How do I stop Facebook importing birthdays into Outlook 2007

[Marts]

Just now I got a HUGE long list of overdue appointments pop up. All of them are
people's birthdays and all are from Facebook.

In one instance alone, a friend has his birthday listed 4 times.

How can I stop Facebook sending this info to Outlook?

It's really starting to annoy me, now.

 

[Marts]

simon wrote...

Have you installed any Facebook addins to your Outlook 2007? Try blocking
them in Outlook options.

I'm stumped. I can't find anything like it under Options. Maybe my eyesight is
getting worse or something.

Thing is, I don't recall ever having added Facebook to Outlook.

And it's really giving me the irrits because new instances of people's birthdays
are being inserted into the calendar. The last lot, last night. 4 copies of my
sister's birthday on her birth date. But then I found another 4 instances of her
birthday on another date. This has happened to a few Facebook "friends".

Thing is, my sister isn't on Facebook, so I don't know why she's being added
like the Facebook ones.

The other thing is that Outlook syncs via a program called HTC Sync to a HTC
Desire Android smartphone. Nowhere in it can I find any options that has
Facebook syncing with Outlook.

I'll continue my search. Maybe Firefox is somehow doing it.

 

[Marts]

Simon wrote...

It's not Firefox..
Try Tools, Trustcenter, Add-ins and see if you have any facebook add-in
there.

I'm now running Outlook 2010. I didn't find anything like "add ins" under Trust
Center. However, I found an Add ins option under "Options" so I browsed it. I
found a "socialnetworking" addin which I removed. It was linked to a file called
something like socialnetwork.dll.

Does it happen even if you don't sync Outlook with your handheld?

I'm not sure. I can't remember when it happens because I only discover it when I
browse the calendar and it's usually on a page that's not currently displayed
when it occurs. ie. I'm in email, for example.

Anyway, since I deleted all of the offending entries in both the handheld's
calendar and Outlook it seems to have stopped. And to make doubly sure I deleted
that social networking add-in.

Hopefully that's fixed it.

 

[Marts]

Simon wrote...

It should be fine now. Check also your Facebook apps on your Facebook
profile. Click Account, Application settings and see if you haven't got
any Outlook Connector installed there. If so, just remove it with the X
button.

Thanks, Simon. Will look for it.

Cheers