Odd behaviour outlook 2007 - default view for contacts

[Ben Robertson]

I have come across an interesting problem with a single Vista workstation in
a network environment.
Fault: When setting the view to categories for a contacts folder in public
folders the views state is not saved when closing outlook. (This is usually
saved on the last view when the application is closed) It can be changed but
when jumping to a mail folder and back to the contacts .OU the view will
revert back to business card format.

Other outlook 2007 applications on the network behave as expected.

Software:
Workstation: Vista - Office 2007 + BCM
Server: SBS 2003 SP2 - Exchange 6.5 SP2

Any help that can be offered on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Judy Gleeson \(MVP Outlook\)]

It sounds like the view is stuffed (that was technical) so reset the view
using the Command Line Switch.

Regards

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Trainer and Consultant www.pragmatix.com.au
My suggested settings for Outlook 2003 are FREE on my website.

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[Ben Robertson]

Thanks for time replying to my issue.

after posting this request for help further investigation turned up
information about the cleanview switch but unfortunately it is not valid for
outlook 2007 as far as i am aware it only works on <2003 versions.

If your aware of the 2007 equivalent please let me know.

I have uninstalled outlook and reinstalled but to no avail, next step is to
remove the entire 2007 suite. the use off clean.

 

[Brian Tillman]

after posting this request for help further investigation turned up
information about the cleanview switch but unfortunately it is not
valid for outlook 2007 as far as i am aware it only works on <2003
versions.

In Outlook, enter the string "command line" in Help's search. It will show
you all the command line switches that are available for your version.