Birthdays of contacts not created/displayed in calendar

[martin.flaig]

I'm using Outlook 2007 and my contact's birthday won't show up in the
calender no matter what I try. I tried to delete and recreate the
birthday entry. I'm creating new contacts including birthdays and
anniversary. No luck at all.

Any help would be highly appreciated as this is driving me crazy!

Cheers,
Martin

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I'm using Outlook 2007 and my contact's birthday won't show up in the
calender no matter what I try. I tried to delete and recreate the
birthday entry. I'm creating new contacts including birthdays and
anniversary. No luck at all.

Are you manually creating these contacts? Are they in your default Contacts
folder?

 

[Marty McFly]

Are you manually creating these contacts?  Are they in your default Contacts
folder?

Yes, I am manually creating these contacts. Some of the contacts were
imported though (using a plug-in and from a csv-file from Outlook
2003).

I am currently using only one Contacts folder. There are some in
Archive Folders but I think this has no negative effect.

I googled the problem and found people trying to disable the
functionality which is apparently not possible. So I am really
wondering how my installation managed to 'disable' this feature. I've
even un-installed and re-installed the entire Office 2007 package.
Without a change. All of the configuration was preserved. Outlook
still knew the Exchange's server name etc.

I am thankful for any hints!

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Yes, I am manually creating these contacts. Some of the contacts were
imported though (using a plug-in and from a csv-file from Outlook
2003).

I can certainly understand why it disn't happen for the imported contacts.
I can't explain why it wouldn't happen for contacts you create yourself,
though. I've never seen it fail. Perhaps someone else will have an idea.

I've even un-installed and re-installed the entire Office 2007 package.
Without a change. All of the configuration was preserved. Outlook
still knew the Exchange's server name etc.

That's because this information is kept in the mail profile in the registry
and is not within Outlook itself.