I have two tasks which were generated from emails. The emails have been
deleted and now I can neither delete the tasks or mark them as completed. I
just get a notification "The message you specified cannot be found" I have
run scanpst.exe and this has not solved the problem. It's just really messy
to have two permanently overdue tasks cluttering up things.

Any ideas?

Empty your Deleted Items folder and try deleting it again.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"Wildfire London" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:17ED6AC6-67FA-4D53-A7B2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have two tasks which were generated from emails. The emails have been
> deleted and now I can neither delete the tasks or mark them as completed.
> I
> just get a notification "The message you specified cannot be found" I have
> run scanpst.exe and this has not solved the problem. It's just really
> messy
> to have two permanently overdue tasks cluttering up things.
>
> Any ideas?

There is nothing in the deleted items folder it has been emptied a bazzilion
times since this problem arose.

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> Empty your Deleted Items folder and try deleting it again.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> http://www.msoutlook.info/
> Real World Questions, Real World Answers
>
> -----
>
> "Wildfire London" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:17ED6AC6-67FA-4D53-A7B2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have two tasks which were generated from emails. The emails have been
> > deleted and now I can neither delete the tasks or mark them as completed.
> > I
> > just get a notification "The message you specified cannot be found" I have
> > run scanpst.exe and this has not solved the problem. It's just really
> > messy
> > to have two permanently overdue tasks cluttering up things.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>

I am having the same problem. I conduct a desktop search for the offensive
email invitation to a meeting, and it shows up in the search. However, I can
not open it or delete it. Let me know if you find something. It is truly
frustrating.

"Wildfire London" wrote:

> There is nothing in the deleted items folder it has been emptied a bazzilion
> times since this problem arose.
>
> "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Empty your Deleted Items folder and try deleting it again.
> >
> > --
> > Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> > Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> > http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> > Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
> >
> > http://www.msoutlook.info/
> > Real World Questions, Real World Answers
> >
> > -----
> >
> > "Wildfire London" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > message news:17ED6AC6-67FA-4D53-A7B2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I have two tasks which were generated from emails. The emails have been
> > > deleted and now I can neither delete the tasks or mark them as completed.
> > > I
> > > just get a notification "The message you specified cannot be found" I have
> > > run scanpst.exe and this has not solved the problem. It's just really
> > > messy
> > > to have two permanently overdue tasks cluttering up things.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> >

Have you tried rebuilding your index?

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q



"mpitts" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9DE27AE7-7C7E-4FE0-BA4D-(E-Mail Removed):

> I am having the same problem. I conduct a desktop search for the offensive
> email invitation to a meeting, and it shows up in the search. However, I can
> not open it or delete it. Let me know if you find something. It is truly
> frustrating.
>
> "Wildfire London" wrote:
>
>
> > There is nothing in the deleted items folder it has been emptied a bazzilion
> > times since this problem arose.
> >
> > "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
> >
>
> > > Empty your Deleted Items folder and try deleting it again.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> > > Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> > > http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> > > Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
> > >
> > > http://www.msoutlook.info/
> > > Real World Questions, Real World Answers
> > >
> > > -----
> > >
> > > "Wildfire London" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > > message news:17ED6AC6-67FA-4D53-A7B2-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > > > I have two tasks which were generated from emails. The emails have been
> > > > deleted and now I can neither delete the tasks or mark them as completed.
> > > > I
> > > > just get a notification "The message you specified cannot be found" I have
> > > > run scanpst.exe and this has not solved the problem. It's just really
> > > > messy
> > > > to have two permanently overdue tasks cluttering up things.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
>
> > >

Hadn't tried that. Thanks for the advice.

Martha

"Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" wrote:

