JRossLevine
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Outlook Color Categories in Outlook 2007
I recently upgraded to Windows 7 (from XP) and to Outlook 2007 (from Outlook 2003).
I want to use the same categories I had for my calendar entries. category names are stored with each event, so they are potentially available. However every time I start Outlook I have to reload them, by right clicking the root folder containing the calendar, selecting Properties…, Then selecting "upgrade to color categories". At this point, my full list of categories will be visible, with their associated colors. The next time I start Outlook however, I have to go through the same sequence. is there any way to get Outlook to remember my categories from one session to the next.
two additional pieces of information that may be relevant: 1) I have approximately 8 PST files open at a given time, most of them containing archived e-mails 2) although I have more than one calendar among the various PST files, I'm using the default calendar (the one that is in my principal PST file) to compile calendar events from various sources. It is this Calendar that I want to remember my Color Categories.
Thanks for any suggestions.
I want to use the same categories I had for my calendar entries. category names are stored with each event, so they are potentially available. However every time I start Outlook I have to reload them, by right clicking the root folder containing the calendar, selecting Properties…, Then selecting "upgrade to color categories". At this point, my full list of categories will be visible, with their associated colors. The next time I start Outlook however, I have to go through the same sequence. is there any way to get Outlook to remember my categories from one session to the next.
two additional pieces of information that may be relevant: 1) I have approximately 8 PST files open at a given time, most of them containing archived e-mails 2) although I have more than one calendar among the various PST files, I'm using the default calendar (the one that is in my principal PST file) to compile calendar events from various sources. It is this Calendar that I want to remember my Color Categories.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't work.... unless I misunderstood, and you meant that I need to run this every time I start Outlook. I ran Outlook once with the indicated switch, and it correctly loaded all my Categories. I then exited and saved, but next time I loaded Outlook, I was back to just the default list of "Blue Category", "Green Category", etc.
If I select a particular calendar event and click "Categorize" and then "All Categories", it comes back and shows the assigned category along with "Blue Category", "Green Category", etc. Next to the actual category name, it says "(not in Master Category List"). To get the category to appear on the list, I have to go to the main email folder, then Properties, then "Upgrade to Color Categories". At that point, all my categories appear, but I can find no way to permanently save this list.
I didn't say so previously, but I don't have my .pst file in the ridiculously obscure location where Microsoft puts them by defalt.... Rather, I have all my .pst files in a single folder where I can easily back them up.
I'm very frustrated with this.
If I select a particular calendar event and click "Categorize" and then "All Categories", it comes back and shows the assigned category along with "Blue Category", "Green Category", etc. Next to the actual category name, it says "(not in Master Category List"). To get the category to appear on the list, I have to go to the main email folder, then Properties, then "Upgrade to Color Categories". At that point, all my categories appear, but I can find no way to permanently save this list.
I didn't say so previously, but I don't have my .pst file in the ridiculously obscure location where Microsoft puts them by defalt.... Rather, I have all my .pst files in a single folder where I can easily back them up.
I'm very frustrated with this.
It could be that your PST file is either corrupted or most likely created by the older version of Outlook and it is the older-style PST.
The easiest way to find out if this is the case, is to create a new PST file with your Outlook 2007. You can do this by using the Export option in Outlook 2007 to export your existing PST file to a brand new one (after upgrading to color categories). Then you can replace the old PST with the new one.
The easiest way to find out if this is the case, is to create a new PST file with your Outlook 2007. You can do this by using the Export option in Outlook 2007 to export your existing PST file to a brand new one (after upgrading to color categories). Then you can replace the old PST with the new one.
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outlook.exe /remigratecategories
That sometimes works better than the upgrade to color categories button.