Charles wrote:

I have tried to archive calendar items from 2004, but nothing is
deleted and nothing shows up in the archive folder. I did a
workaround by using category view and selecting the 2004 appointments
that were not recurring. I then moved them to the archive folder.
This worked fine, but I cannot get either auto archive or a manual
archive (using file -- archive) to work.

Autoarchive works on the date the item was last modified, not the date the
item was placed in the calendar. To see the modified dat, change the
calendar to a table view and add the Modified Date field with Field Chooser.
That will probably explain why you're seeing what you are.
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Brian Tillman