How can I change the default calendar?

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I had Office re-installed in my laptop, and now I have 6(!) different
calendars! The default one is simply called Calendar, but it is empty, while
all appointments are in 'Calendar in Personal Folders' (the old one). When I
schedule anything in the old one, I get a message saying that I will not be
able of getting any reminders and that is not my default calendar.
Now I have 2 questions:
1) How can I set the old calendar as the default one?
2) How can I have reminders working again?
3) If none of this is possible, how can I transfer all the data in the old
one to the new empty calendar without losing any information?
Thanks in advance for your help,
AV
 
AV said:
I had Office re-installed in my laptop, and now I have 6(!) different
calendars! The default one is simply called Calendar, but it is
empty, while all appointments are in 'Calendar in Personal Folders'
(the old one). When I schedule anything in the old one, I get a
message saying that I will not be able of getting any reminders and
that is not my default calendar.
Now I have 2 questions:
1) How can I set the old calendar as the default one?
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Click Tools>E-mail Accounts>Next In the "Deliver new mail to the following
location" drop-down at the lower left, choose the location containing the
old calendar. Stop and restart Outlook.
2) How can I have reminders working again?
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Reminders work in the default folders. Make the default the correct folders
and reminders will work there.
 
Thanks for you quick answer! However, I'm afraid it didn't work. I get this
message saying that either I disable the offline folders or I select a
Personal Folders that supports Unicode. What does this mean and what shall I
do?

Thanks a lot,
AV

"Brian Tillman" escreveu:
 
AV said:
Thanks for you quick answer! However, I'm afraid it didn't work. I
get this message saying that either I disable the offline folders or
I select a Personal Folders that supports Unicode. What does this
mean and what shall I do?
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Let's start by you describing in more detail what you see. What was in that
"deliver new e-mail" drop-down? What type of account are you using? What
version of Outlook?
 
Hi Brian,

I'm using MO Outlook 2003 SP2.

In the drop-down box I have 3 alternatives: one is a folder called AV, and I
have 2 Personal Folders (one is almost empty, is old one, but as their are
named exactly the same way, I don't know which is which).

I want to change the mail from one PF to the other one. When I choose one
of them, nothing happens, so I presume that's the one 'active'. When I
choose the other PF, I get this message saying "The Personal Folders file
(*.pst) selected does not match the format of your Offline Folder (*.ost).
To correct this, select a Personal Folder file that supports Unicode or
disable the use of offline folders."

I have this account in the office, and as I have a laptop quite often I use
Outlook offline, at home.

Thanks!

Regards,
AV

"Brian Tillman" escreveu:
 
AV said:
In the drop-down box I have 3 alternatives: one is a folder called
AV, and I have 2 Personal Folders (one is almost empty, is old one,
but as their are named exactly the same way, I don't know which is
which).
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Just "AV"? Not "Mailbox - AV"?
I want to change the mail from one PF to the other one. When I
choose one of them, nothing happens, so I presume that's the one
'active'. When I choose the other PF, I get this message saying "The
Personal Folders file (*.pst) selected does not match the format of
your Offline Folder (*.ost). To correct this, select a Personal
Folder file that supports Unicode or disable the use of offline
folders."
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This makes me believe you're actually using an Exchange account, but could
you verify it for me? Click Tools>E-mail Accounts>Next and see if there's
an Exchange account in there.
 
Yes I am.
AV

"Brian Tillman" escreveu:
Just "AV"? Not "Mailbox - AV"?


This makes me believe you're actually using an Exchange account, but could
you verify it for me? Click Tools>E-mail Accounts>Next and see if there's
an Exchange account in there.
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AV said:
Yes I am.
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OK, then. It appears you have an Outlook 97-2002 PST and an Exchange
account with Outlook 2003. Barring any site-specific considerations, you
should be using the Exchange mailbox as your delivery location. That will
allow reminders to work and it will allow others to see your free/busy
information and for you to share your folders, if you so choose or need to
do so. Were I in your shoes and wanted to retain the old PST, I'd also make
a new Unicode PST and copy the information in the old PST to the new one so
there are no non-Unicode issues.
 
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