Diane Poremsky

Note: This error may be fixed in the newest Hotmail Connector.We're seeing error 4102 reported more frequently since the release of the new Outlook Hotmail Connector. One astute user tracked it down to using only the Hotmail Connector data store in his profile (or setting it as default) - Outlook created the RSS feed folders and tries to upload them to the Hotmail/Live … [Read more...] about Hotmail Error 4102

Not everyone likes the To-Do List opening as the default folder when switching to the Task pane. Some users just want to see tasks, not flagged messages, and would like to delete the To-Do list or set the Tasks folder to open by default: I have a problem with the To-Do List under My Tasks in Outlook, in the navigation pane. I have my Tasks set up in Tasks. I do not use the … [Read more...] about How to show only Tasks in the To-Do List

Conversation view is buggy when used with an Exchange 2003 or 2007 account. Problems include: Messages with identical subjects group together as conversations, even though they are not part of a conversation.  Appointments are included in conversations with unrelated messages (based on Subject) With 'Show messages from other folders disabled', messages with the same … [Read more...] about Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2010's Conversation view

Many users are excited when they see the field called Custom Priority in the Field chooser dialog, thinking that Outlook finally lets them customize the priority. No such luck. That field is used with SharePoint tasks folders that are linked to Outlook. It won't work on other task folders in Outlook.If you are looking for custom priorities, you're out of luck. Outlook … [Read more...] about Tip 867: Custom Priority field in Microsoft Outlook Tasks

When you save a message as HTML in Outlook 2007 (and 2010, 2013), Outlook creates a matching (and annoying) folder containing XML and THMX files. (Creating a signature creates this folder and file set as well.) For most users, deleting the folder also deletes the HTML page. This is because the default setting for managing web pages and folders is to show and manage them as a … [Read more...] about Save an Outlook Message as HTML (and Delete the Folder)