The Junk button in Outlook allows you to move a spam message to the Junk E-mail folder but this also adds the sender to the Blocked Senders list.

To prevent cluttering the Blocked Senders list with fake addresses or addresses which are only used once, I’d like to move the message to the Junk E-mail folder without adding the address to the Blocked Senders list.

I don’t really like using drag & drop to move the message, because I have quite a large folder list (which often requires scrolling) and a bit of an unsteady hand.

Is there any way to add this pure “Junk” command to Outlook?

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I've installed an English version of Windows and also an English version of Office. However, when I go to my Calendar, I still see the names of the days and months in my native language (Dutch).

How can I switch this to English as well?

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I received an interesting message which I wanted to read later so I've let it Unread but now it is gone.

I’ve found out that it was recalled by the sender but I don't think it should have been for reasons I won't go into here.

Is there any way I can still get this message back?

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Today I received a Meeting Invitation that was received as a normal message but contained the following attachments;

• not supported calendar message.ics
• ATT00001.htm
• c120414.ics

The ATT00001.htm attachment contained the same textual content as the meeting message, but trying to open either ics-file resulted in the error;

The operation failed.

How did this meeting invitation end up broken and how can I fix it so I can accept it and add it to my Calendar?

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I’ve got an Office 365 subscription so I can install Office 2016, but since my company is still using Exchange 2007, I can’t upgrade to Outlook 2016 yet.

Can I install Office 2016 as part of my Office 365 subscription and a standalone edition of Outlook 2013 instead?

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We all have these moments; You need to focus and don’t want to get distracted by anything for a longer period of time.

Alerts for incoming emails can be quite a distraction and those emails you thought only required a quick and short responds ended up becoming an essay or a back-and-forth conversation or just totally got you out of your rhythm.

Of course, you could close Outlook and all other applications that generate pop-up alerts or sounds, but did you know about Focus Assist already?

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I’m using iCloud with Outlook to synch my Contacts and Calendar with my iPhone and iPad. This all worked without any issues until I upgraded to Windows 10.

When I try to open my Contacts or Calendar folder, I now get the error:

The set of folders cannot be opened. The information store could not be opened.

I also no longer have the iCloud buttons on the Ribbon to Refresh, see any Notifications or Share Calendar.

How can I get iCloud to work again with Outlook on Windows 10?

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I have a laptop with a touch screen (actually, it is a Surface tablet) and also an iPad. When I use OWA on my iPad, it is optimized for touch input. For instance, some buttons are larger and there is an options bar at the bottom.

However, on my Surface, it always loads the mouse optimized version. This is true even when I detach the keyboard and use the Internet Explorer Modern App instead of the Desktop version.

Is there any way to get my Surface to load the touch optimized version of OWA as well?

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I’m inspecting my disk about what I should include in my backup and came across the RoamCache folder in a folder where Outlook stores various other files as well.

Inside it, there are a lot of “Stream” files like Stream_Autocomplete_*, Stream_Calendar_* and Stream_CategoryList_*

What exactly is being stored in these files and should I include this folder in my backups?
If so, can I also restore it on another computer?

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In a previous tip, you explained how to create NOT rules. What I’m still missing is how to create a “Do not Download it from the Server” rule.

This was possible when I used Outlook Express and then Windows Live Mail but I can’t find it in Outlook.

I need this rule because I share a POP3 account with different people who all have their own email address. We then used the following rule to get just our own emails:

Where the To or CC line does not contain <my email address>
Do not Download it from the server.

How do I set up this rule in Outlook?

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