Import .ics or .vcf

[Mark Louis]

In Outlook 2003 does the import/export feature have to be enabled in order to
process .ics or .vcf files? I work for a law firm and via group policy, the
import/export feature has been disabled. Does this effect saving a .vcf or
..ics attachment?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

In Outlook 2003 does the import/export feature have to be enabled in order
to
process .ics or .vcf files? I work for a law firm and via group policy, the
import/export feature has been disabled. Does this effect saving a .vcf or
.ics attachment?

Those file types should be associated with Outlook and double-clicking either
should open an appropriate Outlook form, which should obey Save And Close. I
haven't tried it, but I don't think exporters and importers need to be
installed.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

I don't think that import/export has anything to do with opening a .vcf file
or an .ics file that contains only a single appointment. An .ics file
containing multiple appointments, however, can be processed only with the
import function. And Outlook cannot handle a multiple-contact .vcf file at
all.

But all this begs the question: What are you trying to do? And what symptoms
seem to be preventing your accomplishing that?