Recurring appt

[Guest]

1) recurring appt set for each Wed - used for two year
2) modified that recurring appt today - changed frequency to every 2nd Wed
3) was thinking that I was modifing future appts but in fact all past appt
(plus data and notes) were modified too ie half of the appts for the last 2
yrs were deleted
4) is there a way to recover this data in Outlook? Prefer not to go back to
an earlier reset point for the whole computer...but may look at that...maybe
not
David

 

[Brian Tillman]

1) recurring appt set for each Wed - used for two year
2) modified that recurring appt today - changed frequency to every
2nd Wed 3) was thinking that I was modifing future appts but in fact
all past appt (plus data and notes) were modified too ie half of the
appts for the last 2 yrs were deleted

Since a recurring item is only a single item, changing the recurrence
changes the entire series. Only the first entry is real. The remaining
entries are calculated from the recurrence, so changing the recurrence
regenerates all entries.

4) is there a way to recover this data in Outlook?

Unless you have a backup of your data store (PST or Exchange mailbox,
depending on what type of account you use), no.

 

[Guest]

Just what I was expecting, thanks David

Since a recurring item is only a single item, changing the recurrence
changes the entire series. Only the first entry is real. The remaining
entries are calculated from the recurrence, so changing the recurrence
regenerates all entries.


Unless you have a backup of your data store (PST or Exchange mailbox,
depending on what type of account you use), no.