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Calendar Overlay and Schedule View

Viewing calendars in overlay, schedule view, or as individual calendars.

Tutorial: Set up Outlook.com account to sync Calendar and Contacts

Step by step tutorial to add an Outlook.com account (and reconfigure settings) to Outlook and use it to sync calendar and contacts.

Connect Gmail Calendar to Outlook

How to add a read-only Google Calendar to Outlook using the Internet Calendar feature.

Manually add an account to Outlook

In this video tutorial I'll show you how to manually add a new account to Outlook.

Create a new Contact folder and enable it as an Outlook Address Book

How to create additional Contact folders and enable then as Outlook Address Books.

Find and Delete Extend.dat

When you receive and error that Outlook can't find and add-in, the usual cause is that you uninstalled it but Outlook didn't delete the file it uses to keep track of installed add-ins. This file is extend.dat and is found in the (hidden) local app data file under your user account. It's in the same  

Open Outlook's 'Root' Folder

We often tell users to right click on the "root folder" but where exactly is that? Outlook's root folder is the top folder in your data file, where Outlook Today is. Right click on it and choose Properties (Data File Properties in Outlook 2010). From here you can check the size of the data file  

Displaying a Picture on a Contact

Contact or Business Card images are displayed in the the Business Card view. Open the Contact, double click on the picture placeholder and select an image from your hard drive. For best results, crop and resize it before inserting it into Outlook. To add an image to the business card, double click on the business  

How to Drag Messages to Tasks

You can create Tasks from email messages by dragging the message to the task button the Navigation pane. If you want the message attached, right click and drag. When you drop the message, you'll have the option to copy the message as text or an attachment or move it as an attachment. If you want  

How to quickly change the values in Outlook fields

How to change values in editable fields in Outlook without opening the item for editor or in bulk, without using a macro.

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Move Deleted Items to Another Folder Automatically

Open Outlook Templates using PowerShell

Count and List Folders in Classic Outlook

Google Workspace and Outlook with POP Mail

Import EML Files into New Outlook

Opening PST files in New Outlook

New Outlook: Show To, CC, BCC in Replies

Insert Word Document into Email using VBA

Delete Empty Folders using PowerShell

Warn Before Deleting a Contact

Newest Code Samples

Open Outlook Templates using PowerShell

Count and List Folders in Classic Outlook

Insert Word Document into Email using VBA

Warn Before Deleting a Contact

Use PowerShell to Delete Attachments

Remove RE:, FWD:, and Other Prefixes from Subject Line

Change the Mailing Address Using PowerShell

Categorize @Mentioned Messages

Send an Email When You Open Outlook

Delete Old Calendar Events using VBA

Repair PST

Convert an OST to PST

Repair damaged PST file

Repair large PST File

Remove password from PST

Merge Two Data Files

Sync & Share Outlook Data

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