Hi Judy, thx for your latest suggestion. i went there to read carefully
but do not fully comprend what "command line" is. i'm totally dependent on
Outlook and it is almost like a diary for me. every day's activities are
"run" by Outlook - from my calender, to all my contacts, to all my key email.
it is a huge loss for me to have "lost" (at least so far, hope it is not
irretrievable or irreversible) my older calender!
when i went to that link you kindly provided, it concerned me that it said
that that would reset my user profile. i'm the only one using this computer
as well as Outlook. Small home office here. i'm quoting the relevant
portion for convenience here from that link:
" /resetnavpane
Clears and regenerates the Navigation Pane for the current profile.
Removes all Shortcuts and Favorite Folders. Has the same effect as deleting
profilename.xml in your user directory. "
i do not know what would happen to all of my emails, calender, contacts.
everything i run is on Outlook so it is of paramount importance that i do not
"suffer" greater loss (well, hopefully, my old calender items are not lost).
for example, i do not know how to "get out of" the command line thing
when done. i'm concerned about doing what appears to be rather technical
and not even know what to do when i'm finished!! sort of like: after i
type that in, then what do i do?
if i had someone on the phone, then i'd be more comfortable with each step
as there is an opportunity for iterative questioning and learning.
i hope that i'm making sense and sorry to be so detail-oriented. please
understand that this is very important to me.
hoping to hear from you.
thx again!
"Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook)" wrote:
try resetting the navigation pane using the command line switch:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/commandlines.htm
Regards
Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Trainer and Consultant
There are various articles about using Outlook he
www.judygleeson.com/articles.aspx
Canberra, Australia
"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each
other?"
George Eliot
"dualmonitors" wrote in message
...
Hi Judy, i just did that. i clicked the tiny little yellow folder at
the
very bottom of the Navigation area. there are 3 tiny icons: Yellow
Note,
Yellow Folder, and a Return arrow.
i clicked the Deleted Items (just under the Archive Folders) and clicked
the
Yellow tiny folder icon at the very bottom. I do not see anything under
Deleted Items.
What I do see is this:
-Archive Folders
-Deleted Items
Slim Device (this is a yellow folder and is empty inside)
Drafts
+Inbox
Journal
Junk E-mail
Notes
Outbox
Judy, what am I doing wrong? I'm sorry I look like such a klutz! I am
trying hard to follow your directions but I am unable to "see" the
Calender
just to the right hand side when I highlight the Deleted Items on the
tree.
Just to the right, shouldn't it be the expanded items of the highlighted
item
on the tree? In this case, it is Deleted items but all i see are emails
and an occasional calender item, i.e. someone's birthday that i deleted.
What might I be doing incorrectly? Thanks for your patience again!
"Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook)" wrote:
To see the FOLDER LIST on the left in the Navigation Pain you click it at
the bottom of the Navigation Pain. There are lots of little buttons in
the
bottom left corner of Outlook, one of those looks like a Folder.
Regards
Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Trainer and Consultant
There are various articles about using Outlook he
www.judygleeson.com/articles.aspx
Canberra, Australia
"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each
other?"
George Eliot
"dualmonitors" wrote in message
...
Thank you very much for posting the reply to my question.
I followed your suggestion and went over to the Deleted items IN THE
ARCHIVES area but there, I only saw deleted mail items because the tree
on
the left only shows up when I'm using the "Mail" button on the bottom
left.
When I use the "Calender", the tree disappears and I only see a month
by
month calendar (like a wall calendar where it says January, February.).
I re-read your post and I do not quite understand what you meant by
".use
the Folder List view of the Navigation Pain and you should see all
folders
and the hierarchical structure of them." I don't know how to get
to
the
"Folder List view" even though I've attempted to go to the "View" at
the
top
next to File and Edit.
I suspect that should I have the "know how" to follow exactly what you
asked
me to do, I would be able to accomplish the desired task of
"reinstating"
the
currently lost archive calendar.
I look forward to hearing from you regarding how I might be able to
complete
this.
MANY thanks for your kind and expert guidance. Without experts like
yourself, many of us would be difficult situations!
Best,
"Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook)" wrote:
the Archive Calendar once deleted will be in the Deleted Items folder
of
the
Archive. Use the Folder List view of the Navigation Pain and you
should
see
all folders and the hierarchical structure of them.
Drag it from the Deleted Items folder to the Archve folder and it will
be
fine.
Regards
Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Trainer and Consultant
There are various articles about using Outlook he
www.judygleeson.com/articles.aspx
Canberra, Australia
"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for
each
other?"
George Eliot
"dualmonitors" wrote in
message
...
I have been a long time user of Outlook and have been using this 2007
version
since around February of this year. Several days ago, the
rectangular
"buttons" on the left side below the tree (Mail, Calender, Contacts)
sort
of
stopped working in that when I select Calender and go back to Mail,
the
main
right hand preview panel continues to display the calender and the
item
"Calender" in the tree on the left is highlighted - only when I use
the
mouse
to click on "Inbox" at the tree, would I be able to view my Mail
items.
I
have no idea what that was the case and, while trying to "fix" it, I
had
inadvertently gone way down on the tree to the Archive Folder
section,
right
clicked on the Archive Calender, and deleted it from the pop up menu
when
I
right clicked on Archive Calender.
Outlook is ESSENTIAL for me. Everything I do is on it to keep me on
track.
The Calender is important for me as it is almost a diary for me to
remember
what I did years ago - quite effective for me. May I kindly as the
good
folks
here how I might be able to retrieve my Archive Calender? The item
on
the
tree (under Archive Folders) called Archive Calender is no longer
there.
I'm
quite distressed that I no longer have access to my calender past
around 6
months ago.
As a related question, I'd like to ask how best to back up my
Outlook
(everything, including Calender, Mail, Contacts)? I do use Acronis
to
do
automatic back up but whenever i look at those Acronis "automatic
back
up"
files for Outlook, they do not look familiar (they have names like
2007_11_10..._.TIB). I do not know what ".TIB" files are and how to
really
"use them" to either open up or to view. When I had my Archive
Calender
still
visible on the tree, it was pretty easy whenever I needed to view
older
items: merely click on the words Archive Calender on the tree, then
the
right
hand side's Preview area would show the older items, sometimes in a
different
shade of color to differentiate from the "regular" current calender.
I
can
look for whatever event or appointment, then close it and go about
my
daily
business.
Sorry for combining 2 different issues in one post, but they are
quite
inter-related. (Accidentally deleting Archive Calender - how to
retreive
it?
And, how to effectively back up Outlook 2007 - everything, from
Calender,
to
Contacts, and Mail).