Outlook - Corrupt calendar item
Background: Outlook 2003 in an inhouse Exchange environment, synchronizing locally (no blackberry enterprise server). Calendar items stopped synchronizing because apparently record 2517 of 3528 calendar items is corrupt.
Question: How in the world can you find a specific calendar item by number in Outlook? Or, failing that, is there a way to find & remove corrupt items? I've already tried exporting the calendar to PST, but it won't import or open as a personal folder.
Thank you in advance!
Question: How in the world can you find a specific calendar item by number in Outlook? Or, failing that, is there a way to find & remove corrupt items? I've already tried exporting the calendar to PST, but it won't import or open as a personal folder.
Thank you in advance!
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When you say syncronizing are you referring from client workstation to exchange server? If not, what are you syncronizing?
kjanicke's answer should work and generally that'll fix it although I've seen some rare circumstances where it hasn't. So in case that isn't sufficient and you have one of the rare cases:
By using the event view in Outlook on calendar, you can select all appts. Create a new PST with a calendar then COPY (not move) all the exchange mbox calendar items to the PST. Also check the notes field I've seen oddly formatted text in the notes field crash the sync as well. If still failing, check the PT trace (C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Applic
You can also deleting the following directories/files:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Applic
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Applic
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Applic
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Applic
Let us know and good luck,
~ CFJ
By using the event view in Outlook on calendar, you can select all appts. Create a new PST with a calendar then COPY (not move) all the exchange mbox calendar items to the PST. Also check the notes field I've seen oddly formatted text in the notes field crash the sync as well. If still failing, check the PT trace (C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Applic
You can also deleting the following directories/files:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Applic
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Applic
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Applic
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Applic
Let us know and good luck,
~ CFJ
Swith calendar view to View By Category. Now all events are listed, even corrupt ones. When you delete them, you'll still get the warning, but they are removed forever.
FYI - When they can't be removed from Outlook, there is a utility you can use to edit the mailbox directly.
Microsoft has updated their guidance and currently reccomends Mapiedit.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb508857(EXCHG.65).aspx
I used this against Exchange 2003, deleted the calendar in my mailbox, opened Outlook which created an empty calendar in the mailbox. Then I restored my calendar items - except the corrupt one - from backup.
Microsoft has updated their guidance and currently reccomends Mapiedit.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb508857(EXCHG.65).aspx
I used this against Exchange 2003, deleted the calendar in my mailbox, opened Outlook which created an empty calendar in the mailbox. Then I restored my calendar items - except the corrupt one - from backup.