Can't open/move Outlook XP calendar items

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Chris

I installed the beta and the refresh, and then opened one
of my Outlook XP PST files. No Exchange Server. When I try
to open any of the calendar items or attempt to drag them
to the Calendar container of my new Outlook 2003 PST file,
I get the following error message:

"Can't open this item. Unable to open free/busy
information. Operation failed."

Any idea what is causing this?
 
Take a look at your mail configuration settings. It
sounds like you have Outlook configured as
Corporate/Workgroup which would require an Exchange Server.

hth,
Barry
 
No, CW mode does not require Exchange. Also, Outlook 2002 and 2003 do not
use mail modes.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Barry <[email protected]> asked:

| Take a look at your mail configuration settings. It
| sounds like you have Outlook configured as
| Corporate/Workgroup which would require an Exchange Server.
|
| hth,
| Barry
|| -----Original Message-----
|| I installed the beta and the refresh, and then opened one
|| of my Outlook XP PST files. No Exchange Server. When I try
|| to open any of the calendar items or attempt to drag them
|| to the Calendar container of my new Outlook 2003 PST file,
|| I get the following error message:
||
|| "Can't open this item. Unable to open free/busy
|| information. Operation failed."
||
|| Any idea what is causing this?
|| .
 
I don't even see a reference to the mode I'm in--at
least, not in Help > About.

How do you suggest I proceed?

Chris
 
When I attempted to drag the calendar items from my 2002
PST to my 2003 PST file, I received the "Can't open this
item" error. However, the item appeared to move properly.

I was unable to drag more than one item at a time--
selecting all and dragging produced the error and moved
only one item.

For better or worse, I dragged/moved all ~1000 items
manually. So all of my items are now present in my 2003
PST file and appear to be working properly.

What a task!

-----Original Message-----
I don't even see a reference to the mode I'm in--at
least, not in Help > About.

How do you suggest I proceed?

Chris


-----Original Message-----
No, CW mode does not require Exchange. Also, Outlook 2002 and 2003 do not
use mail modes.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.


After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Barry <[email protected]> asked:

| Take a look at your mail configuration settings. It
| sounds like you have Outlook configured as
| Corporate/Workgroup which would require an Exchange Server.
|
| hth,
| Barry
|| -----Original Message-----
|| I installed the beta and the refresh, and then opened one
|| of my Outlook XP PST files. No Exchange Server. When I try
|| to open any of the calendar items or attempt to drag them
|| to the Calendar container of my new Outlook 2003 PST file,
|| I get the following error message:
||
|| "Can't open this item. Unable to open free/busy
|| information. Operation failed."
||
|| Any idea what is causing this?
|| .


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