Can't add a new calendar event

[Jeff C]

I'm not able to add a new calendar event. Here's a possible reason why.
About a month ago my email PST file size got to 2 Gig. Once it had gotten to
that size Outlook wouldn't open. So I tried to do a Repair Inbox. That
didn't work. So I had to send the file to our out of office repair guy to
fix the problem. He did, he got it to about 1.5 gig & from there I got it
donw to about a gig. But now I can't start a new calendar event. So i
thought I'd check in here to see if anyone knows how to fix this problem
before I call our tech guy who costs $85 an hour to see if he can fix the
problem.

Jeff

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

You can try the SCANPST (Inbox Repair) again. You may need to do it more
than once.

What happens when you try to add a new event; do you get an error message?
What version of Outlook are you using?


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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

how many items are in the calendar folder? if more than 16,000 archive
older ones.

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[Jeff C]

I've ran SCANPST 3 times today.

I'm running Outlook 2000

I double click on the day that I want to add an event. The New Event dialog
box opens up & I put in the info that I want for that Event. Then when I
click Save & Close. The event never shows up but when I try & put the event
in again it says that their is an event already scheduled for that time.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

switch to a table view - do you see the event?

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[Jeff C]

I don't see Table View as an option.

switch to a table view - do you see the event?

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I've ran SCANPST 3 times today.

I'm running Outlook 2000

I double click on the day that I want to add an event. The New Event
dialog
box opens up & I put in the info that I want for that Event. Then when I
click Save & Close. The event never shows up but when I try & put the
event
in again it says that their is an event already scheduled for that time.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm not able to add a new calendar event. Here's a possible reason
why. About a month ago my email PST file size got to 2 Gig. Once it
had gotten to that size Outlook wouldn't open. So I tried to do a
Repair Inbox. That didn't work. So I had to send the file to our
out of office repair guy to fix the problem. He did, he got it to
about 1.5 gig & from there I got it donw to about a gig. But now I
can't start a new calendar event. So i thought I'd check in here to
see if anyone knows how to fix this problem before I call our tech
guy who costs $85 an hour to see if he can fix the problem.

On the whole, if you have to truncate your PST to get it working again, then
you are losing data. My opinion is that the behavior of your PST is
probably due to being damaged in the truncaton process, even though SCANPST
repaired it well enough to allow Outlook to access it. The smartest thing
you can do is to create a new PST, make it your delivery location, and copy
the stuff you want to keeop active from the old to the new. Then create an
third PST and put the rest of the stuff (the stuff you didn't move because
you don't need to access it all the time) into that third PST. This will
give you two smaller, working PSTs and you can close the one that gives you
the trouble.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

It's not the name of a view - but a type of view. Try by category.

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I don't see Table View as an option.

switch to a table view - do you see the event?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/



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I've ran SCANPST 3 times today.

I'm running Outlook 2000

I double click on the day that I want to add an event. The New Event
dialog
box opens up & I put in the info that I want for that Event. Then when
I
click Save & Close. The event never shows up but when I try & put the
event
in again it says that their is an event already scheduled for that
time.

:

You can try the SCANPST (Inbox Repair) again. You may need to do it
more
than once.

What happens when you try to add a new event; do you get an error
message?
What version of Outlook are you using?


--
Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

**I apologize but I am unable to respond to direct requests for
assistance.
Please post questions and replies here in the newsgroup. Mahalo!

I'm not able to add a new calendar event. Here's a possible reason
why.
About a month ago my email PST file size got to 2 Gig. Once it had
gotten
to
that size Outlook wouldn't open. So I tried to do a Repair Inbox.
That
didn't work. So I had to send the file to our out of office repair
guy
to
fix the problem. He did, he got it to about 1.5 gig & from there I
got
it
donw to about a gig. But now I can't start a new calendar event.
So i
thought I'd check in here to see if anyone knows how to fix this
problem
before I call our tech guy who costs $85 an hour to see if he can
fix
the
problem.

Jeff