> Have you tried rebuilding your index?
>
> --
> -Ben-
> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
> Roland Schorr & Tower
> http://www.rolandschorr.com
> http://www.officeforlawyers.com
> Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
> http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q
>
>
>
> "mpitts" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:9DE27AE7-7C7E-4FE0-BA4D-(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > I am having the same problem. I conduct a desktop search for the offensive
> > email invitation to a meeting, and it shows up in the search. However, I can
> > not open it or delete it. Let me know if you find something. It is truly
> > frustrating.
> >
> > "Wildfire London" wrote:
> >
> >
> > > There is nothing in the deleted items folder it has been emptied a bazzilion
> > > times since this problem arose.
> > >
> > > "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> >
> > > > Empty your Deleted Items folder and try deleting it again.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> > > > Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> > > > http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> > > > Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
> > > >
> > > > http://www.msoutlook.info/
> > > > Real World Questions, Real World Answers
> > > >
> > > > -----
> > > >
> > > > "Wildfire London" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > > > message news:17ED6AC6-67FA-4D53-A7B2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > > > > I have two tasks which were generated from emails. The emails have been
> > > > > deleted and now I can neither delete the tasks or mark them as completed.
> > > > > I
> > > > > just get a notification "The message you specified cannot be found" I have
> > > > > run scanpst.exe and this has not solved the problem. It's just really
> > > > > messy
> > > > > to have two permanently overdue tasks cluttering up things.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas?
> >
> > > >
>
>

It's a good idea but when I go to indexing options in the Control Panel it is
permanently performing maintenance and warns me it cannot rebuild the index
until it is finished. I suspect that it's corrupt but I have no idea as to
how to repair it.

"mpitts" wrote:

> Hadn't tried that. Thanks for the advice.
>
> Martha
>
> "Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" wrote:
>
> > Have you tried rebuilding your index?
> >
> > --
> > -Ben-
> > Ben M. Schorr, MVP
> > Roland Schorr & Tower
> > http://www.rolandschorr.com
> > http://www.officeforlawyers.com
> > Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
> > http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q
> >
> >
> >
> > "mpitts" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:9DE27AE7-7C7E-4FE0-BA4D-(E-Mail Removed):
> >
> > > I am having the same problem. I conduct a desktop search for the offensive
> > > email invitation to a meeting, and it shows up in the search. However, I can
> > > not open it or delete it. Let me know if you find something. It is truly
> > > frustrating.
> > >
> > > "Wildfire London" wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > There is nothing in the deleted items folder it has been emptied a bazzilion
> > > > times since this problem arose.
> > > >
> > > > "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> > > > > Empty your Deleted Items folder and try deleting it again.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> > > > > Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> > > > > http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> > > > > Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.msoutlook.info/
> > > > > Real World Questions, Real World Answers
> > > > >
> > > > > -----
> > > > >
> > > > > "Wildfire London" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > > > > message news:17ED6AC6-67FA-4D53-A7B2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >
> > > > > > I have two tasks which were generated from emails. The emails have been
> > > > > > deleted and now I can neither delete the tasks or mark them as completed.
> > > > > > I
> > > > > > just get a notification "The message you specified cannot be found" I have
> > > > > > run scanpst.exe and this has not solved the problem. It's just really
> > > > > > messy
> > > > > > to have two permanently overdue tasks cluttering up things.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > > >
> >
> >

Great idea, but unfortunately it did not work. When I do a desktop search, I
find the original invitation, and can read it in the preview window, but I
get an erroro message about "unable to locate recurrance information". The
original message doesn't open either.

Appreciate the help

"mpitts" wrote:

> I am having the same problem. I conduct a desktop search for the offensive
> email invitation to a meeting, and it shows up in the search. However, I can
> not open it or delete it. Let me know if you find something. It is truly
> frustrating.
>
> "Wildfire London" wrote:
>
> > There is nothing in the deleted items folder it has been emptied a bazzilion
> > times since this problem arose.
> >
> > "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> > > Empty your Deleted Items folder and try deleting it again.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> > > Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> > > http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> > > Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
> > >
> > > http://www.msoutlook.info/
> > > Real World Questions, Real World Answers
> > >
> > > -----
> > >
> > > "Wildfire London" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > > message news:17ED6AC6-67FA-4D53-A7B2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > I have two tasks which were generated from emails. The emails have been
> > > > deleted and now I can neither delete the tasks or mark them as completed.
> > > > I
> > > > just get a notification "The message you specified cannot be found" I have
> > > > run scanpst.exe and this has not solved the problem. It's just really
> > > > messy
> > > > to have two permanently overdue tasks cluttering up things.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > >

In most cases, it is because the task is FLAGGED.

Right click on the flag and select CLEAR FLAG

You should be able to delete the task then!!

Let me know

"Steve Walls" wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In most cases, it is because the task is FLAGGED.
>
> Right click on the flag and select CLEAR FLAG
>
> You should be able to delete the task then!!
>
> Let me know


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