MG2,
I have since resolved this issue with the help of a M/S engineer. The way
we solved my issue was to follow these steps:
Step 1: create a new Outlook profile
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A new profile is a new environment for us to use Outlook. To create a new
profile is only for a test to see if the problem is related to the corrupt
profile of Outlook. Creating a new profile will not do any damage to the old
profile. Please refer to the following article to create a new profile in
Outlook.
829918 How to create a new e-mail profile in Outlook 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829918
287072 How to create a new e-mail profile for Outlook 2002
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=287072
195718 OL2000: (CW) How to Create a New E-mail Profile for Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=195718
195723 How to create a new personal folder (.pst) file for an Internet Mail
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=195723
Step 2: Clear all Add-Ins in Outlook.
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1. Start Outlook.
2. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Other tab.
3. Click Advanced Options, and then click Add-In Manager and COM Add-Ins
respectively.
4. In both Add-in boxes, click to clear the check boxes for the add-ins.
5. Click OK three times.
6. Restart Outlook and all add-ins should be disabled at that time.
Please test the issue again and let me know the results. If the issue stills
exists, please go directly to step 3. If the issue does not occur, please
follow the steps below to determine the corrupted add-in.
7. Click to enable one add-in and then restart Outlook to check if the
problem re-occurs.
8. Add one check back each time to the list of Add-In Manager or COM
Add-Ins, restart Outlook, and repeat the above procedure.
9. Once the issue reappears again, you can determine which add-in causes
this problem and then disable it to solve the problem.
Best of Luck resolving your issue. Please let me know if I can be of any
help.