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This one's driving me nuts! If I'm in Outlook and want to open a contact
page, or compose a new email, or do ANYTHING other than see my Inbox, I have
to manually minimize the the Outlook to get to the second screen, which is
"hiding" in the back. This only started happening today! (Lucky me!!). I
haven't changed anything, or done anything different, and don't know why
it's happening. HELP !

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Version?
Did you reboot?
Run Detect and repair?

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"Jan" wrote in message
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This one's driving me nuts! If I'm in Outlook and want to open a contact
page, or compose a new email, or do ANYTHING other than see my Inbox, I
have to manually minimize the the Outlook to get to the second screen,
which is "hiding" in the back. This only started happening today! (Lucky
me!!). I haven't changed anything, or done anything different, and don't
know why it's happening. HELP !

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Version 2007
Rebooted 6 times
Where's detect and repair?


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
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Version?
Did you reboot?
Run Detect and repair?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:


Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
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"Jan" wrote in message
...
This one's driving me nuts! If I'm in Outlook and want to open a contact
page, or compose a new email, or do ANYTHING other than see my Inbox, I
have to manually minimize the the Outlook to get to the second screen,
which is "hiding" in the back. This only started happening today! (Lucky
me!!). I haven't changed anything, or done anything different, and don't
know why it's happening. HELP !

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In 2007 its called Office diagnostics and is on the help menu.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

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"Jan" wrote in message
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Version 2007
Rebooted 6 times
Where's detect and repair?


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Version?
Did you reboot?
Run Detect and repair?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:


Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"Jan" wrote in message
...
This one's driving me nuts! If I'm in Outlook and want to open a contact
page, or compose a new email, or do ANYTHING other than see my Inbox, I
have to manually minimize the the Outlook to get to the second screen,
which is "hiding" in the back. This only started happening today! (Lucky
me!!). I haven't changed anything, or done anything different, and don't
know why it's happening. HELP !

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Thanks ! I'll try it and keep my fingers crossed..


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
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In 2007 its called Office diagnostics and is on the help menu.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"Jan" wrote in message
...
Version 2007
Rebooted 6 times
Where's detect and repair?


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Version?
Did you reboot?
Run Detect and repair?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:


Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"Jan" wrote in message
...
This one's driving me nuts! If I'm in Outlook and want to open a
contact page, or compose a new email, or do ANYTHING other than see my
Inbox, I have to manually minimize the the Outlook to get to the second
screen, which is "hiding" in the back. This only started happening
today! (Lucky me!!). I haven't changed anything, or done anything
different, and don't know why it's happening. HELP !

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"Jan" wrote in message
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This one's driving me nuts! If I'm in Outlook and want to open a contact
page, or compose a new email, or do ANYTHING other than see my Inbox, I
have to manually minimize the the Outlook to get to the second screen,
which is "hiding" in the back. This only started happening today! (Lucky
me!!). I haven't changed anything, or done anything different, and don't
know why it's happening. HELP !

Does this happen if you start Outlook in safe mode? Hold Ctrl while you
start Outlook. Do you have Plaxo?
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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No, it isn't happening in safe mode ! I don't know what Plaxo is.


"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
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"Jan" wrote in message
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This one's driving me nuts! If I'm in Outlook and want to open a contact
page, or compose a new email, or do ANYTHING other than see my Inbox, I
have to manually minimize the the Outlook to get to the second screen,
which is "hiding" in the back. This only started happening today! (Lucky
me!!). I haven't changed anything, or done anything different, and don't
know why it's happening. HELP !

Does this happen if you start Outlook in safe mode? Hold Ctrl while you
start Outlook. Do you have Plaxo?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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"Jan" wrote in message
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No, it isn't happening in safe mode ! I don't know what Plaxo is.

If you don't know what Plaxo is, then you probably don't have it.

If it doesn't happen in safe mode, then it's likely you have some
misbehaving add-in causing the problem. Look in the Add-In Manager
(ToolsTrust CenterAdd-Ins) and disable all the add-ins. Reenable each one
at a time and test again. Eventually you should find the add-in causing the
problem. It wouldn't hurt to close and restart Outlook between each trial
so that everything loads cleanly each time. That's what I'd do, anyway.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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How do you disable the add-ins?

The add-ons listed a

Google desktop toolbar
Microsoft exchange unified messaging
Microsoft Office sharepoint server colleague import
Miscrosoft outlook mobile service
ShareO (a program that allows our two computers to share the information in
Outlook)
Timeslips (our office billing program)
Windows search email indexer (which is only working on one of the two
computers....but that's another story)
Xobni (an email search program installed because Windows search email
indexer wasn't working!)





"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
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"Jan" wrote in message
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No, it isn't happening in safe mode ! I don't know what Plaxo is.

If you don't know what Plaxo is, then you probably don't have it.

If it doesn't happen in safe mode, then it's likely you have some
misbehaving add-in causing the problem. Look in the Add-In Manager
(ToolsTrust CenterAdd-Ins) and disable all the add-ins. Reenable each
one at a time and test again. Eventually you should find the add-in
causing the problem. It wouldn't hurt to close and restart Outlook
between each trial so that everything loads cleanly each time. That's
what I'd do, anyway.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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"Jan Groshan" wrote in message
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How do you disable the add-ins?

Aren't there check boxes next to their names? I'm not at my OL 2007 system
right now and I don't recall how this dialogue appears.

The add-ons listed a

Google desktop toolbar

This is the first one I'd suspect. It could be one of the others, though.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]