When trying to open the Activities Tab I get the following error..

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"Outlook cannot display this view. A folder by this name already exists." I
have tried the Repair function in Outlook and then I have completely
uninstalled Office 2003 and then reinstalled it. I still am getting this
error when I try to open the Activities Tab.
 
Additionally, I have right clicked on Contacts and gone to the Activities Tab
and I have reset every folder group. Yet the problem remains.
 
What about creating a new group?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
I tried creating another group and tying it to the Archives, same result. I
tried deleting the Archive Folder, same. I tried tying all the folders to
the Calendar, then to Contacts, same result. After deleting the Archive
Folder, I recreated it, same result. Nothing is working.
 
Have you run Help | Detect and Repair? Tried a new mail profile?

You're not trying to use one group access folders in two different .pst stores, are you?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
I had already run Detect & Repair and then I uninstalled Office 2003 and
reinstalled it along with all the updates. I just ran Detect & Repair again.
No difference. I also deleted the Outlook Address book and made a new one.
I also deleted my email profiles and recreated them. No difference.
 
I have reset all the folders so they are at their default settings.
Strangely, when I reset the Email Folder it defaults to Personal Folders
instead of Inbox and Sent Items. So I have to change that by hand.
 
Bryan said:
I had already run Detect & Repair and then I uninstalled Office 2003
and reinstalled it along with all the updates.
Click to expand...

Uninstalling and reinstalling doesn't affect the existing mail profile. Try
creating a new one, as Sue suggests.
 
Now that I've done that, I have a new Outlook.pst. When I try to import the
old .pst into this, I now have 2 Personal Folders, how do I handle that?
 
Never mind my last response about 2 Personal Folders. It just did that temp.
while importing the data. Everything is fine now. Thank you.
 
Bryan said:
Now that I've done that, I have a new Outlook.pst.
Click to expand...

Creating a new profile does not create a new PST. Create a new profile with
the Mail applet in Control Panel.
When I try to
import the old .pst into this, I now have 2 Personal Folders, how do
I handle that?
Click to expand...

By trying to import you have damaged your mail profile. Never import from a
PST. Now you'll have to create a new one and load only the PST you want.
See if this helps:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm
 
This is information that I never understood until now. Thank you for sending
me that link.
 
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