*ALL* Outlook rules have stopped working.

[Lew]

Somehow or other, Outlook has added "(client only)" to all my rules,
plus the condition "on this machine only." When I try to remove the
condition, I get a message that my rule will only run if Outlook is running.
Plus, these conditions are added to any new rules I create, so not only do
none of my old rules work, but I'm not able to create new ones.
What's up?
-Lew S

 

[BillR [MVP]]

Do you connect to Exchange?
You might try
starting Outlook with the /cleanclientrules switch added to the path then
recreate your rules. Use of switches such as this can be found in Help by
searching for "command line switches".

 

[Lew]

I had a crashed attempt to connect to an Exchange server. I'll try the
/cleanclientrules switch. Thanks.

 

[Lew]

Bill:
Thanks. This works. A small item, however, is that when I create rules,
"on this machine only" is automatically appended. This doesn't seem to hurt
anything, and it can be edited out through an additional step or two. It
wasn't there by default before. Is there some way to get rid of it?
-Lew

 

[BillR [MVP]]

Only manually I think. The result of having it there is that, if you connect
to Exchange and the rule is usually a server one, the rule will only work
when Outlook is running. The nature of the rule usually determines whether
it is ca client or server rule.