Starting Outlook in Safe Mode

Starting Outlook in Safe Mode

I'm having an issue with Outlook and one of the suggestions told me to start Outlook from the Run command with the /safe switch and check something. However, I'm in a corporate environment and the Run command has been disabled for us.

Is there an other way to troubleshoot Outlook or get into Safe Mode or should I call my IT department?

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Query Builder not available

The Query Builder is not available to me in Outlook. When I expand it, all the fields are grayed out.

How can I enable it?

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Cannot open the Outlook window error

Cannot open the Outlook window error

When trying to start Outlook, I get the following error;

"Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window."

How can I recover and start Outlook again?

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Calendar time scale

Calendar time scale

I'm only working on a small (netbook) screen and because of this, when looking at the Calendar, I only see a few hours per day and for the rest I need to scroll. I'm working within the Calendar quite a bit on a daily basis which means I need to scroll quite a lot.

Is there any way to fit in more hours even on my small screen?

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RSS folder structure sync with Internet Explorer

When browsing the Internet and coming across a website that I like, I often subscribe to their RSS feed via Internet Explorer and then it will automatically go into Outlook.

This works great. However, in Internet Explorer, I've grouped my RSS feeds based on their topic but in Outlook this just shows up as a long list and I'd have to sort it again.

Is there any way that I can have Outlook mimic the folder structure that I created via Internet Explorer?

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Custom Journal Entry Type

Custom Journal Entry Type

I'm using the Journal feature of Outlook to keep a sort of diary. Pretty much all of the Entry Types in the diary is for computer related stuff.

How can I add things like; shopping, sports, home repairs, etc...?
At work I could use an Entry Type "errands" as well.

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Change the default address list of the Outlook Address Book

Change the default address list of the Outlook Address Book

I have multiple address lists in Outlook;

  • 1 is our internal list (Global Address Book)
  • 1 is my business contacts
  • 1 contains my private contacts

When I bring up the Address Book in Outlook, by default it shows our internal list. However, I work a lot more with my business contacts in my Contacts folder.

Is there a way I can make my own Contacts folder the default?

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editdata.mso attachment

When sending an email, the recipients also receive an editdata.mso attachment. I'm not sending this attachment myself.

Where is this attachment coming from?

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Birthday reminders wake me up at night

Birthday reminders wake me up at night

It's great that Outlook automatically generates Birthday reminders for the contacts I create with Birthday information but, sadly, it puts a default reminder of 15 minutes before the Birthday. As I sync Outlook with my smartphone, it wakes me up at night.

Can I make Outlook remind me of the Birthday at a more appropriate time?

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Delete message from Outbox

I have a message stuck in my Outbox (because it is to large to send). I tried to delete it but I get the following error;

"Can't open this item. The MAPI Spooler has already begun transmitting this message."

How can I get rid of this message?

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