HELP! Tribble Trouble!

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I've been moving my Outlook from home to office & back by
exporting outlook.pst to a portable drive, and then
importing it.

This worked well for a while, but now my RECURRING
APPOINTMENTS ARE MULTIPLYING: each day shows MANY copies
(and reminders) for each one I'd entered.

When I try to delete one, for a single occurrence or for
all, I get an error message

The messaging interface has encountered an unkown
error. If this continues, restart Outlook.

Unfortunately, restarting Outlook doesn't help, running
detect & reapir doesn't help, and re-installing doesn't
help.

At this point, my calendar screen is FULL of appointments
at the the relevant hour, and the number is growing daily.

How can I purge these things and keep them from
multiplying?

Sam
 
are you copying the pst or exporting and importing it?

see if starting outlook with the cleanreminders switch helps the error:

at start menu, run, type
outlook.exe /cleanreminders

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For a long time, I copies the OUTLOOK folder. Then I got
a new box, and I can't seem to find the active OUTLOOK
folder, so I began im/exporting it. That's when the
trouble began.

I tried the cleanreminders switch you suggested, and the
system told me it couldn't find the file!!! When I tried
without the switch, outlook opened, so I know I got the
correct file.

Did I note I'm running OUTLOOK 2000?

Any more ideas?

Sam
-----Original Message-----
are you copying the pst or exporting and importing it?

see if starting outlook with the cleanreminders switch helps the error:

at start menu, run, type
outlook.exe /cleanreminders

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote- tips.net/

Vote for your favorite Outlook and Exchange utilities in the
Slipstick Ratings Raffle at http://www.slipstick.com/contest/

I've been moving my Outlook from home to office & back by
exporting outlook.pst to a portable drive, and then
importing it.

This worked well for a while, but now my RECURRING
APPOINTMENTS ARE MULTIPLYING: each day shows MANY copies
(and reminders) for each one I'd entered.

When I try to delete one, for a single occurrence or for
all, I get an error message

The messaging interface has encountered an unkown
error. If this continues, restart Outlook.

Unfortunately, restarting Outlook doesn't help, running
detect & reapir doesn't help, and re-installing doesn't
help.

At this point, my calendar screen is FULL of appointments
at the the relevant hour, and the number is growing daily.

How can I purge these things and keep them from
multiplying?

Sam
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New manifestation: trying to delete a journal item, I get
the same error message about the unknown error from the
messanging interface!

What the heck is going on? What is the messanging
interface?

Sam
-----Original Message-----
are you copying the pst or exporting and importing it?

see if starting outlook with the cleanreminders switch helps the error:

at start menu, run, type
outlook.exe /cleanreminders

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote- tips.net/

Vote for your favorite Outlook and Exchange utilities in the
Slipstick Ratings Raffle at http://www.slipstick.com/contest/

I've been moving my Outlook from home to office & back by
exporting outlook.pst to a portable drive, and then
importing it.

This worked well for a while, but now my RECURRING
APPOINTMENTS ARE MULTIPLYING: each day shows MANY copies
(and reminders) for each one I'd entered.

When I try to delete one, for a single occurrence or for
all, I get an error message

The messaging interface has encountered an unkown
error. If this continues, restart Outlook.

Unfortunately, restarting Outlook doesn't help, running
detect & reapir doesn't help, and re-installing doesn't
help.

At this point, my calendar screen is FULL of appointments
at the the relevant hour, and the number is growing daily.

How can I purge these things and keep them from
multiplying?

Sam
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