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Outlook 97 archive function stopped working
I have been using Outlook 97's autoarchive (and plain old archive) features flawlessly since 1997. Now, all of a sudden, every time I try to archive, I get this message: "The operation failed. An object could not be found." No other clue. Any ideas?
Here are some other details which may or may not be important:
-- I have not changed my folder archive settings.
-- I use Outlook 97 for Calendar and Contacts only, not for e-mail
-- Recently I began using a Handspring Visor, which I hot-synch with Outlook 97. The synching and the Visor work fine.
-- My .pst files are not too huge. My active .pst is 1.9 mB, my archive.pst is 2.8 mB.
-- I have run scanpst and corrected errors, and the archiving still doesn't work
Here are some other details which may or may not be important:
-- I have not changed my folder archive settings.
-- I use Outlook 97 for Calendar and Contacts only, not for e-mail
-- Recently I began using a Handspring Visor, which I hot-synch with Outlook 97. The synching and the Visor work fine.
-- My .pst files are not too huge. My active .pst is 1.9 mB, my archive.pst is 2.8 mB.
-- I have run scanpst and corrected errors, and the archiving still doesn't work
have you run SCANPST against the PST files to see if they have any errors?
ASKER
Thanks for the tip. I ran scanpst, corrected the errors, and tried again. I still got the "failed, could not find object" message.
Peter
Peter
do you use word as your email editor?
where is your pst stored? locally or on a server? if on a server, you may have exceeded your limit.
have you tried archiving to a new pst?
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ASKER
I don't use Outlook for e-mail at all. My pst is stored locally. I will try creating a new personal-folders pst, and then import the Calendar and Contacts info, and I'll see if that works.
ASKER
To starl --
Well, it worked. I created a new outlook.pst and a new archive.pst, with different names. Then I imported all the items from the old to the new. I deleted the old .psts and forced Outlook to accept the new files as defaults. The new .psts archive properly -- and they are much smaller files, with the same amount of information. Thanks for the advice!
Peter Lerangis
Well, it worked. I created a new outlook.pst and a new archive.pst, with different names. Then I imported all the items from the old to the new. I deleted the old .psts and forced Outlook to accept the new files as defaults. The new .psts archive properly -- and they are much smaller files, with the same amount of information. Thanks for the advice!
Peter Lerangis
definitely sounds like they got corrupted - probably the constant archiving. You might want to consider reorganizing your archive methods.
glad to help
glad to help
ASKER
Thanks. I have it set for autoarchive every 10 days. I'll lengthen the period.
ASKER
Thanks. I have it set for autoarchive every 10 days. I'll lengthen the period.