can't open this item. the operation failed. an object could not be found

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Peter

Running Office 2003 on XP pro. Once I create a calendar item, and then I
try to open the item later to view or edit, I get

"can't open this item. the operation failed. an object could not be found"

Also, when I try to drag an email into a task, which is useful to me, I get

"Cannot create attachments. The operation failed. An object could not be
found"

OS and Office are all patched with latest stuff.

Thank you,

Peter
 
My first thought is you need to run scanpst on your PST file. Do a search for
scanpst, doubleclick it, and the instructions are pretty easy to follow but
you have to know where your PST is located.
 
Thanks very much. This worked like a charm! I needed to go into Safe Mode
to do it, because my outlook.pst file was always in use, but no matter.

thanks,

Peter
 
Thanks very much. This worked like a charm! I needed to go into Safe Mode
to do it, because my outlook.pst file was always in use, but no matter.

thanks,

Peter
 
You have to shut Outlook down to run the repair to your PST because Outlook
uses it while it's open. Glad it worked for you, thanks for posting back!
 
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