outlook opens and I can deal with my messages, NEW and Reply buttons don't
work and I receive a response "Operation Failed" I have done "Detect &
Repair" and have used my Outlook 2003 disk to reinstall outlook several
times. I continue to get a message on my open icon that says "unable to
start processing services" and "upload of offline changes could not be
completed, sycronization with the offline folder file could not be completed.
I don't know if the messages are related. please help

What type of email account? Does the Address book show when you open it?

I'd probably delete outcmd.dat and *.srs files - they may or may not help
but they won't do any damage either.
Paste this line in windows explorer's address bar to open it to the folder
where the files are stored.
%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

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"scott4817" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9CA3EF07-7B49-41B2-86CD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> outlook opens and I can deal with my messages, NEW and Reply buttons don't
> work and I receive a response "Operation Failed" I have done "Detect &
> Repair" and have used my Outlook 2003 disk to reinstall outlook several
> times. I continue to get a message on my open icon that says "unable to
> start processing services" and "upload of offline changes could not be
> completed, sycronization with the offline folder file could not be
> completed.
> I don't know if the messages are related. please help

I followed Dianes directions but it always said there was no such thing,
perhaps there is a dot, dash or backslash missing.
%USERPROFILE%\ApplicationData\Microsoft\Outlook would not work is it correct?


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> What type of email account? Does the Address book show when you open it?
>
> I'd probably delete outcmd.dat and *.srs files - they may or may not help
> but they won't do any damage either.
> Paste this line in windows explorer's address bar to open it to the folder
> where the files are stored.
> %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
>
> --
> 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:
> dailytips-subscribe-(E-Mail Removed)
>
> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
> EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-(E-Mail Removed)
>
> 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.
>
>
> "scott4817" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:9CA3EF07-7B49-41B2-86CD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > outlook opens and I can deal with my messages, NEW and Reply buttons don't
> > work and I receive a response "Operation Failed" I have done "Detect &
> > Repair" and have used my Outlook 2003 disk to reinstall outlook several
> > times. I continue to get a message on my open icon that says "unable to
> > start processing services" and "upload of offline changes could not be
> > completed, sycronization with the offline folder file could not be
> > completed.
> > I don't know if the messages are related. please help
>
>

What OS?

It should work for both WinXP and Vista (it does here) - the one
specifically for vista is
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook

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

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"scott4817" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:B0249A29-C3F9-47EA-A47A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I followed Dianes directions but it always said there was no such thing,
> perhaps there is a dot, dash or backslash missing.
> %USERPROFILE%\ApplicationData\Microsoft\Outlook would not work is it
> correct?
>
>
> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> What type of email account? Does the Address book show when you open it?
>>
>> I'd probably delete outcmd.dat and *.srs files - they may or may not help
>> but they won't do any damage either.
>> Paste this line in windows explorer's address bar to open it to the
>> folder
>> where the files are stored.
>> %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
>>
>> --
>> 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:
>> dailytips-subscribe-(E-Mail Removed)
>>
>> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
>> EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-(E-Mail Removed)
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> "scott4817" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:9CA3EF07-7B49-41B2-86CD-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > outlook opens and I can deal with my messages, NEW and Reply buttons
>> > don't
>> > work and I receive a response "Operation Failed" I have done "Detect &
>> > Repair" and have used my Outlook 2003 disk to reinstall outlook several
>> > times. I continue to get a message on my open icon that says "unable
>> > to
>> > start processing services" and "upload of offline changes could not be
>> > completed, sycronization with the offline folder file could not be
>> > completed.
>> > I don't know if the messages are related. please help
>>
>>

Diane Poremsky [MVP] <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> It should work for both WinXP and Vista (it does here) - the one
> specifically for vista is
> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook

And you can use %AppData%\Microsoft\Outlook for either XP ior Vista. That's
why I always use it. I don't have to specify which OS.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]