Calendar items in "deleted items" folder

[jlkatz15]

All of the items from my boss's calendar that were older that 60 days somehow
ended up in his "deleted items" folder. I checked his AutoArchive settings,
which were set to the Default settings; it does not appear as though it had
been set to AutoArchive all items greater than 60 days into his "deleted
items" folder.

I have three questions:
(1) Why did this happen?
(2) How can I correct it so calendar items do not end up in the deleted
items folder again in the future?
(3) How can I restore the deleted calendar items and put them back into his
calendar?

We are using Outlook 2007. Thanks for the help.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

All of the items from my boss's calendar that were older that 60 days
somehow
ended up in his "deleted items" folder. I checked his AutoArchive settings,
which were set to the Default settings; it does not appear as though it had
been set to AutoArchive all items greater than 60 days into his "deleted
items" folder.

I have three questions:
(1) Why did this happen?

Accidentally is one way. Perhaps he deleted them without realizing that's
what he was doing. Did you right-click the Calendar folder, choose
Properties, and looked at the AutoArchive tab?

(2) How can I correct it so calendar items do not end up in the deleted
items folder again in the future?

Make sure autoarchive is not enabled on that folder.

(3) How can I restore the deleted calendar items and put them back into his
calendar?

Select them in Deleted Items and drag them back to the Calendar.

 

[jlkatz15]

Thank you; I did look in the AutoArchive settings. It was set to the Default
Settings (deleting after six months), which is the reason I am confused as to
why this happened. It is the second time this problem has occured, which is
why I am slightly concerned and want to ensure it does not happen again (it
is unlikely my boss would mistakenly delete his entire calendar twice). Do
you know of any other possibilities? I just want to make sure I correct the
issue so it does not happen again.

I changed the settings to not AutoArchive his Calendar folder; based on your
reply I believe this should help.

I've dragged all of the deleted calendar items back into the calendar
folder. Since there were many years of calendar items that were deleted, it
was quite a long process. Do you know of any additional ways that may be
less time consuming?

Thanks again for the help.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I've dragged all of the deleted calendar items back into the calendar
folder. Since there were many years of calendar items that were deleted, it
was quite a long process. Do you know of any additional ways that may be
less time consuming?

Sort by the Icon field to make all the calendr entries contiguous, then click
the first, shift-click the last to select the entire set, and drag the
selection.

 

[jlkatz15]

Thank you. Could the origin of this problem have anything to do with the
fact that he syncs his calendar with his Blackberry? If so, how can I
correct it?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Thank you. Could the origin of this problem have anything to do with the
fact that he syncs his calendar with his Blackberry? If so, how can I
correct it?

Sure. By default, Blackberries keep past events only for a user-selectable
time period. Unless the Blackberry is configured to save all past events, the
sync process will delete past events, removing them from Outlook.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Yes, it was the blackberry. from the blackberry calendar, go to options,
then general options- near the bottom is the setting that controls how long
you keep items on the BB.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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