Task folders in Outlook reproducing themselves,

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mliebespeck

Has anyone experienced this??

The Tasks folder in the folder pane replicates itself so
there are 10 - 25 copies of it. Deleting them only works
for a short time until it replicates itself again.

We are running Outlook 2002 SP-1 w/Exchange 2000 server.
Only one person is having this issue.
 
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Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

Yes. I found that using the ffolder utility helped.
I suspect that the Tasks folder was corrupt.

I copied all of the tasks into another
tasks folder then used the Ffolder utility to delete
the folder. Then I used the Command-Line switch
to rebuild the system folder and moved all of the
tasks back into it.

Look on Sue Mosher's Slipstick site for Ffolder Utility:

Ffolder Utility: Utility to rename or delete "special"
Outlook folders such as the Calendar, Tasks, Inbox, and
Contacts. VB source code included.
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/gallery/index.htm#ffolder

Look on technet for the information on how to rebuild the
Tasks system folder with the "/ResetFolders" switch:

OL2002: Additional Command-Line Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;296192

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Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

Has anyone experienced this??

The Tasks folder in the folder pane replicates itself so
there are 10 - 25 copies of it. Deleting them only works
for a short time until it replicates itself again.

We are running Outlook 2002 SP-1 w/Exchange 2000 server.
Only one person is having this issue.
 
N

Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

Just as an fyi:

I noticed that this particular mailbox had many people with
"Editor" access.

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Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

message Yes. I found that using the ffolder utility helped.
I suspect that the Tasks folder was corrupt.

I copied all of the tasks into another
tasks folder then used the Ffolder utility to delete
the folder. Then I used the Command-Line switch
to rebuild the system folder and moved all of the
tasks back into it.

Look on Sue Mosher's Slipstick site for Ffolder Utility:

Ffolder Utility: Utility to rename or delete "special"
Outlook folders such as the Calendar, Tasks, Inbox, and
Contacts. VB source code included.
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/gallery/index.htm#ffolder

Look on technet for the information on how to rebuild the
Tasks system folder with the "/ResetFolders" switch:

OL2002: Additional Command-Line Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;296192

--
Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

Has anyone experienced this??

The Tasks folder in the folder pane replicates itself so
there are 10 - 25 copies of it. Deleting them only works
for a short time until it replicates itself again.

We are running Outlook 2002 SP-1 w/Exchange 2000 server.
Only one person is having this issue.
 

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