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Outlook 2007 recurring appointments

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I just upgraded from Office 2003 to 2007. I have a problem with Outlook 2007 recurring appointments. I did NOT have similar problems in Outlook 2003. I have seen posts that recommend removing a Outlookaddinsetup program and Outlookaddin by Cyberlink from Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs but neither is in my list. Someone else found an MediaDirect addin in Outlook->Tools->TrustCenter but I didn't find anything similiar. It's been recommended to delete the offending appointments. I use Outlook to keep track of work-related dates which are important for me to accurately maintain so I can't delete them. I don't use Exchange so I can't cache.
As I add new appointments, without reminders and without recurrence, they continue to show up on the calendar for weeks after the scheduled date. When I open the appointment, it does not indicate a recurrence (that is, recurrence is not highlighted) but when I open the recurrence box/window, they are automatically set as weekly recurring without an end date.
Any suggestions? I use a Thinkpad T60, XP Pro sp2.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:24 PM
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:07 PM
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Saturday, September 29, 2007 8:36 PM
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Same problem using a Dell XPS 1530 w/ Vista Ultimate. If I change the wording or date of an appointment, it becomes a recurring appointment. Tried rebuilding the Outlook.pst file with scanpst.exe and it seems to always find errors and fix them, but the problem keeps happening. Hello Microsoft - is there a problem out there? Did not have the issue with Office 2003 on a Dell Windows XP Pro machine.
Saturday, February 16, 2008 4:39 PM -
This same thing happens with me too, almost without fail. I change an appt, and it sets it to Recurring without my asking it to.
On one occasion, I edited one appointment, and it changed another unrelated appointment on the same day to Recurring, but not the one I was editing. Wierd.
Also, if you open an appt and edit the date, it often doesn't take. It just puts it back on the same date as before, but with a Recurring status. Did this behavior twice in a row, and then finally went to the right date.
I'm on a Dell Vostro 1500 with XP, if that matters.
Friday, February 29, 2008 6:44 PM -
Reid: I believe I have found an answer for this, without removing 'outlookaddinsetup' by uninstalling the program. If you go to the following location 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\outlook.exe' and right click the program and select 'Run as Administrator', Outlook will open. Go to the Tools menu, select Trust Center and click on Add-Ins. Go to the bottom where it says 'Manage Com Add-Ins' and click on 'Go'. Scroll down and see if you have a com add-in named 'OutlookAddin'. Uncheck the box, say OK and restart Outlook. That should end your problem with appointments becoming recurring. So far, it's worked for me and I have a Dell 1530 w/ Vista Ultimate and Office Professional 2007 (which did not come with the PC).
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:27 PM -
Hi,
Yep I use a Dell Vostro 1500 (XP SP2) and was having same problem with recurring apoointments, only when I invited someone.
This advice worked for me too.
Thanks
Lee
Monday, April 14, 2008 9:53 AM -
Finally a solution to this incredibly annoying problem!
Since the bug has been around for so long, I would have thought that Microsoft would have fixed it by now.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:26 AM -
I have a Dell XPS with pre-loaded Vista Ultimate and Office 2007. I had this problem and it was driving me mad. I tried this solution and it appears to have worked. Thank you!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 7:43 AM -
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
This has been driving me nuts for a couple months. Your fix seems to have taken care of the problem.
NathanFriday, May 9, 2008 5:43 PM -
Here is my problem:
I am running Outlook 2007 and everyone else in the office is running 2003. When I send them meeting invites, they always come in as never ending recurring meetings. The only way I have found to make this not happen is to make my invite recurring with it ending after one occurrence. I already tried the above but that addin was not enabled on my Outlook setup. Anybody have any other suggestions?
Thanks,
MarkSaturday, May 17, 2008 2:25 PM -
This worked for me! ThanksTuesday, May 20, 2008 12:40 AM
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Rodbeck,
Thanks, thanks, thanks. This problem was a major pain in the a$$$ and without your detailed solution I would not have solved this on my own. Shame on Microsoft for not sovling this basic issue that should have been caught in QA testing!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 7:41 PM -
Thank you very much for the solution, it worked for me also.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 5:46 AM -
Worked for me too, nice job. I just hope disabling the OutlookAddin does not negatively effect anything else I might need. Thanks.Wednesday, August 27, 2008 7:53 PM
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I've been frustrated by this bug, too and the correction posted by rodbeck works great! Thanks for the suggestion.Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:41 PM
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rodbeck wrote: Reid: I believe I have found an answer for this
This worked for me also. Crazy that MS hasn't fixed this, that they just let customers figure it out for themselves.Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:28 PM -
rodbeck: I, as many others have added, can't thank you enough for finding a solution to this annoying bug! However, I seem to have a problem that others are not experiencing. when I try your solution, and try to uncheck the addin i get a notification that says "the connnected state of officeaddins registered in HKEY_LOCAL_Machine cannot be changed". Any idea how to solve this? I double checked to make sure I was running under admin, but still have the problem.
Thank you!
Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:38 PM