IN Outlook 2003 I received the following error when trying to print a message from the main view: Receive "The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem persists, restart Outlook." . This error is received when you click on the print icon while the message line is selected in the main view. If you open the messgae and click print it acts like it is printing but never prints anything and I do not receive the error above.
I have tried a detect and repair fix, made sure the PST wasn't to large (~500k) and even removed and reinstalled the entire MS office 2003 suite.
Anyone have any ideas as to what to look at to resolve this?
John
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I resolved this issue by moving the pst files out of ****c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\ Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook****
2 things to add:
1.It would help to mention that the solution from ccimonroe means to go into the calendar view first.
2. The solution does not work for my Vista Home Premium/Outlook 2003 SP3 installation. I however used the idea from cirrusdesign and found that by deleting
C:\Users\%username%\AppDat
(should be just 1 file)
you can solve this issue as well.
Always Check Event Logs
In Event logs go to System and check for any error log, mostly you should see the Bad Block errors on Hard Drive. If so Try CHKDSK by going to drive properties and selecting check errors. Then check Automatically fix errors and it will give a popup click Yes and reboot. This fixed my issue.
We had this problem after a Terminal Services user logged into a laptop (which downloaded their roaming profile to the laptop), used the laptop for Outlook & IE and logged out (which then uploaded the laptop's profile to her roaming profile. When she logged back into the Terminal Server, her Outlook displayed this error when trying to print. Outlook also wouldn't allow us to edit the Account settings. We resolved by simply removing the Profile under Control Panel --> Mail, and re-creating.
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by: upul007Posted on 2006-02-13 at 22:31:09ID: 15948626
Hi EngleHomes,
What are the printers inside your Printers folder? Apart from a physical printer there can be additional program related Printers dumped in to the printers folder.
Best regards
Upul