• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Outlook Tips

Learning Microsoft Outlook One Tip At A Time

Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

  • Home
  • Tips Archive
  • How to...
  • Beginner
  • Outlook.com

Diane Poremsky

Tip 769: Crash on Reply or Forward

Change folder button

I’ve heard a lot of complaints about Outlook 2010 crashing on a reply or forward. This is caused by not having a folder set as the default delivery location for the account.With Outlook closed, go to Control panel, Mail and select Show Profiles.Select your profile and click Properties button, then E-mail Accounts.On the E-mail tab, select your POP3 account, and … [Read more...] about Tip 769: Crash on Reply or Forward

Tip 768: OL2007: Line Wrap in Calendar Printout

NoteThis bug was (finally) fixed by the January 2011 update. If Outlook is fully updated, lines should wrap properly in a printed monthly calendar. In older versions of Outlook, users could print a monthly calendar and long subjects wrapped to multiple lines.  This was broken in Outlook 2007 – if you wanted the subject to wrap, you needed to use the Calendar Printing … [Read more...] about Tip 768: OL2007: Line Wrap in Calendar Printout

Tip 766: Map an address

MapIt icon

Outlook 2010 uses Bing maps to map address but you can change it to other popular mapping services by editing the registry. Open the registry editor and browse to Outlook 2010: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Options\General Right click and choose New, String Value. Enter MapScriptURL for the string value name. Double click on the MapScriptURL … [Read more...] about Tip 766: Map an address

Tip 765: Junk Email Folder Icon

Junk mail icon

Over the last 6 weeks or so, I've had/seen several questions about the junk mail folder icon and didn't understand why they insisted the icon was wrong...  I do now.My junk email folder is blocked, how do I unblock it?  Nothing goes into the  folder automatically.  There is a small red circle with a diagonal line thru it on the folder … [Read more...] about Tip 765: Junk Email Folder Icon

Tip 763: Office 2010 Click-to-Run Headaches

If you purchased Office 2010 and want to use Outlook to send mail from other applications (like QuickBooks), use add-ins or sync with a smartphone, you do not want the click-to-run installation.  Click-to-Run installs in a virtual space. This is great because it allows you to have two Outlook’s installed and want to try Office 2010 but add-ins and sync software won’t … [Read more...] about Tip 763: Office 2010 Click-to-Run Headaches

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Search OutlookTips

Training and one-on-one assistance

Do you need help setting up Outlook or want some one-on-one training? I'm available for hire. See Training and one-on-one assistance for fees and to check availability.

All-Time Most Popular Posts

  • Windows 7 and Vista Start Search field
    How to start Outlook in safe mode
  • outlook.com icon
    Delete a message stuck in Outlook's Outbox
  • How to use Outlook's Command line switches
  • Use Cleanviews switch to reset all views
    How to Reset the View on Outlook folders
  • Where are my Outlook Files?
  • Folder paths
    How to Find Folder Paths in Outlook Mailboxes
  • How to use Scanpst.exe to repair Outlook data files
  • Outlook's Missing Holidays
  • backstage page
    Where is File tab in Outlook?
  • Icons found in the Inbox, Message Headers, and Toolbars

Footer

Recent Posts

  • Log into multiple Outlook on the web accounts
  • Keeping Hackers out of Microsoft accounts
  • Microsoft Account Closure Email
  • Outlook on the web Quick Actions moved to the right
  • Automatically sign out of Outlook.com

Recent Bug List

Microsoft keeps a running list of issues affecting recently released updates at Fixes or workarounds for recent issues in Outlook for Windows.

Office Update History

Update history for supported Office versions is at Update history for Office

Resources

Ask questions and share your knowledge in Outlook Forums.

You Might Like

Where is File tab in Outlook?
Using Two-factor authentication
Where are my Outlook Files?
How to use Outlook's Command line switches

© 2003–2026 · Outlook Tips