Outlook Tips

Learning Microsoft Outlook One Tip At A Time

Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

Diane Poremsky

Disable the Group By View in Outlook

Note: You can use this method to apply any changes to all folders using the same view. It's not limited to the group by feature. While this method also works with Outlook 2010, you can create a custom view and apply it to all folders. Look for the Apply to all folders option on the View ribbon, Change View button. Apply to all folders is useful if you have custom views you … [Read more...] about Disable the Group By View in Outlook

Delete Outlook "Ghost" PSTs by Editing the Registry

The following scenario is a very common problem. It's often caused by upgrading Outlook and not making a new profile. It generally means the profile is corrupt and although it's usually best to create a new profile (especially if you upgraded), you can try to rescue the old profile. While it's easy to screw up the profile, which will force you to make a new one, if the ghost … [Read more...] about Delete Outlook "Ghost" PSTs by Editing the Registry

Outlook's Missing Holidays

Update October 26 2016: Older HOL files have the US election date as November 1 2016, not November 8, 2016. To fix, just drag the event to November 8 (or delete all Holidays and add them back). Only older HOL files are affected and was fixed in the HOL file (dated July 2014) on my Outlook 2013 test system.The most up-to-date HOL file (as of October 2016) is here. If you … [Read more...] about Outlook's Missing Holidays