Tips Archive

Tip 765: Junk Email Folder 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

Tip 760: Facebook and Live Providers

The long awaited Facebook provider for Outlook’s Social Connector is now available, along with a provider for Live Messenger. Outlook 2003 and 2007 users can download the latest social connector – Windows Update will update the social connector in Outlook 2010 (or install the July 13 2010 update).Microsoft Outlook Social Connector Provider for Windows Live Messenger – 32 … [Read more...] about Tip 760: Facebook and Live Providers

Tip 759: Quick Click Reminders

Quick Click flags (and flag for follow up rules) use the reminder settings for Tasks. If you have the option enabled to set reminders on Tasks with due dates, quick clicks (for Today, Tomorrow, This week, or Next week) will have a reminder set. If you aren’t automatically setting reminders on tasks, reminders won’t be set when you flag messages. Flags with no due date … [Read more...] about Tip 759: Quick Click Reminders

Tip 758: Personal folders backup for Outlook 2010

Users can enable the Personal Folders Backup tool in Outlook 2010 by editing a registry key. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\Microsoft.OutlookBackup.1 DWORD: RequireShutdownNotification Value: 1 If you don't want to edit the registry, we have a registry file you can download and run. RequireShutdownNotification.reg To use, right … [Read more...] about Tip 758: Personal folders backup for Outlook 2010