a UNC path?

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When composing a new email, I don't see the Send button anymore.

Where did it go? It used to be there.

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I’ve been granted Delegate permissions for the mailbox of my manager and want to send out a Mail Merge in his name.

I’ve done a test but it seems that I can only do a Mail Merge out of my own name.

How can I do a Mail Merge for my manager as his Delegate?

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When I compose an email in Outlook, I get these red squiggly underlines when I misspelled a word. When I compose my message in Outlook Web App (OWA), I do not get these.

Is there any way to enable this instant spell check for OWA as well?

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Internally, we all use Outlook and we send each other invites for meetings as well, which works great.

However, when external people are invited as well, they sometimes complain that they can’t open the ics-attachment. Apparently, they are not using a mail client with Calendar support.

Is there any way to quickly send out the meeting details in an email as text without having to type it all manually?

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I’ve upgraded my desktop and laptop computer to Office 365 but I believe something went wrong with the “Suggested Contacts” folder.

On one computer, the Suggested Contacts folder is there but it no longer adds new addresses for people that I sent to but aren’t in my Address Book.

On my other computer, I started with a new mailbox and that mailbox doesn’t have a Suggested Contacts folder at all!

The AutoSuggest feature still works though for any past or new addresses.

What is going on and how do I restore the Suggested Contacts feature?

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I might have a problem with my Offline Address Book in Outlook.

For me, new colleagues are not showing up and the contact pictures aren't displaying either. They do for my colleague sitting next to me, so I don’t think it is a server misconfiguration or something like that.

Is there any way I can force a manual update of the Offline Address Book (OAB) in Outlook or reset it completely otherwise?

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When I try to add multiple attachments to my email I get the following message;

“You are attempting to attach too many files at once. Try reducing the number of files being attached.”

The total size of my attachments is well below the sending limit and I’m not aware of any limit to the amount of attachments that I may send out.

Why am I still getting this error upon attaching files?

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To put some additional attention to my email, I’d like to add some shape characters to the subject line such as a star or heart.

Is this possible and if so, which shapes are supported in the email subject line?

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I sometimes receive meeting invitations which includes attachments. In general, I keep my mailbox clean by saving my attachments to disk and then remove them from my emails.

However, while I can remove attachments for received messages, I can’t seem to delete them for received meeting invitations.

Is it possible to remove the attachments from a meeting invitation prior to accepting it?

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