If you have been using the backup .pst tool in Outlook 2003/2007, you’ll notice that it’s behavior has changed for 2010. If you’d like to be prompted the old way you can manually edit the registry or download a tiny registry fix published at MSOutlook.info
If you were ever curious about which contact received the most email from you or the cumulative size of all emails sent, download tiny app OutlookStatView. See the date range for correspondence between recipients and even the first and last known computer address. It took 4 minutes to scan our 1GB .pst
OutlookStatView v1.06 by NirSoft
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Many people wrote in to tell us that Outlook was returning an error when started and that a new version of Connector for Hotmail/Live should be installed. Clicking on the Upgrade button returned the same error. ‘Roady’ at HowTo-Outlook links to the correct version, 14.
Robert ‘Roady’ Sparnaaij is a MS-MVP and maintains a couple of great sites for all things Outlook. His HowTo site offers tutorials, downloads and links to a plethora or useful information. The MSOutlook.info site offers easy to understand solutions to both common and complex Outlook issues.
OutSync will even sync between Outlook/Exchange and your smartphone. Another truly tiny app (.6MB) that we love. All Windows OSs supported.
MySportsCal.com makes downloading professional or collegiate sports calendars in .CSV or .ICS format a snap. Play ball !
Just left click and highlight the beginning and end date. No more simple Day/Week/Month views only.
Included in all versions of Outlook is Scan.pst, a tool that may help in the event your .pst file becomes corrupted. Read the Microsoft article below and backup your .pst file. Run scan.pst repeatedly until there are no errors. Detailed directions in the link.
Going on vacation? Enter the zip code of the destination and save the sunrise and/or sunset time to Outlook. Any day, any year.
Always handy to have around, Microsoft’s idea of how best to use Outlook. Very well written and quite comprehensive.
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