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Windows 7 Workstation running outlook 2007 shows connected to Exchange but won't receive new mail
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Upgrading a workstation: Old Computer running Windows XP with Outlook 2007 new computer is Windows 7 running outlook 2007.
Problem is it shows connected to Exchange but won't receive new mail.
Before shutting off the xp computer I exported the .pst to the desktop and shut it off
then I connected the win 7 computer and opened outlook connected it to exchange then selected work offline and re-imported the .pst file created earlier. all seemed well until the next day when it wouldn't receive new mail.
I made it ask me for the name and password to make sure all is well there and it is..
Upgrading a workstation: Old Computer running Windows XP with Outlook 2007 new computer is Windows 7 running outlook 2007.
Problem is it shows connected to Exchange but won't receive new mail.
Before shutting off the xp computer I exported the .pst to the desktop and shut it off
then I connected the win 7 computer and opened outlook connected it to exchange then selected work offline and re-imported the .pst file created earlier. all seemed well until the next day when it wouldn't receive new mail.
I made it ask me for the name and password to make sure all is well there and it is..
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That means Outlook is either running or has been recently running and hasn't shut down properly (which Outlook is prone to do from time to time).
Restart the computer and rename the file before launching Outlook.
Restart the computer and rename the file before launching Outlook.
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tried restarting it didn't work same message
I did a quick google search http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/searchprotocolhostexe-is-reading-every-file-on-my-hard-disk-what-is-it
and saw to disable indexing for the drive which worked.
file renamed from
outlook0.ost to outlook0.ost.bad
it now re-created the file and named it outlook.ost as you mentioned it would and now its pulling in the new mail thanks!
I did a quick google search http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/searchprotocolhostexe-is-reading-every-file-on-my-hard-disk-what-is-it
and saw to disable indexing for the drive which worked.
file renamed from
outlook0.ost to outlook0.ost.bad
it now re-created the file and named it outlook.ost as you mentioned it would and now its pulling in the new mail thanks!
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outlook0.ost file I receive an error
this cannot be completed because the file is open in search protocol host