Restoring Standard Task Form in Outlook 2003

[Gordon Staley]

I created a custom version of the Task form to expose some user-defined
fields and made that my default Task form. I followed the process suggested
in response my earlier post entitled, "Adding User Defined Field to Task
Form" of May 2nd.

The custom form works fine in Outlook but has caused some problems with some
related applications. I've found another way to accomplish what the custom
form accomplished for me. So.... I want to go back to the standard Task
form.

Here's what I tried:
1) right-clicked on the Task folder, chose Properties
2) selected the standard form from the When posting to this folder list
3) followed the instructions in the FormsAdmin readme to restore a
message class to using a standard form

When I try to create a new task I get an Outlook error message saying, "The
object could not be found."

Fortunately I was able to get back to the custom form. I still want to get
back to the standard Task form. Any idea what steps I'm missing?

Thanks,
Gordon

 

[Charles Sinclair]

When I try to create a new task I get an Outlook error message saying, "The
object could not be found."

If I remember correctly, FormsAdmin only works with Outlook 2000. With
Outlook 2003, you need to remember to change the version number to 11 and
clear the entries out of the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Custom Forms

If this doesn't help, try clearing the Outlook forms cache. Sometimes it
gets corrupted. In Outlook, click Tools menu -> Options -> Other tab ->
Advanced Options button -> Custom Forms button -> Manage Forms button. You
should now be at the "Forms Manager" dialog. Click the Clear Cache button.
Close or OK all the open dialogs.

 

[Gordon Staley]

Thanks Charles, that did the trick.

If I remember correctly, FormsAdmin only works with Outlook 2000. With
Outlook 2003, you need to remember to change the version number to 11 and
clear the entries out of the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Custom Forms

If this doesn't help, try clearing the Outlook forms cache. Sometimes it
gets corrupted. In Outlook, click Tools menu -> Options -> Other tab ->
Advanced Options button -> Custom Forms button -> Manage Forms button. You
should now be at the "Forms Manager" dialog. Click the Clear Cache button.
Close or OK all the open dialogs.