Problems with Outlook Calendar & Exchange

[Michele 'xjp']

Hi,
I have a mailbox in Outlook 2003 synced with Exchange Server 2003, where
I have the calendar, activities, etc.

I can see my calendar from Outlook Today, choosing "Calendar".
If I click on "Calendar" in the navigation pane instead, I will NOT see
a calendar, only a couple of options like "Open shared calendars" and
"Share personal calendar".

If I try to go on "File and Folders List" from the navigation pane, and
try to create a new Calendar, called "Calendar", Outlook says that
there's another calendar called like that, so I can't create a new one.
The curious thing is that in "File and Folders List" I can see the
Contacts, Activities etc. synced with Exchange, but I can't see the
Calendar, even if Outlook says that there's one with that name!

I want to view my calendar from the Calendar button of the navigation frame.
How can I solve this?
Thank you very much.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Hi,
I have a mailbox in Outlook 2003 synced with Exchange Server 2003,
where I have the calendar, activities, etc.

I can see my calendar from Outlook Today, choosing "Calendar".
If I click on "Calendar" in the navigation pane instead, I will NOT
see a calendar, only a couple of options like "Open shared calendars" and
"Share personal calendar".

If I try to go on "File and Folders List" from the navigation pane,
and try to create a new Calendar, called "Calendar", Outlook says that
there's another calendar called like that, so I can't create a new
one. The curious thing is that in "File and Folders List" I can see the
Contacts, Activities etc. synced with Exchange, but I can't see the
Calendar, even if Outlook says that there's one with that name!

I want to view my calendar from the Calendar button of the navigation
frame. How can I solve this?
Thank you very much.

If you look at the full Folder List view, and right-click on your calendar,
do you see the option to add it to "My Calendars" ?

 

[Michele 'xjp']

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]:

In If you look at the full Folder List view, and right-click on your calendar,
do you see the option to add it to "My Calendars" ?

No, in my full Folder List view I don't see any calendar. However, if I
try to create a new Calendar called "Calendar", Outlook says that
there's already a calendar called "Calendar".

A notice: In the full Folder list view I can see the other things synced
with Exchange Server, like Contacts and Activities.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]:

In If you look at the full Folder List view, and right-click on your
calendar, do you see the option to add it to "My Calendars" ?

No, in my full Folder List view I don't see any calendar. However, if
I try to create a new Calendar called "Calendar", Outlook says that
there's already a calendar called "Calendar".

A notice: In the full Folder list view I can see the other things
synced with Exchange Server, like Contacts and Activities.

Hmmm - so you don't have a calendar at all? What about in OWA? When did this
problem begin?

 

[Michele 'xjp']

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]:

Hmmm - so you don't have a calendar at all? What about in OWA? When did this
problem begin?

Well, in Full folder list I have no Calendar at all; but in Outlook
Today, if I click on "Calendar", I can access my calendar in the correct
way.
The thing that isn't working properly is the "Calendar" button on the
navigation pane, and, in fact, the Full folder list isn't showing a
calendar.

Unfortunately, I have no access with OWA. I have made no changes to the
configuration of Exchange server

 

[Michele 'xjp']

Michele 'xjp' ha scritto:

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]:

Hmmm - so you don't have a calendar at all? What about in OWA? When
did this problem begin?

Another test: I used another computer, using Outlook 2003 and the same
mailbox synced with Exchange.
In the Full folder list, I see no Activities. If I choose "Activities"
from the navigation pane, there's no Activities.
However, if I go on Outlook Today, and then Activities, I can see the
Activities shared on my Exchange server.

On the other client, Outlook 2003 synced with Exchange, same mailbox, if
I click on Activities from the navigation pane, I can see the activies
in the correct way.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

The calendar isn't listed when you press Ctrl+6 and view the folder list?

Try these two switches:

first, start outlook using /resetfolders
then, start it using /resetnavpane

BTW - if resetfolders fixes it, I don't think you need to reset the nav
pane.

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/commandlines.htm

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]:

Hmmm - so you don't have a calendar at all? What about in OWA? When did
this problem begin?

Well, in Full folder list I have no Calendar at all; but in Outlook Today,
if I click on "Calendar", I can access my calendar in the correct way.
The thing that isn't working properly is the "Calendar" button on the
navigation pane, and, in fact, the Full folder list isn't showing a
calendar.

Unfortunately, I have no access with OWA. I have made no changes to the
configuration of Exchange server

 

[Michele 'xjp']

Diane Poremsky [MVP] ha scritto:

The calendar isn't listed when you press Ctrl+6 and view the folder list?

No, it isn't listed.

Try these two switches:

first, start outlook using /resetfolders
then, start it using /resetnavpane

I've tried both ways but I still can't see the calendar in the Folder list.

 

[Michele 'xjp']

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] ha scritto:

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Hmmm - so you don't have a calendar at all? What about in OWA? When did this
problem begin?

Ok, I login with OWA. There are many folders, like Inbox, Contacts etc.
but there's NO calendar.

So I see the URL, that is like:
http://foobar/exchange/my_mailbox/Inbox/?cmd=contents

And I've changed to:
http://foobar/exchange/my_mailbox/Calendar/?cmd=contents

and I've seen my calendar. So the calendar is here, but not listed.

And my Outlook still can't access to that... (even if I get to calendar
from Outlook Today)

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] ha scritto:

In
Hmmm - so you don't have a calendar at all? What about in OWA? When
did this problem begin?

Ok, I login with OWA. There are many folders, like Inbox, Contacts
etc. but there's NO calendar.

So I see the URL, that is like:
http://foobar/exchange/my_mailbox/Inbox/?cmd=contents

And I've changed to:
http://foobar/exchange/my_mailbox/Calendar/?cmd=contents

and I've seen my calendar. So the calendar is here, but not listed.

And my Outlook still can't access to that... (even if I get to
calendar from Outlook Today)

I'd exmerge the mailbox to PST and see if the data looks OK therein (viewed
in Outlook) - then I'd delete & recreate the mailbox & exmerge the file back
in.

 

[Michele 'xjp']

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]:

I'd exmerge the mailbox to PST and see if the data looks OK therein (viewed
in Outlook) - then I'd delete & recreate the mailbox & exmerge the file back
in.

Ok, I can't use Exmerge because I've only access to client side, with
Outlook or OWA.
I'll ask my administrator to reset my mailbox.

**
In fact this is very strange, have you ever seen a situation like this?

Anyway, I still don't understand WHY I can see the calendar correctly
with "Outlook Today", but NOT from the navigation pane, even if I
/resetfolders and /resetnavpane.

Another point: using an external software (Nokia PC Sync) that access to
my mailbox, I see the "Calendar" folder correctly, and it can manage
correctly the calendar!
**

Lanwench, thank you again!

 

[Michele 'xjp']

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]:
In Outlook, I can't see "Calendars" and "Activities" folders but I can
access them.
In other programs, like Nokia PC Sync, I can see these folders and
access them.

Perhaps this is due to some permissions misconfigurations. What do you
think about?
Maybe changing Outlook permissions on that folders...

Thanks

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]:
In Outlook, I can't see "Calendars" and "Activities" folders but I can
access them.
In other programs, like Nokia PC Sync, I can see these folders and
access them.

Perhaps this is due to some permissions misconfigurations. What do you
think about?
Maybe changing Outlook permissions on that folders...

Thanks

You can't change permissions on mailbox folders. Just on the full mailbox.
Honestly, I'd just find it faster to dump the whole thing out to a PST file
& then start over.