Configure Microsoft Outlook for Gmail
KB ID 0000366 Problem You would like to connect Microsoft Outlook to your Gmail account. Solution 1. If Outlook does not have an account already it will prompt you when it launches, if you are adding an account click Tools >Account settings > Add. 2. If you are in a domain environment it will try and auto configure your account, but you want to set things up manually, select “Manually configure server...
Outlook Lost its “Favorites” Folder
KB ID 0000431 Problem After messing around, adding and removing some mail profiles on my Outlook 2010, It managed to lose my favorites folder. Even the option to add folders to the Favorites folder had disappeared? Solution 1. Close down Outlook. 2. Run the command outlook.exe /resetnavpane {enter} 3. You can now add folders back to favorites. Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links NA...
Outlook 2010 – Migrate Autocomplete Settings
KB ID 0000451 Problem Before Outlook 2010 we could simply migrate autocomplete entries by locating and moving the clients nk2 file. But Outlook 2010 did away with the .nk2 autocomplete file. The autocomplete/autosuggest file remembers your previously typed email addresses. The good news is that you can still migrate the settings, only now you need to migrate a .dat file instead. Solution 1. In this example I’ll migrate the...
Outlook – Restore Categories
KB ID 0000493 Problem After a recent Exchange failure at work we had to rebuild our mail databases and import our old mail. All was fine except Outlook had lost its categories, now you can do tons of things with categories, but for the most part I just use them for colour coding my diary entries and for colour flagging emails. Colours gone 🙁 Solution 1. Annoyingly simple, close Outlook (if open). 2. Launch outlook from the run box...
Outlook Install Error ‘Outlook may not be installed with a newer version of Outlook’
KB ID 0000665 Problem I saw this whilst installing Office on a machine today. Solution 1. In my case I had just removed Office 2010 x64, (I needed the x32 bit version for some PST/MAPI stuff). So I knew that there was not a version of office installed. Note: If you are unsure, click Start > appwiz.cpl {enter} and MAKE SURE. Remember most PC’s come with a trial version of Office these days, and that’s the most likely...