Category Archives: Outlook

Upgrade PST files to Unicode and run ScanPST from the command line

Identified an issue with old PST files that started to misbehave when Microsoft Office was upgraded to 2010. PST files created by Outlook 97, 2000 or XP are stored using ANSI, whereas the ones created by Outlook 2003, 2007, and … Continue reading

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Outlook 2007 AutoArchive PST location change VBScript

Good grief, what a complete pain in the neck this was. Outlook stores a lot of its stuff as REG_BINARY values that have a ox00 separating each character. Nasty. This sub changes the registry value that holds the Outlook AutoArchive … Continue reading

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Exchange: Delivery has failed to these recipients or distribution lists – IMCEAMAILTO

Clicked a link to email somebody outside the organisation, Outlook 2007 opened a new mail window as you’d expect. Typed the message, clicked Send, and immediately got a message back from Exchange (2007): Delivery has failed to these recipients or … Continue reading

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Missing Out of Office Assistant – Outlook 2007 SP2

Out of Office Assistant was missing from the Tools menu for a user. Mailbox is on Exchange 2007. To fix, I used an updated version of instructions from here, as follows: On the Tools menu, click Trust Center. Go to … Continue reading

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