Why am I no longer able to Customise Outlook Today, even after re.

[Guest]

Since my PC was recently rebuilt after a hard disk error, I cannot "Customise
Outlook Today". I am using XP Home and Office 2000. I have reinstalled
Office, even renaming my PST file to force a clean virgin file, but when I
select the option, nothing happens. All other customisation options work OK.
I want my Task list on the Outlook Today screen to show in ascending date
order, but they show in descending order. I get around this by looking at my
Tasks, but being unable to Customise Outlook Today to alter stuff is
frustrating. Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

Since my PC was recently rebuilt after a hard disk error, I cannot "Customise
Outlook Today". I am using XP Home and Office 2000. I have reinstalled
Office, even renaming my PST file to force a clean virgin file, but when I
select the option, nothing happens. All other customisation options work OK.
I want my Task list on the Outlook Today screen to show in ascending date
order, but they show in descending order. I get around this by looking at my
Tasks, but being unable to Customise Outlook Today to alter stuff is
frustrating. Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

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to "Nigel at Venstave"

Sorry Nigel, but I do not have a solution for you; just the opposite, as I
also have the same customisation problem and have been checking to see if you
received any replies which might help me.
My problem followed a hard disk reformat, followed by installation of
Windows 98 and upgrade to Windows Me. I then installed Office 2000 and
everything worked OK. However, I then downloaded and installed all the Me
updates and the customisation problem started.
Office 2000 was uninstalled and reinstalled; problem still exists.
All Office 2000 upgrades were downloaded and installed; problem still exists.

Where do we go from here?

Have you had any clues from other forums or discussion groups?

Good luck

 

[Guest]

Hi John,

Unfortunately yours is the first response I've had! I've emailed the
problem to a PC magazine which has a "Help Desk" feature, but no answer from
them - yet. If I get one, I'll post a reply back to you.

Good luck,

Nigel

 

[Guest]

Hello again John,

I just found a response to a similar problem posted on 7/9/2004 (a few below
mine) from Kathie M. Thomas, with replies from Roady [MVP], which involve
editing the Registry. I will try this myself once I've read up the MS stuff
on editing the Registry, and will let you know how it goes.

Nigel

 

[Brian Tillman]

Since my PC was recently rebuilt after a hard disk error, I cannot
"Customise Outlook Today".

FAQ. See http://support.microsoft.com/?id=820575 and
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/oltoday.htm

 

[Guest]

Thanks Brian. (I found the MS Knowledge base entry for this, which worked too.)

Nigel

 

[Guest]

Hi John,

Good news - it worked - checkout MS Knowledge Base Article 820575, but I had
to reboot after step 8 to get it to work.

Nigel